When planning blocks of time to write my thesis during these last few weeks, I neglected to take into consideration the number of goodbye parties for Sean. We had our first one last weekend with my women's community yoga class. Because he was the only guy invited and also one of two people in the group who was leaving soon he received a lot of attention. We love when we get invited to go out to dinner with a group of Japanese friends because they always know what to order. As Sean put it the other night, "These ladies know how to do things right!" and they certainly did. We had an elaborate spread of all kinds of fish, salads, tofu and vegetables with a variety of dipping sauces. As I'd dip a bit of something into one brown sauce invariably one of the ladies would "tsk" at me and motion for me to dip it into one of the other brown sauces. It didn't matter to me because they were all delicious. Our table was the most raucous in the restaurant as the beer, champagne and wine flowed while hilarity ensued. Japanese farewell parties set the bar high, without a doubt.


I'm headed to yoga class tomorrow night and I'm excited to see these friends again and bring some special treats for tea and snacks afterwards. Sean and I finally finished completely unpacking and organizing and opened a few of our souvenirs from our trip to Tokyo Disneyland. The top selling item at both Disney parks is rice crackers with the shape of Mickey Mouse made out of seaweed. We bought a pack and I can't wait to share them with everyone tomorrow. It doesn't matter if they're tasty or not as long as they're cute!

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