We're in the books!

My tiny village made it on the map!

Yesterday, my tiny village had the LOWEST temperature in all of Japan! We were at -5C when I woke up. I knew it was cold. But I didn't expect it to be that cold. I opened my front door to find my bike seat covered in ice. The windshield of my work car was covered in ice. I didn't really know what to do. I sat in my icebox car and attempted to heat my engine and defrost my window. It was too cold to even hold the steering wheel. I have to drive with my gloves on!

But it warmed up and proved to be a gorgeous day! I took this while driving...probably a bad idea, but I just couldn't pass up the open road and awesome clouds!

I took this one on my drive back to the office from a school. The sun starts setting around 4:30, so it's right when I'm heading back to the office. Which means I can catch some pretty fantastic looking sunsets!

I made my first purchase from Amazon Japan. I bought myself a sub-zero sleeping bag! I have my heater on before I go to sleep and then it's set to turn on at 5:30, so it's bearable when I actually need to get out of bed at 6. I've been going to sleep around 9 but waking up at 4 because it's so cold in my room. So hopefully, it'll help me sleep better...and longer. Can't wait til that gets here!