Sat/Sun

Yesterday (Saturday) Mr.Sypal came to our apartments and the three of us walked to downtown Matsudo. It was a bit breezy, but pretty nice out. On the way there we saw a few interesting things, including a gas station with the pumps suspended in the air! We also walked by this little river with a cute lil bridge and through a shrine (I can't remember if it was Buddhist or Shinto).



For lunch we ate at this yummy ramen place. Ramen here is not like it is in the states. In Japan it's not that stuff that comes from a little packet that you buy from Wal-mart for 50 cents. Here, it is actually good. For 650 yen (so approx. $6.50) this is what I got. Not only were there noodles, but also bamboo, onions, pork and either spinach or seaweed (I can't remember what the green stuff was) on top.


The shop itself was pretty cool. There was seating in an "L" shape with stools and counter space for your food with the chefs cooking right in front of you. Playing in the background was music from the USA. It was funny because they played an interesting variety of music ranging from Foo Fighters, to Justin Timberlake, to Lonestar. It was nice to hear some familiar music and actually understand the language though.


John took this picture. We weren't quite ready for it, but I thought it turned out pretty cool.

The reason we were out and about was to go watch Mrs.Wolff compete in a Japanese speech contest. I thought she was pretty ambitious considering she was the only American that was competing. We stayed through the first round of contestants. Mrs.Wolff did really well and ended up placing in second! After that we came back to the apartments because I was getting another migraine. I slept most of the afternoon. In the evening Carly and I played Phase 10 and Garbage. I love card games!! Then we watched Talladega Nights. I talked to Josh for a little bit on skype and then went to bed.

I woke up today and felt just terrible. My migraine was super bad. Originally Carly and I were going to go find this bilingual church, but we didn't go since I didn't feel good. I slept until about 12:30 and then just laid around and watched Prison Break all day. I tried to do a load of laundry, but when I tried to turn on my washer nothing happened. I couldn't get any of the buttons to work to turn it on, so I resorted to doing a load up in Carly's apartment so I would have clean clothes for Monday morning. It was nice outside so I hung my pants outside. I'm hoping that by taking the whole day off today and not doing anything that tomorrow I will feel better. Please pray that I can get rid of these terrible migraines!!!