Well, another boring week. Not much to report on really. Went to work, worked, sleep, go running, repeat. That is pretty much my schedule for right now. Although, mom, dad and Michael went down to see Hiroko, Jason and the kids. Thankfully, Mike took his laptop down and I got to see my whole family! Mom and dad are looking great! Michael .... Michael.... Michael....wow. I love you brother but man, looking a little like an old western bartender! That's all I can say right now. That was really nice. I couldn't believe how big Shaun has gotten. WOW! I have missed a lot. I am so happy he likes his train! I hoped he would like it because that is the train that I ride. I got him a toy train of the Shonan-Shinjuku. If I want to go to Tokyo, that's the train I take. I am also happy Alyssa likes her oragami. Hiroko already made her a crab, and I hope Alyssa takes a shot at it soon!

Besides that, I have been studying a lot of Japanese. I am trying to study an hour or more everyday. At my last lesson, I learned simple commands so that I can help mama-san when Hiroko and Jason plus the kids come over. I want to help do some translating for her! I hope I am up for the challenge.

All my love to the states!

Well, sorry I haven't written in a few days aka week! I have been busy. The end of my holiday was wonderful. Rika's house was so much fun! For dinner we made our own sushi! I have never done that and it was a lot of fun! It was quite interesting actually. I can't wait to do it back in America with my family! Rika's niece was so much fun. She is 6 years old, so kinda around Alyssa's age, so that was really nice. She really liked me and we studied Japanese together as well. She was a show off though and read really fast, while I read really slow. That made everyone laugh!

The rest of last week was work.....and by the way everyone, I extended for another 6 months from the end of my contract, therefore I am here until April next year!

I went to Kawagoe this past weekend. It was really interesting there. They had these really old buildings from the 1700s and 1800s built out of clay. It was really cool to see them. The ceilings were really low and I had fun exploring the city. Now I am going back to my regular work week. Lots of fun. Happy Birthday Alyssa! I know I talked to you on Sunday but I thought I would say it on here too! Have a great day in America everyone. The sun has set on the land of the rising sun for today.

Well the Golden Week vacation is a nice one this year. I'm laying low through most of it. I'm trying not to spend too much money. I want to save money for Hiroko and then Hawai'i. I believe I already told everyone about frisbee golf. So that leaves just a couple days to catch everyone up on. I went shopping on Friday for some birthday gifts. I will be mailing those out on Thursday or Friday, after the holidays that is. Yesterday and today I spent lackadaisical days. Mostly exercise and then movies. I will be watching some Marilyn Monroe movies. I already watched Some Like it Hot. I will watch The Seven Year Itch on Wednesday, after my return from Maebashi in Gunma Prefecture. I will be visiting one of the teachers I work with, Rika. I'm going to spend the night up there with her family. I'm nervous because no one in family speaks English except her. But, I have learned some Japanese especially for this, so hopefully that will help. Well, that's all for now, I will write more when I come back from Gunma!