A busy week

Hi all
Had a huge week last week.

After recovering from the cold i got from going hiking last weekend, i filled my week with heaps of things

Tuesday: went to watch my department play volleyball (and lose). then finally made it as far as the station to go exploring the lovely city of mito

wednesday: went to an art exhibition of a friend of one of the other JETs and then went to a language exchange class where you speak for japanese for 1 hour and then english for 1 hour.

thursday: dinner with my host family and then shopping at yamada denki

friday: moving day
spent the whole day moving into my new apartment. its pretty close to work, but a long 30 min walk from the station. but by bike its really easy. also went and applied for my alien card
in the evening it was off to the fireworks festival in town with anotehr JET and her boss and family.

saturady: more settling into my apartment and buying bits and pieces. still need to get a sofa, and a fan...
arvo was spent dancing in the festival with people from the international association and the bank. we danced for 4 hours to the same song over and over. if i ever hear it again i think i will go crazy. but the good thing was that every 15 mins they stoped for a few mins to drink beer and rest. some of the other JETs got very very pissed. after dancing till 9pm we went out to a japanese pub for dinner and more drinks and i walked the long 30 mins home.

sunday: the plan was to go to the beach, but the people i planned to go with had slept in and missed their train and the next one didnt come till 4pm. so that idea was out the window.
so i met up with a JET who works in teh same building as me and had some ramen for lunch and then hung out chatting for ages. then to startbucks for drinks with a few more JETs and then to a sushi train for dinner.

i got a phone call at about 6pm from tom, and he was like "i am at haneda now, ok if i come to mito tonight?". i wasnt expecting him till monday so i was a bit shocked. my apartment is still pretty empty so i only have one bed. it was pretty squishy. but i was so happy to see him.

The plan was to walk to the station and then get a taxi back with him. he had said his bus would get in at 9.45 so i was just about to get ready to leave and he called and said he was already in mito. good traffic apparently. i had some of the jets over for drinks so they hung around till he arrived and then they walked home.

monday: back at work. tom came and had lunch at the kencho and later i am off to go shopping to buy a new futon and a gas stove with my boss. maybe go out exploring with tom when i get home.