Day 6

It was the first sunny day we've had all week. HALLELUJAH! A brief, blessed respite from the rainy season. A break in the clouds. Save for not waking up for good until around 11:00 AM, I relished it for all it was worth.


I went for a walk up Nishiyama-Doori 西山通り(the same way we get driven to work.) It hurt my feet because I was wearing my crappy cheap Forever 21 sandals which gave me blisters, but the weather was so grand. I walked all the way past the Byouin (hospital), past the billboard with the baby going "ん？", past Nagasaki University and past the ストア. It was pretty far. I liked it but I wouldn't keep doing these all the time because they don't accomplish anything except getting me out of the house and "exercise". I know lots of my friends would rather do things alone some or most of the time, but I prefer to be accompanied. (ENFJ, yeah!) At the end of my walk I went up to Suwa again but I didn't have time to chillax like I intended so I just walked back down.



After our work meeting I want to Hamanomachi again with Carley. Our mission was to find Starbucks, because Carley is addicted to Starbucks. And we failed, haha. But we had an adventure :) Lots of fun people-watching, store-watching, walking. Everything is fun when everything is new.



On our walk we happened to run into a cemetary/shrine which led into...Sofukuji, one of the famous temples I had planned on visiting! I love finding things by accident. Ha, life, I didn't even have to plan! Sofukuji is kind of along the tourist circuit so there are a lot of signs in English (and Korean and Chinese.) We were able to make our way back to Meganebashi, which I wanted to show Carley and experience in the sunlight. It was late afternoon, my favorite time of day, because the low sun makes everything gorgeous. There are a freaking ton of koi swimming around in the river, and I honestly don't know if it's natural or if the town put koi there to make it seem more "Japanese." It is the tourist area, after all. Carley and I walked along the river home. I wanted ice cream so I went out to the store and bought a 10-pack of Vanilla Pops. Each pop is literally 3 inches long. LOL @ Japanese and their tiny ice creams. It was the first "unnecessary" money I've spent since buying groceries a few days ago.




We recorded our DVD tonight. Since we don't see the kids every day, we make DVDs for them on our off days. This DVD was us asking them a bunch of questions, like "Do you like music or sports?" "Do you like purple or green?" And they're supposed to run to either side of the room depending on what their preference is. It was silly and fun to make. Carley and I also practiced our song. We're performing at the school assembly tomorrow! I'm singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow and she's playing piano ^^ Hoorah. Hopefully they are impressed. They are going to act impressed either way.

Oh! And since being here I've watched Kung Fu Panda pt. II and Despicable Me. They were good!! <3 Especially Despicable Me. I didn't think it would be so cute and charming but it was.

This is probably boringest post of all time but I don't give a. I'll try harder later I promise! :)