Are you ready for some football??!!

Finally!! Football season is here. This is always a great time to be home in the United States. Football is an exciting time. I got myself ready though. I bought the whole season of games on Yahoo to watch and also got my satellite so I am completely covered. But one thing... no football food and no football weather. It feels strange to watch a game and its still so hot and humid. I am used to it getting much cooler and dry in Utah. But its ok. The games are on and I am still happy. My team won their opening game in exciting fashion so I am ready for next week. Ahhhhh I have something to look forward to...

Well on another note the US Open was kind of a drag. Roddick lost again. Nothing new. Nadal lost also. Feder won again and the coverage was terrible!!! Next year I need to do something different. wowwow sucks.

I was going to go climb mt. Fuji this weekend. But it looks like rain. So I will put it off. Maybe in two weeks if its good weather. But its so late in the year now I am not sure. But I want to give it a try so I hope the weather is good in a couple weeks. I will go. This weekend just looks terrible. Maybe every weekend for the next month will not be so good. Somebody told me now I can expect more rain. Man it rains too much here!!! But I spent a ton of money and got some gear so I need to get out and use it.

I guess thats it for my sports life right now. I kind of miss my life back in the US. But things are good here too. I look forward to having some free time to get out and do somethings. All work and no play makes todd a dull boy. But hey... Tomorrow is Friday!!

Its Monday morning... the last week flew. I had my boss and some other guys from the U.S. here last week. I was with them all week and it was refreshing!!! Really nice to be around guys with the same thinking. But this week they are gone and I am back to being the lone American in the office. But its ok. Still it was nice to have some guys understand for real what I am feeling here. Its tough but has been interesting so far and I think I have learned a lot. But I have never worked in such a tense and stressful atmosphere in my life. So in many ways I am wanting my old life back. But that will come I know. So I am just trying to focus on the current situation.

I have been watching the world track and field championships in Osaka the past week. Very exciting and its really amazing to see what some of these people can do. So that was last week. This week is the US Open. I got the wow wow channel to watch the us open. But really disappointed!!! Only a couple hours of coverage every night. But starts at midnight and not all the matches are shown. I thought there would be more. So I find myself on the internet trying to get all the news. I wish I could find a way to watch online. I will just have to keep looking.

Monday Monday Monday....Ahhh where did the time go??

I knew the last week would just fly and itdid.I had a good week back in Utah. An excellent week. I basically dideverything I wanted to do. I played a lot of tennis and ate a lot ofMexican food. Also did some shopping in between. I played some tennis andplayed against my son. I brought him a new raquet and it took him some timeto get used to it. It was an adult size and the strings were a littlestiff. But after about an hour he got used to it and basically started toplay very competitive against me. I lost our final match while I was thereand I played very serious. My serve was of coarse much stronger than hisbut his return is excellent and the power didn`t scare him. I was reallysurprised at how much he (and his hair) has grown. So it was a good weekand Utah was hot hot hot. Hotter than hell. Nagoya is hot and humid whichis terrible. But Utah is just dry heat. Nagoya feels like a steam room andUtah feels like a Sauna. The temp was around 40 degrees everyday andtypical Utah summer with no clouds in the sky at all. Nothing but blue sky.But I was comfortable in my house with central air. Thats another thing. Itwas really nice to be back home. I slept great in my bed and was just socomfortable. I really didn`t want to come back to Nagoya....hehe. It was anice break but way too short. But now I am back in Nagoya and its gettingcomfortable here too. I will never be like my home but its good enough fornow.I got back yesterday and basically was dead all day. Now back to reality....

Well my holiday has officially started!! Its Wednesday night and I am packing my bags. Tomorrow morning back to the mother country. But for only a week. Thats way too short and it will be over in a flash. Still its good to get away for a few days. I am ready for some dry air and Mexican food. Basically all I plan to do is play some tennis and eat. Maybe do a little shopping and a move on the side. But thats about it. My son is waiting for me. So it will be good to spend some time with him. Thats about it for me. I am not looking forward to the plane ride though. I got the worst seat in the plane right in the middle. Anyway next year I will take 2 weeks off. Its too short to fly back for just one week for me. I am pretty much burned out on work so I need longer. I can`t work like a robot without an off switch....hehe. Anyway tomorrow I am gone for a few days so it should be nice. When I get back the US Open will be getting ready to start....

Another night in a hotel....

Well here I am again in Tsukuba. My home away from home away from home!! I am sitting here in my hotel room watching TV and just relaxing. But without a coke. I have now gone 2 full weeks without a drink. Thats right.... 2 weeks. For me thats like going 2 years without a cigarette for a chain smoker!!! hehe. Anyway, I decided to stop for a couple months to see if I feel any different. The first 4 days was terrible. I had some serious headaches and felt really tired. But I am over that now and feeling fine. So right now I am not really missing it. So lately I have just been drinking water and Aquarius. Bit to be honest I am sure I will be back on the coke shortly. But right now I want to stay off for a while and see what happens and if I feel any different. So no soda at all for a while. It seems like I try to stop drinking coke every couple of years and then start again. This time has been easier. I guess I am getting older.... hmmmm...

The sun was finally out today. I think it was the first time I have seen such a blue sky since I came to Nagoya. It was a beautiful day. But its getting hotter and hotter. Over the weekend I watched a couple of DVDs. I watched "The Guardian" and "Letters from Iwo Jima". Both movies were really good I thought. Its been a long time since I rented a couple of movies and ordered a pizza. It was nice.
I then went to Bic Camera to buy my son an ipod for his birthday. He wanted a video ipod so I went to buy him one. I will see him in a couple weeks during his birthday. So I will take it to the US and give it to him. I then had to get him a new tennis racquet (again!). But back to the ipod. I was so surprised to see how many accessories there are for this thing. I have always wanted one but a couple years ago ended buying a different mp3 player. So I buy this one and bring it back to my house. I start uploading some music, games, and movies on it for my son. When I am finished I started playing with it. I was so impressed. I ended up going back to Bic Camera and buying me one also...hehe. So that was my weekend... kind of funny but I don`t regret buying that at all. I also wanted the new Babolat racquet I bought my son. Its the 4th one I have bought him. He is a serious Nadal fan. He uses Babolat racquest, wears Adidas shoes, and the rest is pure Nike. I heard over the weekend that he is also now growing his hair a little longer like Nadal. So I don`t know. Kind of crazy and he is only 10. But I can`t wait to get in the court with him in a couple weeks and see how good he has become.
Well thats it. I guess I will surf around itunes and see what I can spend more money on.... (dangerous!!)

japan is dangerous....

OK so Saturday night we get a typhoon then today we get an earthquake.... man Japan is a dangerous place to live!!! Then on top of that you have the narrow roads with people driving about 5 times the speed limit and it makes me wonder how Japanese people have such a long life expectancy...hehe. But I guess you throw in the healthy good food and active lifestyle and that pretty much evens everything out. Seriously the rain and wind was going pretty good Saturday night. It kept me up half the night. Then this morning while working we felt the earthquake. Mother nature playing games.... But it seems like there is always something here. I guess thats ok. It keeps life exciting... Tomorrow I am off to Tsukuba for 2 days again so I will see what excitement is waiting for me there.