Hiyayakko

Last night Steph and Tomo came over to visit before Tomo leaves again for Hawaii. I haven’t seen him since he moved to Japan a couple of years ago, so it was very nice. He cooked an amazing salmon dinner and made hiya yakko—my favorite tofu dish (raw tofu with grated ginger, onions, and bonito).

I can’t say I was much company. I was so tired that I had to go to bed at 9:00 after not having slept well on my backpacking trip.

Unfortunately, I haven’t had time to catch up on the blog. I had a long, interesting conversation with my professor about my assessment, met with my spiritual teacher for a few hours, and finally turned in my application for loan consolidation by the June 30th deadline to lock in the low-interest rate of 4.75.

It's still unclear to me whether or not that means that I will have to start repayment right away. But, with owing loans for graduate school the first time around and this year's tuition at Bastyr, I figured it would be best to consolidate regardless.