The weather here has been totally crazy for the last few days. Snow had been predicted from last week but I don't think anyone guessed we could get as much as this! I woke up yesterday morning and everything was white but the roads seemed to be okay so I decided to head into work in the city normally. As I'm sure I have mentioned before we live a bit out of the city and have to drive 20 to 30 minutes into Yamaguchi city. There are two main ways we can go and one has quite a high mountain to go over so I decided to avoid it and take the other route yesterday. The roads or should I say drivers were crazy though! So many people have taken their winter tyres off as I guess they didn't expect anymore snow so cars we slipping all around the road and others couldn't get their cars up the mountain. I was supposed to teach at Liam's daycare at 10:30 but we didn't arrive until 11:10 so that was cancelled. I didn't have to teach again until 1 so went to get my haircut and then headed to school. I was five minutes from school when I got a phone call saying that classes had been cancelled for the afternoon because of the snow. It had been snowing all morning and there was talk of 30cm accumulating. I was supposed to teach a private class later in the afternoon but decided to cancel it and head home when we could.
So I picked up Liam from daycare and after talking with Ryuji decided to take a round about way home that didn't involve going up or down any big mountains. It turned out to be the drive from hell though. We got within about half an hour of being home and there were trees and branches all over the road and basically just enough room for one car to go through. Then the road was closed as trees had fallen down. Ryuji had left work early and just got through before I did. He told me about another road I could take which I did but was totally freaked out. It was so narrow and I had to drive under half fallen down trees and bash through branches. There was a car behind me which was reassuring as I could just imagine us being stuck in the snow, in the middle of nowhere with no mobile phone range or something. We made it out though and thankfully got home in one piece. Liam and I were both mentally drained. He didn't even want to play and requested to just sit quietly and do his Leapster. Very strange for him!
So today there is still snow everywhere! It has been quite sunny so I expected it to melt but I think the sheer amount of it has stopped that happening. We have lived here for 4 years but I have never seen so much snow. Crazy considering it's March! We haven't had to leave the house today though which was a relief. I usually have school on Thursdays but the students had exams today and my private student who I teach in the morning emailed me last night to say not to risk coming in. Liam was of course dying to go out and play in the snow so I let him go out into our backyard while I watched him from inside. I teach 3 classes from home on Thursday afternoons and only 3 out of 12 students ended up showing up. Liam usually goes to Ryuji's parent's house but as I knew so many kids were going to be away he just stayed with me. Only one girl showed up to the second class and as she is only a year older than Liam I let him join the class. He was a bit of a show off but otherwise it worked pretty well. I was then expecting just two students to come to the last class but they cancelled at the last minute so I could finish an hour early. One good thing about the snow I guess.
It's supposed to be sunny and quite warm tomorrow so I hope that means the rest of the snow will disappear. I am so so over it. We don't have to leave home until about midday so fingers crossed the roads will be snow and ice free by then. I am off to lunch with a woman to talk about an interpreting job I am supposed to be doing next Friday. I don't really know the details yet but it's apparently for a group of doctors who are visiting and will be doing some sightseeing around the area. It had only better be sightseeing as there is no way I can interpret medical terms. It's from 9 to 4 and the pay is 30,000 yen which makes it very appealing. The extra cash will definitely come in handy once baby arrives and we will be living on one salary. I am actually quite stressed about our finances as we definitely use much more money than Ryuji's salary every month. We have savings which we will use but it still scares me when I think about it too much.
I was 34 weeks yesterday so only 6 weeks to go until my due date. It still seems like ages away though and I'm sure the time is going to drag by. I am actually feeling really good though. I am sleeping much better than I was a few weeks ago and the heartburn has gone away for now. I don't seem to be getting that much bigger either so am not finding it that uncomfortable to move around. We are pretty much organised with baby stuff. We bought a car seat last weekend and I have ordered a sling online which should arrive soon. I want the cot to be put up around the end of March and then I think we will basically be set. I still haven't got the list of stuff I need for my hospital stay though so I had better get that soon.
Anyway, hub will be home soon so I had better go and get the last of dinner organised.
2010年3月11日木曜日
2010年3月1日月曜日
Not much to say......
Not much of excitement has been going on lately so I'm not really sure what I'm going to blog about. Probably the most exciting this that has happened is that Liam lost his first tooth yesterday. He is only 4 (5 in April) so it seems kind of early but he already had 4 adult teeth come in at the back so it was expected. His tooth had been loose for a while but he wasn't too sure what to do about it. It was hanging by a thread yesterday though so I convinced him to give it a tug and out it popped. There was a bit of blood which would usually freak him out but he was fine with it. We wrapped it up in some plastic and he took it upstairs with him when he went to bed. The tooth fairy had left him 500yen this morning which he was very excited about. I convinced him it would be a good idea to try and save all his tooth fairy money up to buy something big and surprisingly he was up it so we popped it into a money box for him.
