Still Alive... and Loving Japan!

Hey everyone... so the day I got to Japan my computer worked in the airport but then that night at the hotel it would not turn on anymore. My processor died I later found out and so I had to send it back with my dad to get it fixed. So I have only been able to get on computers for short periods of time before, so I haven`t been able to do anything with my blog. Right now I`ve been living with a host family in Iida, Japan. We only have a few more day with our host-families and then we move to a hot springs hotel. I am going to miss my host-family a lot, they are awesome. They have been really nice and a lot of fun.
So in the beginning of the trip we did a lot of tourist stuff... we stayed in Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Awaji, and Tokushima. Then after two weeks we came to Iida where we have been ever since. Since being in Iida we have been practcing Japanese Puppetry in order to perform in the upcoming festival here... it is really hard but a lot of fun! Unfortunately we only have 4 practices left, and that makes me a little nervous. We also have made several school visits mostly to high schools, where we are treated like celebrities, it`s been funny. On the train the kids are usually talking about us, especially when the tall guys are around. We have about a month left here and time is going by way too fast! I wish I could put pictures up but I can`t even get them off my camera without my computer... so I`ll have to do it all when I get back. A lot of the other students have put pictures up on facebook and I am in some of those though so you can look at those if you have access to it. Well I`ll try to get on here more often!
Jaa Ne!