another week gone by?!

my posts are less frequent - i've been so swamped with work, school, and life in general that posting to the blog or even checking e-mail has not been a high priority. i can't believe a week has gone by and i wonder where has the time gone?!

not that i enjoy labels but for lack of a better label or definition, A. and i have firmly established we're together as she's my girlfriend and i'm hers - she introduced me as her gf the other day to a friend when we had a sakura hanimi at Golden Gate Park on saturday. it was a beautiful day for a picnic and we sat under a lovely cherry blossom tree. A.'s friends had prepared some delicious inari sushi, yakitori, mochi, and more. We brought beer and a good time was had by all - i fell asleep for a bit listening to A. and her friends jabber away in Japanese and for a second, we could've been in a park in Japan for all i knew. it was a good day.

things have been progressing quite fast for us (but i think in a good way) and i never expected to fall for this girl in the way that i have. the more time we spend together, the more i try not to think about her leaving at the end of summer to return to Japan. it will be a sad day.