seriousaura

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag, Echizen. I sent your present to your parent's house. I hope it gets to you no later than tomorrow.

Germany is fine. I first visited my mother's side of the family before driving back down to Munich. We went to Christkindlmarkt last night. I think it would have been better if it had snowed, but it isn't in the forecast until later this week.

I hope every one has a good holiday.

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We arrived back from Argentina last Sunday. I'm afraid there wasn't much of a readjustment period before I went back to the office. Sleeping on the plane helped with that tremendously.

It was a wonderful trip. I shall have to go back in the future. There were many sections I did not get to due to being enthralled by others. Tremendous gratitude, Seiichi.

Echizen. I hope you will at least peruse "The History of Chocolate." It is in Portuguese and was quite the read. May I assume that the candy has already been properly disposed of in a manner that is probably quite undignified?

Yanagi. Arthur. Thank you so much for getting my costume together to have Atobe bring. I don't remember much about Halloween, but from what I hear it was fun. Halloween was a success.

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Christkindl Markt was nice, although the lack of snow rather caused the atmosphere to be lacking. The weather in Munich has been shifting between rain and somewhat cloudy. I was hoping for snow when we make the trek to Neuschwanstein, but I see the snow is only supposed to hit after we have left for Paris. Even there, the schedule is for rain. I suppose I should be thankful we had plenty of it in Japan before we left for break.

Thank you, everyone, for the gifts. Sengoku, yours amused me greatly. Saeki, Oshitari. I almost think you believe I am unstylish. Regardless, they came in handy for an impromptu board meeting I had. Ryoma, Atobe, Oishi, Kabaji. Your gifts will be very helpful in the future. Sanada, I suppose this means I'll turn your gift against you at practices in the spring. I look forward to it. Ohtori, the music was a good choice. Yanagi...I'm not even going to ask.

The flight thus far have been problem free. We are taking the train to Paris. I think Karupin has had enough of flying for awhile, but there's only one more for when we return on the 2nd. There simply wasn't enough time to head to Vienna and Copenhagen over break. Not with family obligations. Speaking of which, they went a lot better than I expected.

Hope the holidays are pleasant for you all.

I spoke with my father the other evening. Mother wants to attend "Carmen" in Copenhagen and fortunately unfortunately, the only weekend they could get tickets for fell on family visitation. Father was almost adamant about flying out. I think he mentioned something regarding 'not wanting to see "Carmen" for the 5th time', but I told him in no uncertain terms that mother would not be pleased if he flew out here without her and did not accompany her to the opera. He relented finally and I charged him with the task of perusing a select list of bookshops in Copenhagen for materials. I emailed him the list while we were on the phone. While he prattled away about the Munich offices and whether or not I would consent to procuring a bigger space, I finished up the quarterly financial reports and a couple of papers for class.

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I was able to finish the translation for Oedipus Rex for Oshitari Yuushi. I thought I would have had time to get it to him before he left for Hawaii. I suppose it can wait until he gets back.

I have been practicing judo and kendo a bit more frequently than I have in the past. As such, I have been not been playing tennis. It's not as though I don't want to; I just feel like I wouldn't play my best and to me, that is worse than not playing at all.

I've looked over all the manuscripts. Unfortunately, I can only work with one of them. The other two are more worn than I am comfortable with and the writing is terribly blurry. I suppose that is from a combination of wear and age, but that can only account for so much of it. I'll be returning them personally back to the offices in Tokyo. Shipping them back in this state is unwise.

Fuji. Thank you for coming over the other night and having dinner with me.

Yanagi. I have left an order form on my desk. I won't have time today to get it sent in. Would you mind doing it for me? I am not worried about shipping, so there is no need to rush it.

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(ooc: the order form is for his Halloween costume <.< yeah, he's still going as Sebastian ;___;)

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I was successful in winning both of my matches this morning. Both hard fought of course. Ryoga is quite the challenge, but I have had more difficulty playing the likes of Atobe, Sanada, and Echizen.

Yukimura, whenever you have a free moment, I would like to play a match with you.

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There's been a family emergency. I'll be leaving campus shortly. I hope to return by Monday, but I can't be exactly sure.

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Yanagi, you are free to do as you wish over the weekend.

I believe it would be in the interest of fairness if I stepped down from the Disciplinary Committee for this particular hearing. Considering I was somewhat involved, I do not wish for Hiyoshi and his butler to not receive an unbiased panel. Alas, I am quite biased in this particular interest. After the issue is resolved, I will resume my position on the Committee.

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Atobe. Tennis. Wednesday morning at 7?

Also, the racket outside of Sole last night. I peered outside, but it was rather difficult to see. I did pick up a German song. Though, I am slightly surprised I did based on the way the words were strung together. I heard some French too... but the words I heard were just ridiculous.

I finally finished the German translation of Sun Tzu's "The Art of War". Atobe has a copy and my translation has been sent along to my grandfather for binding. I'm quite proud of it.

I had planned to begin work on translating the Iliad into German, but I am going to put that aside for the volume I had Yukimura look over. It is indeed in Greek, so I am rather pleased to delve into the intricacies of the language. Yukimura, I would appreciate any help you would be willing to give.

Other than translation work, my grandfather has updated me on the situation with my butler. I cannot say much more than that however.