good news!

Do people eat nachos for dinner? Last night, we did and they were yummmmmy. I’m aware that it’s not the most healthy of dinners (especially for Sir Train-A-Lot), but I compensated for that (slightly) by making sesame broccoli (and by eating an orange and some yogurt after stuffing myself silly with cheese-covered chips and guac and sour cream – oh so healthy, no?); it (the broc, guac and nachos) were amazing.

some of the many banners hanging around the gym - the fans are SUPER supportive!!

Steve and the mascot - we asked, what kind of an animal is that? "A raccoon." We added: with antlers.




Anyways, the big news is that the guys got another win! EEEK! They played really well on Sunday and pulled off a 3-1 victory… yay! Steve played reallllly well (block and spike machine – I think his efficiency was 80%), and it’s a good thing – the president of the main sponsor of the team, Tokyo Gas, was at the game. Hara-sama told me after the game that he’d felt the pressure, with the big gun looking on… but, no sweat – everyone showed up and performed, and it paid off. Now if only they could play like that ALL the time!

We are getting so excited for the Olympics – only three more days! We’ll be watching on slingbox as much as we can; with the time difference it works out almost perfectly. Seventeen hours ahead makes for good morning tv for us – this means that I come back from running and plant myself on the couch and watch watch watch… yay. My mom was telling me that the weather in Vancouver has been so mild that people are dubbing it the Spring Olympics, as winter seems to have passed. Winter also seems to have passed here. It was 17 degrees and sunny and warm this afternoon… it was be-autiful! We took our bikes out and cruised around Ebisu and Hiroo, and stopped in the same park that Nao and I had lunch in a few weeks ago for some cold bevvies. The plum blossoms are out (or are on their way), and it makes for a perfect appetizer to cherry blossom season – purported to occur at the end of March. Delicious!