Unraveling mystery

Gotta say, the wolves are not digging the typhoons. I have to wonder if this is how they acted on their little islands before they got brought here, hunkering down and hiding in their dens for the worst of it. They barely come out for meal time unless the wind and rain have let up, not that I can blame them. I thought for sure Arashi was going to fly away the other morning on the way to preschool when the wind caught her little umbrella that she absolutely would not leave the apartment without. Thankfully, she was holding my hand, so I was able to keep her grounded, though she swears her feet weren't touching the sidewalk for a few seconds from that gust. 

Happy Valentine's day, handsome. Take it easy and just relax for the day, ok? I'll take care of everything for tonight, unless you want to help Arashi pick out the kids movies we'll be watching with her. Love you, Munehiro~.

I can't believe it's already the end of January. Where did this month go? With everything going on, I guess time just flew right past me. And now I'm coming upon the prospect of having to corral preteens on one of the worst holidays ever for order and productivity in a classroom. That's right, this will be my first Valentines Day as a teacher. *shudder* Thankfully, my own plans have been scheduled for that weekend, which shouldn't be an issue in any way since Arashi will be my my parents. Though I've been informed that on Valentines Day itself, we're watching Disney princess movies because the princesses always fall in love and get to marry their princes. In four year old logic, it's the perfect way to celebrate a holiday that's all about love. And speaking of the four year old, her birthday is in less than two months. Which means that she'll be starting kindergarten this spring. Am I ready for this? Ready for her to be in school and not just day care? Does she really have to grow up? How much longer until she comes home talking about having a boyfriend? *sigh* I need to stop overthinking this, I know. But, how can I not think about it, you know?

I decided to go low key this year. A bottle of sparkling white grape juice for the munchkin to share with me while she tried to stay up all night. She made it to ten thirty before she passed out, so I do admit to being impressed. But I think she might have snuck in a nap while I was working on doing the new years cleaning. I made some nabe for us for dinner, with plenty left over so I can just reheat it for a few days, which will give me a nice break. In the morning, we'll go to the temple and then maybe go out for lunch, I'm not too sure yet. I hope everyone else has a happy new year.

Thank god my parents had Arashi this weekend. I had a blast hanging with Choutarou like we used to when we were younger, well we added wine to the mix this time. Then I woke up today with a fever and now I think I've got some stomach bug. Choutarou, I really hope you don't have this too, and I might be calling in sick tomorrow too just to be on the safe side. I called my mother once I knew she'd be back from taking munchkin to preschool and asked if she and dad could take Arashi for another few nights. I don't want her catching this crap. At least I think I remembered to call Kabaji and ask him to pass the message on to my little girl. Ugh...I hope that was everything I needed to do to make sure she's taken care of, I don't even know right now. Feeling like hell still. 

Ah, geeze, I can tell break is getting close. My classes are getting restless, and the team's been so hyper I don't think we're getting in enough practice. Add to that the fact that we've had to move to the indoor courts because it's too cold and nasty to practice outside, and ibuprofen has been my friend for a while now. I seriously think I'm going to spend my time tonight writing evil pop quizzes to give my classes if they get this rowdy again in the next few days. Maybe include some stuff we're just getting ready to cover to see who's actually doing the assigned readings. At least Arashi has been good these last few days. I think she knows I'm stressed out, and I feel bad for that. I'll have to make it up to her this weekend. Maybe Sunday we'll have a lazy day and watch movies all day.