Happy Halloween!!!

Hope you all have a great Halloween! We spend this evening handing out candy with all of our neighbors. Next year, we are going to get a kids pool and fill it with candy – think of the look that will be on the kids faces!

Last week we had a Halloween party with my culture group. The ladies were so cute and ALL of them wore costumes. Check it out.

The "Zoo"

While out of town on a race last weekend, we had time to stop in to a mini-zoo. Overall, it was pretty sad… small cages, lots of really large, sad, animals. But that’s not the point. The crazy thing is what they consider “zoo animals”. This one made me grin!

We Got In!

Tokyo Marathon, here we come! Patrick and I both got into the marathon, which takes place on 18 Feb. We will be in good company. Many of our friends here are running, as well as the remaining 25000 people who were also accepted. Hard to believe with that many runners that they are turning tons of people away. Guess now we actually have to start training instead of just talking about it :) Wish us luck!

Miss us?

Have you missed us? Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve written; things have been crazy/busy here! We’ve both been working a lot the past few weeks, plus we’ve participated in three races this past month, which turn into all day events!

Let see, what the latest news… I decided to push off school until next term, after not getting my books on time and having the Japan IP addresses blocked by Troy State. Little things… Work is really busy, as I am helping with programs outside of normal duty hours. I've also gotten involved in a bunko group, a culture group, and of course, the running club. Never in a million years did I think my lazy self would ever be in a running club!!!

I have a few new blogs that I’ll put up in the next couple of days, so keep an eye out! We miss you all! For those of you in Texas, I'll be visiting Houston in November. Give me a shout if you are going to be in the Houston or Austin vicinity in the Nov. 12th timeframe :)