The end of the week turned out to be pretty nice. I finally heard from my staffing company saying that they’d like me to stick around for another year at KHI, which set a bunch of events into motion. I contacted my friend Vishnu in India and started planning a trip for this year. We’re both looking into the trip from different ends to see what will work out the best.
Another year contract also means that I’ll have to pick a year of days off in advance, which is always tricky. This week Kuniko and I will pull out the calendars and see what happens.
Friday night we some of Kuniko’s college friends over for a late lunch/early dinner. We served Thai food and had a good time catching up with them. A new visitor was Chu-Chu’s fiancée who fit right in and helped us polish off three bottles of wine. After so much eating and drinking it was nice to have some time to relax on Saturday, and then Sunday the Okamotos came over for tea in the afternoon. We had fun playing with Sota – he’s a great little kid. He was very talkative, although nobody could really understand what he was saying. He didn’t seem to mind, though, and had a great time walking around and playing with the toys that they had brought.
Today is Valentine’s Day in Japan, and Japanese chocolate makers are very happy that it falls on a workday for the first time in three years. Women in the office will be compelled to give chocolate to the men they work with, and give homemade chocolate to the really special guys. Luckily I don’t work with anyone, really, so this Valentine’s will be easy on my waistline…
