Back to basics; and, biking: yikes!

So, it's vrai — I'm really cycling to work these days.

Blah blah,.. whatever, says you. And fair enough. It's the only thing I've blogged about since last week began.

The more significant thing on my mind is how things are going with Casper. It's cooled a bit recently, so I'm thinking he just wants to be friends. But he's sweet, so I can wait if he wants something else.

He's away at a training course in Kansai this week, and left on the midnight bus lastnight. We went to the Tama Centre onsen on Friday for the second Friday in a row (I'm trying to get into thermal tolerance practice for a trip out west later this year/early next year), and then I met him for lunch after he went to see his folks to pick up the tax books as something to do when (not "if") he gets bored during the week.

He'll be in this conference centre all week for everything. No escape, so I started joking that he was going to jail. He was really not looking forward to it because he thought he'd have to share a room. But after wandering around Kansai for something to do, he mailed me with the good news when he got to the centre: he had a twin room all to himself!

Anyway, enough boy talk...

Today was the first day in ages that I've had a properly lazy day. I'm not trying to be a lazy person, but occasionally it's good to completely unwind. So, although I woke up at about 8:00, and then spoke to Casper who'd been in Osaka since 6:00, then did some laundry .... I went back to bed at lunchtime for a couple of hours to shake the headache, and felt a lot better when I got up.

I slowly sorted through the dry laundry, started to tidy the living room up (a week spent cycling, gymming, working, celebrating Thanksgiving with the 米国人 and others, onsenning and then wandering around Town yesterday takes its toll on the tidiness of the flat), casually half-watched some TV, e-mailed various people on the phone, had a shower and just chilled with good music. Then went to Matsuya for a beef bowl, tsutaya to return my Fuji Fabric CDs, and came to the NY's to relax in comfort.

It was great. And hopefully the flat won't affront my eyes so badly when I get back in in a few minutes!

Anyway, best get home. I rented a fillum that I probably won't watch, so I should rip it.

And, best of all, I just e-mailed Mum with a long update. Hopefully she'll enjoy the upbeat nature of it.

ATH -- I'm off, so!

Nice to just while away the day.