I'm going to break up my belated blogging into different sections, the happenings of the last month! Somehow with Baby-kun's arrival coming closer, I have been doing the "nesting" thing and cleaning, organizing, etc. I feel somewhat of an urgency--probably just due to my personality of wanting to be ready whenever. Anyway, the blog has been neglected--sorry.
Back in July we were blessed by a visit from Rita K. and Cheryl H. Andrew K. said I was brave to take a whole van of visitors (we had the Kinsingers come in too) for a Tokyo tour, but looking back, maybe it was kinda dumb of me. Thankfully the only mishap was a run-in with the motorcycle police! I was just about to Asakusa Temple and was trying to figure out this crazy 5 street intersection, when I turned right--at the same time a policeman turned left onto the same street. He pulled me over and told me there was a sign that I couldn't turn right from 8AM to 8PM. I saw no such sign, but know he must have been right--no one else was turning! I did try to get out of it (a bit difficult in Japanese), saying I was a dumb foreigner and not used to driving in Tokyo, but he reminded me that "you have a license" He gave me the ticket, apologizing that it "hurt a little". Anyway, we had a nice time together--here's a picture of part of our gang. You can check the Kinsinger's blog for more pictures--I need to ask Wanda if I can put a link on our page! The other girl is Kimberly Lehman, Jana's helper for a few months this summer.
We also got together with some of two of Akihiro's friends from medical school--Gen and his little girl Momoka and Ai and her son Shuntaro. They were so cute and we enjoyed our lunch with them very much.