This week is quite lazy as I don't have any classes at the school. Today is the graduation ceremony and then the students have tests for the rest of the week. Liam and I had a lovely sleep in this morning and are still in our PJs. We don't have to go out until after lunch which is nice as it's rainy and chilly outside. Liam has swimming class at 3 but before that we are heading to the hospital to visit a friend/student's mum who had a baby boy last Thursday. It is her third child and as she had two girls first she is very happy about having a boy. I bought some cute Pumpkin Patch clothes online to give to her so I will take them up today and check out baby boy. It's the same hospital that I go to and I will be back there again tomorrow for an appointment. I am taking Liam with me for the first time so I'm hoping he's going to behave himself.
The last couple of months of pregnancy seem to be dragging by. I have also been suffering big time from indigestion and heartburn so feel quite uncomfortable. It has fortunately stopped me from pigging out so much as the scales were getting a little scary but it's no fun having it last all day long. I have been propping myself up a bit when I go to bed which helps me sleep but I still probably only sleep for an hour or so at a time. Last night I was wide awake at 4AM for who knows how long. I guess my body is getting itself ready for the middle of the night wake ups with Miss M.
I am in the process of sorting out Liam's Aussie passport renewal. It's not up until June but as things are going to be busy and we are planning to go to Australia in July I thought I would get it out of the way. There's such a lot of paper work and money to fork out. I still find it unbelievable that I have to get our family register professionally translated for the embassy. I could easily do it myself but am of course not allowed. It's not like the embassy don't have Japanese staff or even foreign staff who could understand it. Aargh! Anyway, I have sent it off to a translation company in Fukuoka who will hopefully get it sorted for me quite quickly. If there are any bloggers out there who are qualified to do this kind of thing please let me know as I will have to do it again when I get Miss M's Aussie passport. I would much rather pay one of you than some random translation company :-)
Alright, enough of my ramblings! Happy Monday everyone!!!!!!
This week is quite lazy as I don't have any classes at the school. Today is the graduation ceremony and then the students have tests for the rest of the week. Liam and I had a lovely sleep in this morning and are still in our PJs. We don't have to go out until after lunch which is nice as it's rainy and chilly outside. Liam has swimming class at 3 but before that we are heading to the hospital to visit a friend/student's mum who had a baby boy last Thursday. It is her third child and as she had two girls first she is very happy about having a boy. I bought some cute Pumpkin Patch clothes online to give to her so I will take them up today and check out baby boy. It's the same hospital that I go to and I will be back there again tomorrow for an appointment. I am taking Liam with me for the first time so I'm hoping he's going to behave himself.
The last couple of months of pregnancy seem to be dragging by. I have also been suffering big time from indigestion and heartburn so feel quite uncomfortable. It has fortunately stopped me from pigging out so much as the scales were getting a little scary but it's no fun having it last all day long. I have been propping myself up a bit when I go to bed which helps me sleep but I still probably only sleep for an hour or so at a time. Last night I was wide awake at 4AM for who knows how long. I guess my body is getting itself ready for the middle of the night wake ups with Miss M.
I am in the process of sorting out Liam's Aussie passport renewal. It's not up until June but as things are going to be busy and we are planning to go to Australia in July I thought I would get it out of the way. There's such a lot of paper work and money to fork out. I still find it unbelievable that I have to get our family register professionally translated for the embassy. I could easily do it myself but am of course not allowed. It's not like the embassy don't have Japanese staff or even foreign staff who could understand it. Aargh! Anyway, I have sent it off to a translation company in Fukuoka who will hopefully get it sorted for me quite quickly. If there are any bloggers out there who are qualified to do this kind of thing please let me know as I will have to do it again when I get Miss M's Aussie passport. I would much rather pay one of you than some random translation company :-)
Alright, enough of my ramblings! Happy Monday everyone!!!!!!
2010年2月21日日曜日
Loving the sun!
How lovely is it to have a sunny weekend! I can't remember the last time it happened. It is actually pretty warm too and supposed to be for the next week so I'm happening this is officially the start of spring. Bring it on!
