Sigh...I don't know what the problem is but lately I've been feeling pretty down in the dumps. I woke up this morning and immediatly though, 'Ick, Friday. I really hate Fridays!' Then I realized that I said the same thing about Thursday...and Wednesday...and Tuesday...and...

Yesterday I woke up early to go to pottery class. I usually look forward to that but it was pouring rain and I really was not in the mood. To make matters worse, on my way to class I was riding my bike past an international dormitory near my house and there was a group of students standing outside. One of them threw a plastic bottle at me! I suppose it could have been an accident that it flew 10 feet in the air and passed right by my head but somehow I don't see it.

I suppose I'm tired of Japan. Maybe I just live a boring life. I don't really have many good friends here. A lot of the people who I considered 'friends' have moved away. Those that havn't are just too busy to do anything. I have also been pretty busy lately between work, pottery and tutoring. I also just picked up a new tutoring gig. From now on I'll be teaching an English class at Kyushu University for some of Jin's lab partners. It is pretty funny. I get to use the old-style chalkboards and everything.

Anyways, I am not often depressed and don't really know how to handle it. Since I've stopped drinking and am forcing myself to eat healthy-that doesn't really leave me with many options for comfort. Today I went on a salad binge but it really didn't work as well as chocolate.

Still waiting for word about grad. school. I'm feeling pretty negative about it and can't decide if I'm feeling negative because I'm feeling negative about everything these days, or if I'm feeling negative about everything these days because I'm feeling negative about grad. school.

Well, tomorrow the weather's supposed to be nice, I'm going to a BBQ party on a nearby island and hopefully I'll hear from the university soon. Maybe things will turn around soon.