Today I awoke to another rainy and windy day in Tokyo.  I think that Mother Nature is toying with us right now as we have been seeing flashes of gorgeous spring weather followed by some pretty awful wind and rain and I don’t like it!

On Sunday, the weather was just beautiful so I decided to pull out my capris for the first time this year and pedal over to the Chiba Lotte Marines game.  What a day and what a game -  I got a bit of sun and had a couple of what the Japanese call hot dogs at the ball park.  That’s my idea of the way to spend a sunny spring afternoon!

The Chiba Lotte Marines won the game in dramatic fashion in the bottom of the ninth but they kept us is suspense right until the end.  There’s nothing like watching your team come from behind and holding your breath on every pitch in the bottom of the ninth.  Will it be a strike, a ball, will he swing, won’t he?  When he swings your heart jumps into your throat - will he hit it, and if he does how will the play develop?  Well in this case he did swing and the ball dropped in for a hit and scored the winning run!  The fans went crazy as the team ran onto the field to celebrate - now that’s baseball!

After the game we went out for a great dinner with friends and then leisurely walked home with our coats flapping open in the breeze.  It was a great day and  I was thinking that maybe spring was here for good - boy was I wrong!  This week is supposed to be a combination of windy, rainy and overcast days and there is not one picture of the sun in the forecast. 

So I ask Mother Nature - why do you tease us so?  Are you trying to remind us to take advantage of each moment as all things in life are fleeting?