Monday morning we both slept in, had a nice breakfast, and putted around the house all day. I put in only an hour of studying. Instead of hitting the books I was lounging around reading while Kuniko was in listening to English tapes. We also made reservations for a birthday dinner on Tuesday night at one of our favorite restaurants in Kobe.
In the evening we went over to Kuniko’s parent’s place to have a birthday dinner for me. Kuniko’s mom put on quite a feast – we had this meat and mushroom dish that is really good… Kuniko has made it for me before. We also had sandwiches, and chirashizushi rice balls with sashimi rolled up on top. We ate lots, I had a couple of beers and some sake afterwards with her dad, and then they pulled out a homemade cheesecake with candles on it and we ate that, too.
Kuniko spent a lot of time upstairs going through her leftover stuff looking for warmer clothes and photographs for a wedding project. That left me downstairs alone with her parents putting my Japanese to the test. I got by, but barely, and I’m a long way from being able to hold a conversation without sounding like a caveman. Um, food good. Bryan ENJOY!
As usual we were sent home with loads of home-grown vegetables, and plenty of leftover sandwiches. We got home, stretched out of the futon, and decided to cancel our dinner reservation for Tuesday. Over the past three days we have eaten way too much. Instead of something elaborate, we’ll aim for a nice simple dinner at home.
