I woke up this morning a little tired, but doing OK considering the amount of food and drink I had the night before. I did a quick check of the weather forecast, and the typhoon that was approaching was apparently going to miss my area of Japan. The day was cloudy, but not rainy, and it looked like I’d be able to do some fun stuff.
To start I talked to my brother and parents on the phone. We spent some time talking about Mark’s birthday, and their plans for the weekend. They’re still without a kitchen, so that definitely affects their entertaining options.
I spent most of the morning cleaning my house. The place needed some serious help. I also went into Akashi, where I found out, much to my dismay, that I had missed the deadline for the Japanese exam I was hoping to take in December. In fact, I had missed it by a whole month!
Fortunately, they have late registration available and there is an outside chance that I can get registered this week. Still, oops!
Back home I did a little pleasure reading, and had a fairly boring dinner of plain white rice. Around six o’clock, Kuniko messaged me to say that she was on her way to my place.
We spent the evening exchanging gifts (she got me a wallet, my parents got her some Elmo socks and a set of Judy Blume books). We ate niku-man for dinner, and went to bed early. Tomorrow we’re planning to spend the day in Kobe to celebrate my birthday.
