So I forgot it was the 4th of July, until the teacher from Trinidad mentioned it to me.  I felt kind of stupid forgetting, but actually the other two Americans did too (Jeremy and Cathy).

In second hour Jeremy and I decided we’d have a three person 4th of July party, so that’s what we did.  We went to the pool after school first though, like we planned.  It was raining and cold, and there was no one actually there.  So we decided not to go.  BUT then two kids ran in, so we’re like, what the heck, why not. In the end, it stopped raining, but was definitely cold.  Not the best swimming experience, but still fun.

Then for the party, we waited until like 6:30 and bought burgers at McDonald’s.  We felt this was the most American thing we could do, since we couldn’t grill burgers ourselves.  And we bought some bread cake things to celebrate.  And FIREWORKS.  So we ate, then we did fireworks, and it was really just awesome.  Three Americans celebrating our independence.  We did it by the river, and no one was really around to appreciate our little celebration.

And I wrote a whole long thing about Japan and WWII, but I deleted it.  Because I don’t want to get involved in politics on this blog, both Americans and Japanese people read this.  But it was considering this news article.  It’s horrible that he was essentially forced into resigning, and I’m not happy about the whole situation.