Day 13 - Unlucky

Despite it being saturday, not friday, today has been a very unlucky 13th for me. The day started with me waking up later than I should have. This happens enough that it wasn't really a worry. However, I missed Tamarra's texts, which was the problem. I went down to breakfast, came up to check my phone, and realized I'd missed quite a few. Also, when I tried to respond to them, my phone up and died. I'm going to charge it every night from now on.


Tamarra's texts were important because we were going to fix an issue with our cellphones today, mainly that they had us paying in cash by mail, but I'd much rather it done automatically by card. But we needed someone to help us to communicate that to the people at the phone company, so needed my host sister, and she was only free 'til lunch. Finally, about 10:45 rolls around, Tamarra gets here with a little difficulty, and we head to the phone shop.


We get there and guess what? I forgot my card. So I leave Tamarra there with Rio, go back home, get my card, and because it's so hot, trade my coat for a thinner cardigan. And promptly leave my phone at home.  That much was okay at least, I didn't need it to change to a card, but wanted to use it today, so we had to come back one more time.


That finally done, Tamarra and I split with Rio so she could go see papa, while Tamarra and I went to Harajuku. It's my third time now! On the way, we saw one of my neighbors has this weird collection of statues in front of their house:

We got there, and went to this place called Sweets Paradise. It's a Tabehodai, an all-you-can-eat sweets place. I'll upload pics eventually, I don't feel up to it today.

After, we went to the Daiso, a 100yen store, and I picked up some school supplies. We decided to go home directly after though. Get back, do some reading for classes. Shortly, an old homestay student of Mama's shows up, with mama and yuri, and we all have tea together. That slowly morphs into dinner. Mama brought out the huge, beautiful boiling pot of Udon, so I ran upstairs to get my camera to take a pic.

I wish I'd stayed and taken it with my ipod, because on the way back down, I slipped on the stairs and slid down. Fucking hurts. Then got to cry in front of this person I just met, and my back, knee, and ankle hurt now. I'm going to Yokohama tomorrow for a tour, but this shit sucks.


After that, tonight has been mostly uneventful. I learned how to use a Japanese washing machine. They should be done soon, but most Japanese don't have a dryer, so I get to dry my clothes outside. Yay? I don't like seeing my own clothes, much less having the neighbors gawk at them. Oh well. I guess I'm going to have to get used to it, or find a coin laundromat and shell out more money… Hopefully tomorrow will be better.