The good news is I heard it's getting warmer in Japan. This means I'll be able to see cherry blossoms when I'm there instead of just plum blossoms (not that I can tell the difference). Since it's supposed to be warm, I'm wondering if I should ditch my spring coat to make room to bring a thicker book there to read. Any comments? I'm thinking of Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum. I heard that there's so much time to read while travelling on the trains in Japan that someone finished Lord of the Rings. Wow.