Not too much of excitement has been going on here! Hub had a friend's wedding yesterday so left the house before 9 to get there. His friend provided a room at the hotel for him and others even though it's only about 40 minutes from where we live. Super nice and no need for me to play taxi driver or for hub to sleep in his car. The latter would probably be what would have happened. He called me last night before he went to the second party to say a bunch of them were going to have lunch today and he wouldn't be home until 3. I hung up on him after hearing that and he apparently realised it wasn't a good idea and was home by 11:30. He is now outside playing soccer with Liam and the three of us went for a walk to a nearby park a little earlier.
Liam and I actually had a nice day yesterday! We took advantage of the weather and went to the nearby Michi no Eki with a lunch box that we made together. There is a river with ducks and carp so we had a bit of a wander and then he played in the park there. The wind was rather chilly yesterday though so it was a bit much for me after a while and we came home. I used a 7-11 ice cream to bribe him to leave so we were all happy :-) I had a class here late yesterday arvo but Liam kept himself entertained with a DVD. We then had lasagna for dinner which was very yummy. I hadn't made it for ages but Liam loved it too and had a massive helping. I had lots too but left room to pig out on a yummy crunchy filled cadbury block of choc after Liam went to bed.
It has been quite a weekend of eating actually. Liam and I had pancakes for breakfast with some fresh fruit. I am still full I'm sure that will change soon. Hub has offered to make me tofu gyoza for dinner which is one of my fave foods.
Everything with Miss M is going well and my stomach is getting very big. I think it's about the same size as it was when I gave birth to Liam. It's suddenly got more pronounced so I have lots of random people commenting on it. I was back at the doctor last week and everything is looking good. He was happy that I haven't put on much weight the last month and asked if I had been putting in a special effort or was feeling too sick to eat. Neither is true though! The same thing happened when I was pregnant with Liam. I put on lots of weight at the beginning and basically nothing for the last 2 months. It would be nice if that was the case this time but we will have to wait and see. Miss M is average size according to the doctor but when I looked at some charts with average weights she seemed to be biggish. Nay, we will have to compare weights lol! I guess we can only wait and see too.
Enjoy the sun everyone!!!!
Not too much of excitement has been going on here! Hub had a friend's wedding yesterday so left the house before 9 to get there. His friend provided a room at the hotel for him and others even though it's only about 40 minutes from where we live. Super nice and no need for me to play taxi driver or for hub to sleep in his car. The latter would probably be what would have happened. He called me last night before he went to the second party to say a bunch of them were going to have lunch today and he wouldn't be home until 3. I hung up on him after hearing that and he apparently realised it wasn't a good idea and was home by 11:30. He is now outside playing soccer with Liam and the three of us went for a walk to a nearby park a little earlier.
Liam and I actually had a nice day yesterday! We took advantage of the weather and went to the nearby Michi no Eki with a lunch box that we made together. There is a river with ducks and carp so we had a bit of a wander and then he played in the park there. The wind was rather chilly yesterday though so it was a bit much for me after a while and we came home. I used a 7-11 ice cream to bribe him to leave so we were all happy :-) I had a class here late yesterday arvo but Liam kept himself entertained with a DVD. We then had lasagna for dinner which was very yummy. I hadn't made it for ages but Liam loved it too and had a massive helping. I had lots too but left room to pig out on a yummy crunchy filled cadbury block of choc after Liam went to bed.
It has been quite a weekend of eating actually. Liam and I had pancakes for breakfast with some fresh fruit. I am still full I'm sure that will change soon. Hub has offered to make me tofu gyoza for dinner which is one of my fave foods.
Everything with Miss M is going well and my stomach is getting very big. I think it's about the same size as it was when I gave birth to Liam. It's suddenly got more pronounced so I have lots of random people commenting on it. I was back at the doctor last week and everything is looking good. He was happy that I haven't put on much weight the last month and asked if I had been putting in a special effort or was feeling too sick to eat. Neither is true though! The same thing happened when I was pregnant with Liam. I put on lots of weight at the beginning and basically nothing for the last 2 months. It would be nice if that was the case this time but we will have to wait and see. Miss M is average size according to the doctor but when I looked at some charts with average weights she seemed to be biggish. Nay, we will have to compare weights lol! I guess we can only wait and see too.
Enjoy the sun everyone!!!!
2010年2月7日日曜日
Oh so tired.....
I think I have been unlucky enough to catch Liam's strep throat. At first I thought it was just allergies but yesterday and today I have been feeling awful. I am also super irritable which one of my students told me was a symptom of strep throat. Loss of appetite is also one apparently but not for me! I always wish I was one of those types who got sick and could lose weight lol. I probably eat more when I am sick as I feel sorry for myself. I made the choc-coconut slice that Achan posted this afternoon as my Aussie friend and her two girls are coming over for a play date on Tuesday. I of course had to try some to see if it was okay and it was rather hard to stop. It has been quite an eating weekend actually so now I am too scared to weigh myself.
