On sunday we had sometime to spare so I suggested we go to see the rose festival they had going on. So off we went and I took lots of pictures which I have found in Japan as a favorite past time. So here are a few of them for you to enjoy.
I have decided to share with you my new goal in Japan, and keep you updated as I continue to nurious it and help it grow. It all started at a Convient Store. One day I was deciding which drink I should buy as I was heading to the train station. As most of you know I am pretty indecisive because I am pretty much happy with anything. In Japan the drinks sometimes have little gifts with them, so one of the little gifts caught my eye. This gift included a pot, some dirt, and a few seeds. Needless to say I made my mind on what drink I was getting. I brought it home and put it all together! I was thinking nothing would happen but to my surprise about two weeks later it is showing life. So as it grow I thought I would share the experience with you. Let me remind you that this came on a pop bottle so the pot is very little. I knew you wouldn't believe me if I showed you the picture so I took a picture of it with a Blistex container(lip conditioner). I hope you have fun sharing this experience with me and since you are sharing the experience please feel free to give me any pointers. This is actually the first plant I have ever planted and grew all by myself. Also the type of plant it is is a Cosmos, If you know what that looks like when it blooms please let me know as I have no clue, but I guess I look forward to a surprise as well. ALSO WE NEED A NAME!! ANY SUGGESTIONS?
My birthday was great but lets just say we are all happy I don't eat like this everyday. these past two weeks I have had at least six pieces of cake. And they weren't all small. Also not to mention two pieces of cake for someone else's birthday. Let's just say I will be happy not to see cake and eat it for a while. Also everyone was great to me here, I had a group of friends take me out for dinner and it was great, a ladies class that took me for lunch, the Pastor in Aikawa had me over to his house for dinner we played karuta and had a fun time, my Japanese parents had me over for yakiniku ( japanese bbq), and many other things it seemed like a long birthday, but it was weird not to have family around! I thank everyone here that made me so welcome over my birthday it really meant a lot. I also thank everyone for the cards and gifts from home it was good to hear from you and have a little bit of home come to me. here are a few pictures of the cakes I ate. of chourse I didn't eat any of the chocolate ones yuck, hehe!!!
Today is the second day in a row I have woken up with my blankets on the floor and sweating so much it disgusted even me. I can only relate this to one thing. Sam would understand. One night I stayed with sam at a house she was watching. Some time that night we accidently turned on the fire place. At about 3am I woke up because I was so hot and sam had all the lights on and windows open, except it was about 40 above outside so windows open wasn't doing much. We woke up soaked in sweat. This is what I feel like here, though it is only 20 above out the humidity is about 82%. I will not make it through the summer alive if I can not think of a solution to this, Because the weather only gets hotter and more humid. I can't fall asleep without a blanket over me, so I have to get used to sleeping without one. If you have any other suggestion on how I can stay alive this summer, please let me know!!!!! Update to come on sweat amount!!
Today I had another reminder that I am in a foreign Country. This morning I went to the gym. As I walked in I expected to see the same thing I usually see two times a week. But today I walked in and they had a table set up and they told me I didn't have to pay today as everything is free so people can come and try the gym and pool out. So I wrote my name out and he handed me a sheet of paper, explaining when all the demonstrations were. I couldn't read it cause the majority of it was kanji. So I asked him if he could explain it to me a bit. After about 15 minutes(with a little English and a little Japanese) we pretty much had the one piece of paper fully explained. Then I didn't know if I had to go to all these things if I was getting in free but he said it was okay to just do what I normally do. Then as I was leaving he showed me a table and I didn't know if he wanted me to pick something for free or if I had to pay for it so I said I was okay and started walking away. But he said wait and he took me to the table and gave me a draw box. I got to draw a letter and get that as a prize. I got a little hanging basket that you can put up in your shower. I was one of those times that you just wish you could speak fluently and just chat it up with them.
