Just as I was wrapping up dinner, the doorbell rang and a delivery guy was standing there with a large box. It was a big birthday package from Sara. She had sent tons of stuff – things that are hard or impossible to find here in Japan. It was amazing what she fix in there – a couple of bottles of hot sauce, three big chunks of cheese, a bunch of fresh peppers (Jalapenos, Anaheims, and Habaneros), chips, a DVD, candy, corn nuts, and the list goes on. It was amazing.
As everything was unpacked and laying all over the place, Yasu called from next door. He is the guy that helped when Andy went to the hospital. Melanie was at their place, and they invited me over, since she was over there cooking some homemade curry. I had just eaten, but I went over anyway to visit a little bit – Yasu’s mom has kind of adopted us. We sat around and drank beer and ate curry, although I only had a little bit. There was another neighbor there, an English teacher from a nearby school, and so we talked to her a little bit. She seemed very nice, but maybe a little shy.
Anyway, afterwards they brought out some delicious cakes, and I left there on a sugar high. Melanie dropped by to pick up Count Of Monte Cristo, since I had just finished it, and almost passed out from exhaustion at my kitchen table. I’m hoping to stay up a little later tonight doing some work that I’ve been putting off, since I have no classes tomorrow.
