Off she goes!

My mom just left for another month in Japan. I just heard that risk management at OHSU won’t allow my neighbor to visit her family in Gunma, which is northwest of Tokyo, far from the nuclear plant and the devastation of the earthquake. Most Japanese people I know aren’t too frightened by the prospect of more earthquakes because they happen all the time, but you’re not supposed to celebrate after a disaster. No cherry blossom viewing parties, for example, but that just means little old ladies like my mom and her friend can go wander around the gardens without dodging the crowds of people drinking. I plan on going in the fall again.

I’ve felt puny the past couple of days and slept in on a beautiful Sunday. I did end up using an angle grinder to smooth off a piece of rail that I’ve had for the past 35 years but other than that I did almost nothing. I was trying to blame it on the dinosaur I took to my neighbor (his kid forgot it and kids are germ factories) but I think I’ve been feeling a little off since last Friday. If I could only take another day off work…