Back in business!

After getting down with whatever i got, I decided to take it easy for a while.
I ended staying at Ros' place for 3 nights. I think i could have left after two nights, but it just happened to be the town's festival that night, so She generously let me squat one more night. 3 days with Alfador :D

The 6th, wanting to take it slow, I took it easy in the morning and went to Mikasa, the town where I just finished spending the last 4 years of my life...

On the way there, I met with yet another friend who lives in Bibai, where I was passing through (a school nurse at one of the schools i used to work in) and we had dinner at a restaurant.

From Sunagawa to Mikasa was about 35km and i didnt feel lightheaded.

When going around town, looking for a place to put up my tent I met this nice lady, mother of a kid I used to teach and she invited me to stAy the night at her place. It was cool, but we ended up talking till about 3am, so I only got about 2 hours of sleep that night.

The older brother, whom I didnt know because hes in high school, is very smart, but in a very broad and autodidactic kind of way. I was very happy to find a young, critical and inquisitive youth; my students usually dont question what they are told, and stuff... I guess it might also be the difference between middle school and high school?

Anyhoo. Today, even though i was lacking sleep, I went to sapporo (around 65km), got my money back for the busted derailer earlier, and booked a night at a Youth Hostel. By the time I made it at the Mexican restaurant, they were closing, so I thought I'd try an italian restaurant just north of the station.. I got in, sat down.. And the lady next to me starts to light a cigarette... I ask the waitress to be moved to the non-smoking section.. But it seems they have none..

I was too tired to even feel annoyed; I just excused myself, left, and got convenience sto food, I am eating in the room while typing this.

After the 65km and the night with pretty much no sleep i feel pretty tired, but none of that fogginess, so if everything goes well, i might be in Tomakomai by tomorrow!