Today I started the wheels in motion to move a beautiful woman into my apartment at the end of the month. At work I chatted with the vice principal, who gets a lot of pleasure out of speaking English with me and speaking Japanese on my behalf. I told him about the plans to get Kuniko moved in here around the end of this month, and he took off headed to the office to get the ball rolling. I tagged along behind him, and when we got to the office he told them all about what I wanted.
Japanese companies tend to be slow moving machines, requiring approval at all levels for even the smallest decisions. Japanese public schools are even more so. Luckily the vice principal carries a lot of weight, and the office people were scrambling to do his (and by extension, my) bidding.
With that taken care of, all I had left to do today was meet with Mori sensei about our upcoming class at the junior high school. She was very excited about the class, and we talked over the gameplan. I’m really looking forward to the class – it’s on Thursday of this week. She’s calling it a catered class, and it took me a second to get the joke.
I got home around one o’clock this afternoon, and I swung into action making a tasty cucumber sandwich from the cucumbers that the Kageyama family sent over. After wolfing that down I made a marinade for the pork steaks I’m cooking for dinner, and then I continued working on reorganizing the household. I’m not sure if I’m making any space, but I’m definitely throwing away lots of junk.
Just a few minutes ago the master called from Denya, and he wanted to know if I could make it in tomorrow night – one of the regular guys is going to be there and wanted to drink with me. Should be fun – I love that the owner of the restaurant is handling my social calendar for the week.
Thursday night I’m going into Sannomiya in the afternoon to try on wedding gear with Kuniko for the big ceremony in November. I’m hoping they have a gold tux!
