Typhoon?!

So this morning I woke up at around 3am in a cold sweat...I hate that! I was literally dripping with sweat. I didn't know why I was so warm, but it was very unusual. For the past few nights, it had been cold and so I was used to waking up and it being 9-10 degrees Celsius in my house.

Well, after I got out of bed and checked the temperature, I figured out why I was so warm. I checked the temperature in my house and it was 19 degrees! I was under the blankets that keep me extremely warm in the cold temperature, and so I was under those same covers...which explains why I was so hot! Well, I went to the bathroom and also noticed that it was quite windy. And by quite windy, I mean really really REALLY windy!

The window to my bathroom was open and I felt some water splashing on to me...what?! When I looked outside, all I could see was heavy rain flying everywhere and the trees flying back and forth, being tossed around by the water and heavy winds. It literally looked like a crazy storm out there! I checked the weather forecast on the internet and there were supposedly 40-50 mph winds for today with some rain...interesting.

Well, this made for a not so fun commute. I could feel the wind pushing around my car the whole drive to school. I'm glad I have a car, though. If I didn't, it would be an even more miserable commute to work! When I stepped outside, it was really warm! I know the temperature got up to around 70 degrees F and it was really humid. So it felt like a stormy summer day! Crazy weather around here lately.

Anyway, the storm cleared out by around lunchtime. But it was still extremely windy the entire day. It was sunny all afternoon, but I could hear the wind howling all day long.

Well, I had a full day today...all 6 class periods. Very tiring! I was exhausted even by lunch! I had 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade all in the morning. Then I had 6th grade in the afternoon. I like playing games and such with the kids, but it gets really tiring. And as I mentioned in earlier posts, I know that I'm more worn out by the end of the week, so it's always hard to stay awake on Friday, but I do what I can.

So I was planning on meeting up with my buddy up in Chiba after work today and hang out there for the evening. I went to the station to catch the train. However, the winds were still extremely strong and crazy. So the trains were delayed, something that is unusual in Japan. The trains are ALWAYS on time and are exact down to the minute...or second! Instead of being able to get on the train that was scheduled for 5:52pm, I had to wait for the next train to come which was at 6:21pm. And that got delayed by another few minutes. So instead of getting in to Chiba at my original scheduled time of 6:45pm, I got in at around 7:36pm...Almost an hour later than I had wanted. Well, what can you do? I can't control the weather and I guess it couldn't be helped!

Anyway, I finally got there and met up with my buddy. We went to a kaiten sushi place which had good sushi. I looove sushi! Sooo gooooood! I also had some Otoro, which is the fattiest type of tuna...and also the best. It tasted really good! I'm glad that I got it and tasted it...I don't think that I had eaten it before. I had eaten other types of tuna, but not the Otoro type.

Finally, we headed back home. We caught the last train to get back to Isumi. Well, everyone else was also catching the last train. I mean, we were packed on the train like sardines...literally! I was squished in the train, then more people kept on pushing in and trying to squeeze in. It was so packed, it was literally hard to breathe! I was pushed up against everyone else and pushing them into the other side...so they were getting squished, I was getting squished...I guess it was uncomfortable for everyone!

Well, when there's interesting typhoon like weather, I guess things get crazy and it's not so fun!But overall, I had a good time and more importantly, I'm glad the weekend is here!!!! Wooo hooo!!