Good morning!

I have several goals in mind for this upcoming year.

First: Take two Japanese culture classes a month.

This month, I am attending a Zazen meditation session. I'm not quite sure what this is, but I will post an update after my session next week.

I am also going to take a Japanese cooking class on May 21 from 10-12 at the Community Center on base. If anyone in Yokosuka is reading this, please consider signing up! The class needs 3 people in order to not be cancelled. So far, it's just me signed up. The food you will learn to make is tempura, which is a light fry on almost any vegetable. It should be delicious and the cost is only $15 for the class with a $5 material fee. Let's learn to cook tempura together!!

Second: Run the Tokyo Marathon.

I have already started training for this and have a blog: barajasmarathon.blogspot.com to track my progress. Don't expect anything too deep, it's just a cut and dry version of my runs and run goals. I needed a place to track my training to make sure I'm progressing and not taking it too easy on myself.

That's all the updates for now, more things coming next week!