What a terrible weekend...but what's new. I guess it's too much to say that it was 'terrible.' There were some good points but it sure started off in the dumps. On Saturday I went to work as usual. I went out to grab some lunch between classes and got pooped on. I didn't see the culprit but from the size of the, er, load, I would say that the bird was the size of a small car.

So, I cleaned myself off and after I finished the second class I was looking forward to doing a little bit of shopping before I went to tutoring. I quickly discovered that while I was upstairs working, someone had bent my bike wheel just enough to render it unusable. So I walked (carried) it all the way to the bike shop where the woman told me that it looked like someone had not only knocked it over but stepped on it...and it would take two days and 7500yen to fix. I decided to hold off so I carried it all the way back to school. By then there was no time for shopping. I had to take the train to Jin's house and use his bike to get to tutoring. Of course, by this time it was raining again (after all, it was a weekend)

On Sunday, of course it was still raining but I needed a bicycle so we took a walk to a used bike store and I bought myself a granny bike like most people ride (in Japan it would be called a 'mama cherry.') I suppose my old mountain bike looked a lot nicer but this one has a basket and splash guards so from now on I won't have to worry about splashing mud up my back. It is also better for my posture, I think.

In any case, I guess the weekend wasn't terrible. Even though I had my hardships, they all melted away. We decided to treat ourselves to a nice dinner and mmmm, was it tasty. Well, more truthfully, Jin treated me since I had spent all but my last 500yen on the bike. So, I guess now that I have my new bike and a nice dinner, the weekend turned out to be not too bad-just too quick.