We Did It!

We did it! Avery and I successfully completed our first outing using the bus, train, and taxi without Curtis. This morning we hopped a bus to Negishi train station and took the train to Yamate where we met the Clarks and the Peels for a day at the Hamagin Space Science Center. While Curtis was slaving away at work, we were having fun doing things like vertual meteor fighting games, moon walk simulations and jungle gyms. The kids had a really good time.

After we landed back on Earth, we took the train station to Motomachi (good shopping district) and did a little window shopping and took the kids to the TY beanie baby store. Of course Avery went NUTS in there. I was exhausted after all that and my feet were TIRED! So, Avery and I jumped in a taxi back to Honmoku (our town).

We found out today that our air shipment will be delivered to us Sunday morning between 9:00 and 10:00. In Japanese, this means they will be here at 8:59. They are so funny about their schedules. We were riding the bus the other day (when Curtis was teaching me how) and we waited at a stop for about 1 minute. Curtis said "you know why we waited don't you?" Of course I answered with a shocking "no"...I've been here for a couple days...who are you kidding. We waited because the driver was ahead of schedule. He couldn't be early! Go figure!