Michigan!
Day 0:
Mayumi and I woke up at 6 in the morning and made our way to Nagoya airport. Nagoya has a bathhouse inside the airport, so you can watch planes take off while naked. Pretty classy. It was also really nice to have relaxed muscles for the long flight over. The worst thing about the flight was the man next to me. Overweight and creeping over into my seat. He also smelled pretty bad. 12 hours of that.
Dad picked us up from the airport and brought us over to my Mom's house where we had what would be considered a month's supply of fresh fruit in Japan. I was going to try to stay up until it got dark to get on a regular schedule, but Mayumi wanted to take a nap for an hour or so. But we laid down at 5:30 and didn't wake up until 8 hours later. From 1:30 until 3 we stayed up watching a Death Cab for Cutie concert on Public TV, then slept another couple hours between 3 and 6:30.
Day 1:
Mayumi and I wake up at 6:30, have breakfast, then go to the Secretary of State. My Driver's License expired 2 days previous, so I had to convince them I was still a Michigan resident. Luckily, they didn't ask any questions, so the ugly truth wasn't revealed. Afterward, Mayumi and I went to Meijer. $126.03 worth of groceries! What can we say? We miss Meijer food. I'm so going to gain 10 pounds this month. We tried to go to Best Buy to get a new camera (I discovered mine was broken while on the plane!) but Best Buy had been closed for 5 days due to a blown something or other. But I did see ALBERT! who works there. Mayumi and I had Arby's for lunch. The person behind us in line gave us a coupon for a free BBQ Bacon Roastburger. Free meal! Mayumi had that, and I just had a roast beef sandwich. I've waited for that Arby's taste two years. That and a lot of other tastes. Afterward, we went back to my Dad's house, talked to my Brother, his wife, Amanda, and her mother. We went back to my Mom's place, and as I was putting away groceries, my brother effectively ruined my favorite juice company for me. Bolthouse Farms, which makes the best juices on earth, apparently poured a lot of money into the effort to prevent gay marriage in California. Can I still drink it with a clean conscience? Or will I have to look deeply into the records of all the different juice companies until I find something worse done by their competitors? We had salads then went over to my Aunt and Uncle's place. Saw cousins, saw cousins' kids, ate dessert, went home. Mayumi and I went to sleep at 9. Mayumi slept on & off, but I didn't wake up until 8am. 11 more hours in the sleep bank.
Day 2:
Today! Breakfast today: Fresh Raspberries, Blueberries, Strawberries, and Cherries. White Chocolate Raspberry Swirl Bread from Great Harvest. Maple Bacon. Homophobia Juice. So delicious. I have a guy where I had not one yesterday. Mayumi and I went back out and bought a camera at W*lmart. Yes, I'm ashamed. But they were the only ones that had a Lumix. Walmart plasters AMERICA over all of the clothes they sell. We had lunch at Panda Express (Orange Chicken!!!) and got our free Slurpees (Today is 7-11). We bought Mayumi some clothes at Old Navy and a year's supply of Soap at Bath & Body Works. Dinner out and B. Dubs later tonight!
Mayumi and I woke up at 6 in the morning and made our way to Nagoya airport. Nagoya has a bathhouse inside the airport, so you can watch planes take off while naked. Pretty classy. It was also really nice to have relaxed muscles for the long flight over. The worst thing about the flight was the man next to me. Overweight and creeping over into my seat. He also smelled pretty bad. 12 hours of that.
Dad picked us up from the airport and brought us over to my Mom's house where we had what would be considered a month's supply of fresh fruit in Japan. I was going to try to stay up until it got dark to get on a regular schedule, but Mayumi wanted to take a nap for an hour or so. But we laid down at 5:30 and didn't wake up until 8 hours later. From 1:30 until 3 we stayed up watching a Death Cab for Cutie concert on Public TV, then slept another couple hours between 3 and 6:30.
Day 1:
Mayumi and I wake up at 6:30, have breakfast, then go to the Secretary of State. My Driver's License expired 2 days previous, so I had to convince them I was still a Michigan resident. Luckily, they didn't ask any questions, so the ugly truth wasn't revealed. Afterward, Mayumi and I went to Meijer. $126.03 worth of groceries! What can we say? We miss Meijer food. I'm so going to gain 10 pounds this month. We tried to go to Best Buy to get a new camera (I discovered mine was broken while on the plane!) but Best Buy had been closed for 5 days due to a blown something or other. But I did see ALBERT! who works there. Mayumi and I had Arby's for lunch. The person behind us in line gave us a coupon for a free BBQ Bacon Roastburger. Free meal! Mayumi had that, and I just had a roast beef sandwich. I've waited for that Arby's taste two years. That and a lot of other tastes. Afterward, we went back to my Dad's house, talked to my Brother, his wife, Amanda, and her mother. We went back to my Mom's place, and as I was putting away groceries, my brother effectively ruined my favorite juice company for me. Bolthouse Farms, which makes the best juices on earth, apparently poured a lot of money into the effort to prevent gay marriage in California. Can I still drink it with a clean conscience? Or will I have to look deeply into the records of all the different juice companies until I find something worse done by their competitors? We had salads then went over to my Aunt and Uncle's place. Saw cousins, saw cousins' kids, ate dessert, went home. Mayumi and I went to sleep at 9. Mayumi slept on & off, but I didn't wake up until 8am. 11 more hours in the sleep bank.
Day 2:
Today! Breakfast today: Fresh Raspberries, Blueberries, Strawberries, and Cherries. White Chocolate Raspberry Swirl Bread from Great Harvest. Maple Bacon. Homophobia Juice. So delicious. I have a guy where I had not one yesterday. Mayumi and I went back out and bought a camera at W*lmart. Yes, I'm ashamed. But they were the only ones that had a Lumix. Walmart plasters AMERICA over all of the clothes they sell. We had lunch at Panda Express (Orange Chicken!!!) and got our free Slurpees (Today is 7-11). We bought Mayumi some clothes at Old Navy and a year's supply of Soap at Bath & Body Works. Dinner out and B. Dubs later tonight!