Today I am tired. I spent 5.5-6 hours listening to speeches today. That is too long. Luckily, tonight I am headed to Disneyland, so I'm feeling hopeful.
But you know what is starting to feel close? My homecoming! It's a little strange. Before coming to Japan, I could think of nothing else. And now I've started to think about after Japan, and it's weird - because it's always a little weird, isn't it,
when the future all of a sudden really feels like it's going to happen.But none of you want to hear about that now, do you? Much better to hear about Japan while I'm here, right? Right. So today? My host family!
Remember? Those guys I live with? Yeah! Today, finally a picture of them!! Yay! Okay, there they are... Cutie, right? They are the ones in the front. The ones giving the thumbs up signals. His name is Toshihiro, but I call him Otousan. Her name is Junko, but I call her Okaasan. Because they are my parents!
I like my host parents a lot. Yay! They love children - they used to run a toy shop, and then at the same time they started a cram school/after-school program. Why don't they have kids, though?! That is the biggest mystery of my life with them. But it's not a big dealk, because they have me, and Air Force brothers, and Laura (who arrived last week). Last night thye told us that they ALWAYS have students, except sometimes in the winter when no one wants to come.
They are so fascinating! But mostly they are just the nicest ever. And really I just wanted to post a picture for you all to see. So, there they are! My parents... (The ones in the back of the picture are Caitlin's parents! Or, her dad and grandma. They're nice too! And they grow fruit - I'm so jealous...)
Yay, my host fam made it in to your picture! WOOO
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm a little distressed that you can't read the French on your dad's shirt in this picture. But I forgive you.