What a nice relaxing day. I got up fairly early, and got organized and cleaned up. I called my folks, and also my grandparents – getting things finalized for our trip over there next weekend.
Kuniko came by around lunchtime, and we walked over to the ramen place that I tried for the first time a couple of weeks ago. I tried to explain what a “greasy spoon” restaurant was, but it was tough. I’ll just have to take her to one when we get to California.
After lunch we did a little bit of shopping for my ESS party tomorrow, and then we went back and took a long afternoon nap. Kuniko was complaining of a stomach ache, so I was worried about her catching something.
We woke up around 5 p.m., and then got going to Akashi to meet up with Tamura sensei and Yuri. Tamura sensei had her boyfriend along, and together we went to a restaurant to eat nabe (hot soup). We had a good time catching up, and I had a good chance to practice listening to Japanese. Yuri speaks half English/half Japanese, switching between the two almost mid-sentence. It actually makes it easier for me to follow the conversation.
After dinner we went over to the train station, and said our goodbyes. Kuniko still wasn’t doing so hot, and I hated to send her off when she wasn’t feeling good. I have a graduation ceremony at school tomorrow, so I couldn’t really do anything to help her. Tomorrow night she’ll be going home to stay with her parents for the night, so at least they can take care of her if she needs it.
Now I’m at home getting ready for the aforementioned graduation ceremony. It should be fun – compared to last year I know a lot more of the students, so it feels like I’ve got more of an attachment to them. Looking forward to it!
