This morning I called my folks to catch up with them in the morning, and then fixed myself a big bowl of curry and rice and watched Survivor. The curry here is ranked on a heat scale of one to five, usually. I found one that was ranked a ten once, but now I’ve found a place that sells a twenty ranking – which is more like it. While I watched the show I ran laundry in the background, and finally around noon I got organized and went out to do some shopping.
My first stop was grocery shopping in the newly remodeled local grocery. The store looks much better, and now it’s like a tiny supermarket rather than a tiny fruit stand with other things. Everybody else in town had the same idea, so it was packed. People were throwing elbows and cutting in front of other people – it was cutthroat out there.
I got a bunch of good groceries, and then took them home and stocked the fridge. Instead of going all the way to Kobe, I decided to go the other way to Himeji. It is only a few stops and is about 40 yen cheaper to get there on the train.
In Himeji I took some pictures of the castle, because I always seem to do that when I’m there. I found some good stuff when shopping, and I finally came back home around three o’ clock.
Tomorrow is back to the grind. On Friday is our year end party for school. Not many of my compadres are going to be there – Mr. Hayashi is skipping it because of a conflict, and Miss Kageyama wasn’t invited because she is a part time teacher. Mr. Kimura should be there, and also Mr. Komuri. I’m not sure what to expect. It ought to be fun.
