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I woke up this morning to the sound of cardinal song; there's one (or more?) that's been in the neighbourhood for years. Very flashy, very cheeky, very red. The Ferrari of birds. Or maybe the Yaris of birds. Whatever.

Anyway, I realized that for over a year, (the duration of my stay in Japan plus this incredibly long winter), I didn't hear a single chirp. Youme Town always had artificial , pseudo-jungle sounds playing at the entrances, complete with waterfall sounds (lots of kids running into the mall and then straight for the bathroom) but I never heard anything from any real bird while I was living in Kumamoto.

It was really nice to hear it again today, made me giddy for warm weather and sunny days in my hometown. Of course, it's supposed to rain all day and get 10 degrees colder tomorrow, but that's not important. Today, and right now, I'm excited about summer plans of travelling, seeing old friends, and generally having fun before I go back to school.

(Ah yes, I'm starting at Centennial's Book & Magazine Publishing program in September; gonna learn to make books like a pro, and not like I did before, with glue oozing into my papercuts, cannibalizing magazines for pictures, snapping all my needles trying to sew signatures together and scrounging for cardboard to use for covers. And copyediting and layout and stuff.)