Plastic pom-poms and Charming roses

Went to aerobics for the first time in a month and as if to thank me for coming back, Hiromi gave me a lovely bouquet of tiny, pink roses, which she said were called Charming roses...just like me, she added. She is so cute and the main reason I continue going to aerobics. I really do enjoy the class, the instructor is great, and I always pick up a bit of Japanese when I'm there, but I've just got too much stuff going to make it to the class regularly and it's a set 2500-yen/month fee, no matter if you just go to one class. So, alas, I think after June I'm going to have to quit. I'm going to start Japanese lessons on Mondays at the end of July, I have karate Tuesdays and Thursdays, and will have eikaiwa twice a month Tuesdays and Wednesdays, which means my only free day is Friday, and I might start going to Japanese class then as well. Going to try that out this Friday, and if it's good I'll try to go as much as possible b/c I think it's free.
About the pom-poms. It turns out in my month long absence from aerobics the ladies have been working on a dance, and in the last minute or so they do the routine with pink pom-poms the instructor made out of tape. Kawaii desu ne! I flailed around pathetically, much to the amusement of everyone else in the class (who have been working on this dance for a month now, mind you!), but it was tanoshii all the same.
The weather right now is perfect! I can open all the windows in my house and get a magnificent breeze. Too bad I can't leave them open at night thanks to the bozuzoku and their puny, muffler-less scooters, oh, and that damn rooster who I grow to hate more and more each day.
Excited to go to karate after having to miss both days last week because of the Recontractors' Conference and Kodo. Kodo, was by the way, the most amazing performance I've seen in Japan. I hope I can catch them again, either in Japan or the next time they tour the states.