Monday

It was back to the dentist’s office for us today. We had only to work on projects that would give it more of a curb-side appeal and hopefully convince the Powers that Be that we mean business and have spent time on this project so it would be really cool if they didn’t tell us we couldn’t use the building.

The guys worked on powerwashing the whole building to get rid of the water line stain, ripping out all the dead and ratty looking little trees along one side, and the girls disinfected the inside, and washed the inside and outside of all the windows. After we were done, it looked so much awesomer that we forgot to take a picture of it.

But there are these pictures:

Thor.

Charlie's Angels

The tsunami washed a house into this neighbourhood that didn't belong here, and set it down on top of somebody's pink car.

Weary but triumphant. Jen, me, Hannah, and Christina.

 But then! Mr. Abe, our old Japanese friend in this saga, invited us all out to sushi. “Any food is on me,” he said. “Any beer is on you.”

On the way to the sushi place we blew two more tires. 

This is a picture of Jen, Hannah, and I waiting apathetically for the outcome of this disaster. 

 There was a good deal of chaos for some period of time after this, but eventually we got the car jacked up, we all piled in our remaining van and the back of Mr. Abe’s little truck (I was one of the lucky few that got this option), and he drove us to the sushi place.

It was a pretty high-class place. You got your own little dining room. The floors were all beautiful green tatami mats. 

Check out those sushi dishes!

 Then we waited for Mr. Abe to return with new tires. We got a little sleepy.

Anna, David, and I

Hannah.

Robert.

Me. I look like I am sucking on a finger here, but I assure you that I was not.

David giving Anna an impromptu Japanese lesson from the menu. I got one when I woke up, too. Then David had Anna and I translate a long joke into Japanese. I don't know where I was going with that...

Anyhow, after this lovely meal we chatted with Mr. Abe outside. It was there he informed us, through Matt's translating, that he had adopted Jen, Christina, Hannah, Anna, and I as his daughters, and if we would come back to Japan for our weddings, he would give us pieces of land. "And also cows and some chickens, too" Matt added. I laughed at this and told Mr. Abe (in Japanese) thank you, and that I like cows. He was very confused by this, and it turns out Matt had made up the cow and chicken thing himself. I totally got chucked under the bus on that one.

Then sleep.