Hmm, what’s new? On Saturday Kuniko came over to visit; originally we had planned to go out to dinner and then see Harry Potter 3. I came up with the great idea of firing up the BBQ and doing shrimp skewers instead. So we stayed in, instead of going out and blowing cash at a restaurant.
We had some time to kill before the coals were ready, so I proposed to her. In English. And she said “Yes”. In English.
While I cooked up the shrimp out on my back patio Kuniko joined me and we looked out over the town of Futami and thought about what just happened. We were excited and scared and nervous and glad and, speaking for myself, hungry.
The shrimp turned out great! I painted on a garlic butter sauce, and we also had a green salad on the side – it turned out to be a great improvisational meal.
After dinner we washed the dishes together and giggled nervously, and then we went to Okubo. Our habit is to hold hands when she drives which is going to get us into an accident one of these days if we’re not careful. Once we got there we saw the movie, and we cuddled up as close as possible when seated in two different movie theater seats.
It was cool that we went out and saw a movie, since it was after a movie in November that I first told her that I was interested in more than friendship. Since then I’ve learned a lot about her, and we’ve both been working hard to bridge the language and culture differences that we have.
She dropped me off at home and tomorrow she is going to tell her folks about us. I’ll be staying home tomorrow with crossed fingers hoping that everything comes out OK.
