Today I got up early with Kuniko even though I really didn’t have to. There was nobody expecting me at work today and I had no special plans – just build furniture and unpack the boxes that are laying around the bedroom and living room.
I started by building the bookshelves that we’ll be using in the living room for DVDs. The instructions were well illustrated, and even though everything was in Japanese I was able to work out what I needed to do. It took about 30 minutes to build, and afterwards I loaded it up with DVDs and it looks pretty good.
Next I brought in the laundry storage rack that we had bought. This sucker was heavy. After I opened it I saw why – there were two boxes inside the one single box. They had given us two laundry racks for the price of one. It was a 7000 yen mistake – I had only paid for the one piece. Now we’ll have to drive back there and give them back the extra one. I like laundry racks but we don’t need two.
After building all the furniture I went to the post office to mail some stuff, and then did some shopping at Jasco and came home. I ate a chicken bento that was on sale across the street. It was good, but not so healthy. If I’m going to be properly unemployed for the month of August I’m going to have to come up with some cheap meals for lunch. I picked up some lunchmeat so I can make sandwiches, and maybe I’ll have that for lunch starting tomorrow.
I finally got the internet connection up and running and spent some time catching up on e-mail and seeing what is happening out in the world. We don’t have a TV now, and without the internet connection I had no idea what was going on. Luckily, not much new.
I also got a chance to talk with my folks on the phone. They had a great trip to Idaho recently, and it was nice to hear about the good times they had. I gave them our new information, and here it is for you:
312-1-301 Okubo
Okubo-cho Akashi-shi Hyogo-ken
Japan 674-0051
Our phone number is 078-935-2825
Well, I’m back to unpacking and doing some laundry while there is some sun out. Tonight is Friday night but I think we’ll be taking it easy and resting up. Kuniko has to work both Saturday and Sunday, so we’ll need to take some rest whenever we can get it.
