Will Smith

Okay, so it's been a while... Hope that everyone had a great Christmas! Not a lot going on here - Christmas was good. We got a special visit a few weeks ago. Will Smith came to promote his new movie. Enjoy the pictures!

Fish for your Food

So we went with my office friends out for dinner last weekend and fished for our food - crazy huh! You pay a lot of money and still have to do the work ;) It was a great time and we had so much food we practically had to be rolled out of the resturant! Enjoy the pictures!

They have a "Ship" in the resturant from which you fish off the deck or from the windows.

Not quite the same as Alaska - but still fun! And not so cold...

Ah, the fearless fishermen.

Miss Me?

Sorry guys, things here have been so crazy. I promise - you're not missing much of the Smith's in Tokyo, considering I've been working 60-70 hr weeks! There is an end in sight though - the new director gets here at the end of the month, so hopefully I'll get my life back :)

In the mean time, I have been able to sneak away to my culture group meetings. Check out me in a kimono! Our Japanese counterparts took us to a formal tea ceremony and dressed us up. We felt like little kids. I have to say, I have a new perspective on why the Japanese have squatty potties - I can't imagine going to the bathroom, let alone breathing, in one of these things for very long. Not to mention getting ready for your day hours in advance! Enjoy the pictures, miss you all. Anyone coming to visit anytime soon? ;) (right...)

Marathon Pictures

Okay, it's been 3 days since the marathon and we are both feeling pretty good - not to mention not waddling any more! Here are some pics :)

Pre-race photo of the girls. There were actually 32 of us from our running club that went.

Where but Tokyo do you have to take a subway to the starting line???

Running with a few other people (25000). Did I mention it was raining? We all looked really sexy in our ponchos! Note, the starting line is nowhere in sight from this point. It took 12 mins to get there.

One of the shrines along the way.

There were drummers on the course for entertainment, but they had to take shelter from the rain.

Post Race calm.

We Finished!

We Finished! I’m happy to report that we both finished the marathon and can still walk :) In spite of the pouring down rain, the marathon went well. There were over 30,000 runners – it was crazy! I took a disposable camera with me and should have the pictures back tomorrow. I’ll post them as soon as possible. Miss you all!

Countdown

15 Days Until the TOKYO MARATHON!!! Me, nervous???? Maybe...no...yes... yep, pretty much. I can't believe that in two weeks we will be trying to run 26 miles - all at once. I plan to run with a camera, so I'll post pictures when we're done :)

Snow?

We couldn't believe it - we had snow flurries today!!! We were setting up all day for a race that our base is putting on tomorrow, so naturally, since the race is outside, it had to snow... It's pretty much the coldest that it has been since we got here. Crazy, huh!