Kuniko and I got up early today – 3 a.m. One of Kuniko’s students was on an early flight back to Canada, so I decided to join Kuniko on her trip to the airport. It is a long, boring drive, and even more boring that early. We got all ready and then hit the road, and the biggest delays were the traffic lights getting to the freeway – they were on a timer that seemed to last forever to switch over.
We made the long drive there and met up with another teacher at Kuniko’s school, Hakogi sensei. We all stood around waiting for Haley to show up, and when she did there were endless pictures. Haley’s friends from school were there, her host family, some Rotary representatives, and us. Everyone had to be in the picture, and everyone had brought cameras so every combination of person and camera had to done.
There were lots of tearful goodbyes, and Haley got to the security gate with minutes to spare for her flight. Soon after we waved goodbye Kuniko and I were at McDonald’s for breakfast, and then back on the road home. We got back around 9 a.m., and we both crashed right out to sleep.
Fast forward to about 2 p.m. and we woke up and got organized. Now I’m typing this up and soon we’ll be heading to Kuniko’s folks for dinner.
Next week my exam period starts, so I’ll get half days all week. I plan on doing some things that I haven’t been able to do because of work. I’ll go to have my eyes checked out, do some packing at home for the move, and take care of paperwork and other fun stuff. Time is really starting to fly, now.
