ChanomiTalk

I am such a terrible student. I was suppose to call the sensei today and I did not. It was not for a lack of wanting to. I had planned all week to sit down on Sunday to do my weekly Japanese conversation through the telephone, but my problem was the telephone. It ran out of battery when I needed it most and I couldn’t find my phone charger anywhere. Typical, the time you need something and you can’t find it. I don’t blame anyone but myself. First for not preparing ahead of time and charging my phone earlier, and secondly because I have had a messy house for weeks now. A little cleaning up would have cleared the clutter and helped me find my things. It’s just been one of those weeks. It’s the end of the year and things at work, school, and my personal life are kicking into high gear. It’s that darn list that never ends. A million and one things to do and only 24 hours a day to work with. I think I need to work on my time management skills. Yes, I know I definitely do. As a matter of fact, I think I’m going to start right now by writing out all the activities of the week. But first I better send an apology to the sensei.

After getting back from my Japan trip, I still had a few days of leave and decided to take advantage of the great Hawaii weather. First stop was Bellows beach, early in the morning when only a handful of people were there. The water was so calm this day, that I floated on my body board in the water for a good 30 minutes and almost fell asleep.

After lunch, I decided to go to China Man’s Hat with a friend. China Man’s Hat is not the real name, but it does look like a China Man’s Hat, so it fits. It is about a 5 minute drive from Kaneohe Marine Base and definitely worth the trip. It is approximately a 100 yards from the shore and you are able to walk half of that because it doesn’t get very deep at all. But remember to wear water shoes and a shirt, it is very rocky and I got stung by a jellie. On the swim out there, my friend and I ran into a couple of sea turtles. They were about 20 feet from us, but very curious. They swam for a while not far and watching us, than just disappeared.

This is a small beach at China Man’s Hat.

This is about halfway up. Becareful, it is full of thorn bushes and millions of ants.

It rained just about everyday when I was there, but that didn’t stop me.

The Ueno Zoo turned out to be bigger than I thought it was. This particular day, it was raining really hard in the morning, so the zoo was nearly empty.

Reel-to-reel tapes　と言ってもピンとくるのはある世代以上の人たちでしょう。ＣＤが出る以前はもっぱらテープで音楽を録音したり聴いたりしていました。このテープを後生大事に箱につめて東京からハワイそして本土と持ち歩いたのですが、それも本日限りとなりました。

夏の間野菜を育てた鉢類をすべて納めるにはベランダの倉庫は小さすぎるので、地下の駐車場の収納庫を片付けることにしました。収納庫を開けてびっくり。、テープがぎっしり詰まった箱のことはすっかり忘れていました。テープデッキがなければテープを聴くことも出来ないとわかっていながらも、何十年（！）も持ち歩いた事に、夫ともども唖然。これが潮時と廃棄処分しました。

実はまだＬＰの詰まった箱が２つあり、どうしたものかと頭の痛いところです。