My sister sometimes sends me pictures of her cats – which I thoroughly look forward to! They have crazy personalities, but are pretty shy when it comes to meeting new people. A while back I was cat-sitting for my sister and her husband. I was a little bit nervous because, even though I had been around their cats a few times, they never really warmed up to me. 

Well, when it came time that my sister and her husband left, the cats had no one to turn to but me. Desperate situations call for desperate measures! By the end of my stay with them, they were regularly snuggling up against me and sitting in my lap; I felt honored.

Of course, like all cats, as soon as my sister and her husband returned, the cats acted as if I had never been there and that we had never shared these precious moments! Picture below is one of my sister’s cats reclining on the couch.

-Kyle

みなさんこんにちは、2019年に入り既に１ヶ月がたちましたね！

年末年始のお話をしていなかったので、今日は初詣のお話をしたいと思います。

毎年年末年始は、みなさん家族で過ごすことが多いと思います。私自身も家族で

過ごすことが多かったのですが、ここ数年は友人と年を越すことが多くなりました。

今年も友人と年越しは伊勢神宮で過ごそうと計画を立てて、三重県に向かいました。

しかし、あらかじめインターネットで調べたり、伊勢神宮で年を越したことがある友人から

話を聞いている限りでは３１日はすごく混雑して身動きもとれない程だという話を聞いていたので

身構えていたのですが、想像してたよりは混雑することなく楽しむことができました！

12時を過ぎてからのお参りだったので、初詣は伊勢神宮だったのですが翌朝そのまま

京都に向かい下鴨神社でお参りをしてきました。

さて下鴨神社になぜ言ったかというと、お守りを買うためです。

下鴨神社にはほかにはない少し変わったお守りがあります。

何とレースでできたお守りです！そんな可愛らしいお守りを求め京都に行って手に入れてきました！

みなさんも京都に行った際は是非下鴨神社に立ち寄ってレースのお守りをゲットしてみてください！

男性用にも、珍しいジーンズの生地で出来たお守りもありますよ！

みなさんこんにちは。

もう2月ですね！つい最近新年を迎えたばかりだったんですが。。。

こうやって一年が過ぎていかないようにしてきたいですね。

受験生のみなさんはあともうひと踏ん張りです！！

The man in this photo is not me, but it’s probably a pretty good representation of what I looked like last week.

I’ve managed to make it through 35 and a half years of my life without ever getting the flu.  My streak ended last week.  I was feeling a bit under the weather and had a fever, so I went to the doctor for an exam.  I had a feeling it might be the flu, but I was hoping that it was just a cold or something a little more minor.  I took a flu test.  It was awful!  They stuck a swab deep into my nose and it was so uncomfortable.  15 minutes later, the nurse came out and told me that I had type A influenza.  I didn’t really feel too horrible – the worst part about it was the really bad headache I was experiencing.  For the next week or so, I had to quarantine myself at home.  My head hurt so bad that I couldn’t listen to music or watch TV.  I was so bored.  Finally, when my fever went down and my headache went away, I was able to at least do some small things to occupy my time.  

Every year around this time, the flu is going around and I’ve been lucky to avoid it for this long!  Hopefully this will have been the last time I have to experience it!