I Thought He Was Dead!

My beetle is alive!!! He finally changed from a gross looking white larva into a beetle!!! For the past month or so I could just see the shell underneath all of the dirt. I thought he had long since died and was rotting down at the bottom of his cage. When I got home today I noticed that the soil was looking a little different in the cage and sure enough a full grown beetle was crawling around!!! The little guy must be hungry though. I don't have any solid food to give the little guy at the moment. Tomorrow I will make a trip down to Nakano and grab some snacks for him. The problem is I don't have too much time left here in Japan. I need to figure out what to do with the little guy before heading home.

In other news, I ate dinner with Hiro, my old homestay brother from 2 years ago. He graduated from graduate school this spring and is now working at a company doing research. He told me that he is working about 14 hours per day! That is insane! As such, he has lots of money and no time to use it. He treated me to a meal and we caught up on old times. It is really too bad that I have to go home so soon. People are finally wanting to get together with me again...