May 16, 2009
A student post: my home stay mom almost never sleeps!
Have you ever met anyone who you thought had super-powers? Or acted like a machine, in body and mind? I think I have a theory about my host mom, Sakayori-san, because she sleeps less than 6 hours a day [Sometimes only 2 hours a day] and works like a madwoman.
My host mom owns a chain of Yoga studios and even instructs at the one on the second floor of their house. Not only does she manage all of the studios and the finance involved, but she takes care of most of the garden in the huge lot of land they own, which is a lot of work to do everyday.
That's just one of the few businesses she deals with. Nearly every weekend my host family throws a party for different groups of people, usually different Yoga groups. One weekend, my host parents decided to throw a party both Saturday and Sunday. The one on Saturday apparently ended at 3 am, I was already asleep by then. When I woke up for a glass of water at 6 am, I looked out the window and saw my host mom and host dad preparing for the next party. That means that they cleaned up after 3 am, and had less than 2 hours of sleep, only to wake up and start preparing for another party. When I met them outside later on, my host mother seemed both completely fine and normal. I think that counts as a superpower of sorts.
Other than being a business genius and Yoga instructor, she is also a 2nd Dan Black belt in Karate, and a world traveler, having been to a dozen countries and is still planning to visit more.
David