I don’t know if that’s what I have, but I have something. I’ve been sick for over a week now. Last week was horrible, feverish every day in class (and Japanese are insane about temperatures — it’s late April and we’re having freak weather that is actually more like the end of May, and the HEAT is still on full blast!), delerious from a cold… which eventually evolved into what seemed like a sinus infection. Now I’m on Golden Week vacation, which is wonderful — 10 days of vacation for me — but I’m spending it in bed with what is more like the flu now! Aghgh. Luckily Hitomi is taking care of me though… and I’m loading up on all kinds of medicine now, so hopefully I’ll get better soon — in time to enjoy at least half of my Golden Week vacation.

Hitomi and I bought oil paints and easels recently, and we’ve started painting together. It’s great! Now that my schedule is more relaxed (since mid April), I’ve been able to draw again. It feels great to get back to creating artwork. The weather is gorgeous now, so even though I’ve been sick, we went out to paint landscapes by the riverside. And if I can get better this week, we’ll do it for the rest of Golden Week. Some computer troubles have prevented me from finishing my digital painting of the cliffs at Tojimbo, but soon that should be solved and I can finish that too. With any luck, I’ll have some nice art posts up here by the end of the week.

Now it’s bed time…