Thursday was my first day of temporary unemployment, but I got up at the same time as Kuniko and had breakfast with her, and then said goodbye at the door. She had only a short meeting to attend today, and then she could come home and get packing for her trip.
For my part I did laundry and organized the house a little bit, feeling just a bit strange to not be working today. A couple of times I would look at the time and think about what my students and co-workers were doing right then. I had a snack for lunch, and soon after that Kuniko was back from work.
She did a little bit of packing, but she found that she needed quite a bit of travel supplies so we went over to Saty and Vivre for some shopping. To our surprise, we spent almost two hours shopping, and by the time we got home it was about time to head to Kuniko’s parents’ house for dinner.
Kuniko had some papers for them to sign, and we had a big dinner of sushi and a stir fried pork dish that was really good. We wrapped up dinner pretty quick and started to head home so Kuniko could finish off packing. Her parents are starting to think more about the Hawaii trip this summer, and we had a good talk about that. They also invited me to come over while Kuniko was gone and let Kuniko’s mom do some cooking for me. It was really nice of them to offer, so I may take them up on it.
Kuniko and I stayed up late getting everything ready for her trip, and we didn’t get to bed until after midnight. Tomorrow we’re getting up early to head to the airport!