Liam is fortunately all better but has to take antibiotics for two weeks. He has to take three doses a day which is hard to remember and as we are not that organised re: eating meals at the same time it takes a bit of thinking about.
Even though I have been feeling a little off, I have managed to get quite a bit done over the weekend. I took advantage of the sunny weather and washed all of the baby clothes I had given it to me from a friend. I also bought a few plastic drawers to put everything away in. Mum sent a box over of the stuff she had bought so I already have three big drawers full. I have quite a lot of 0000s so I hope baby isn't too big and can get a bit of use out of them. Speaking of baby, we have pretty much decided on a name which I will keep secret for the time being but I might use it to give her the nickname, Miss M :-)
Liam has his daycare concert next week and we were instructed to prepare a light blue top and pants by tomorrow. This proved to be quite a difficult task as there is really not that much light blue stuff around for boys but we finally found something that will have to do. They are more of an aqua like colour but were cheap which is always good. He is supposed to be playing a donkey so I have no idea why he is a blue donkey lol. We also went to Toys R Us to buy Liam a new helmet. I also got a cute pink baby blanket and some handkerchiefs. I am gradually getting stuff together which is good. The only big stuff we have to get are a car seat and a sling but we have basically decided on both online.
This week is not too busy workwise which is good. We do have a long day tomorrow though as I have my first class at 10 and my last at 5:30 so we won't get home until after 7. I only have 4 classes in total though plus Liam's swimming class and a dentist appointment for me. Liam is coming with me to the dentist so I hope he behaves. I told him he had to hold my hand like I do for him :-)
Alright I am ready for bed already so I had better try and get the boys of the house organised. Hope everyone has a great week!
Liam is fortunately all better but has to take antibiotics for two weeks. He has to take three doses a day which is hard to remember and as we are not that organised re: eating meals at the same time it takes a bit of thinking about.
Even though I have been feeling a little off, I have managed to get quite a bit done over the weekend. I took advantage of the sunny weather and washed all of the baby clothes I had given it to me from a friend. I also bought a few plastic drawers to put everything away in. Mum sent a box over of the stuff she had bought so I already have three big drawers full. I have quite a lot of 0000s so I hope baby isn't too big and can get a bit of use out of them. Speaking of baby, we have pretty much decided on a name which I will keep secret for the time being but I might use it to give her the nickname, Miss M :-)
Liam has his daycare concert next week and we were instructed to prepare a light blue top and pants by tomorrow. This proved to be quite a difficult task as there is really not that much light blue stuff around for boys but we finally found something that will have to do. They are more of an aqua like colour but were cheap which is always good. He is supposed to be playing a donkey so I have no idea why he is a blue donkey lol. We also went to Toys R Us to buy Liam a new helmet. I also got a cute pink baby blanket and some handkerchiefs. I am gradually getting stuff together which is good. The only big stuff we have to get are a car seat and a sling but we have basically decided on both online.
This week is not too busy workwise which is good. We do have a long day tomorrow though as I have my first class at 10 and my last at 5:30 so we won't get home until after 7. I only have 4 classes in total though plus Liam's swimming class and a dentist appointment for me. Liam is coming with me to the dentist so I hope he behaves. I told him he had to hold my hand like I do for him :-)
Alright I am ready for bed already so I had better try and get the boys of the house organised. Hope everyone has a great week!
2010年2月3日水曜日
Annoying husbands.......
My husband is seriously driving me crazy lately! He is constantly leaving stuff lying all around the place so all I seem to do is pick up after him and Liam. He has managed to lose Liam's bike helmet which is a mystery as he swears he was wearing it when they came home from their last ride. I have to admit he is a good dad and spends a lot of time with Liam but the way they play drives me insane. They are always so loud and boisterous which I wouldn't mind if it was during the day but they are like this after dinner every night. I think being pregnant and the hormones is making everything more annoying but aargh I am so over it. I have begun to think that the whole tanshin funin (husband living in another city for work and just coming home on hols) might be a nice set up.
Liam was sick this week with strep throat. He chucked a major tantrum on Sunday morning over eating his breakfast which I was rather unimpressed about as I had made him an especially yummy one. There were lots of tears on his behalf and yelling on mine and he finally sat down and ate it. We then got in the car to go to You Me City which is about an hours drive from here. He started complaining of a sore stomach and seemed to have a bit of a temp. We were almost there so continued on our way and I ended up buying a baby futon set and some shinkenja glow in the dark (didn't realise that until that night!) pajamas for Liam. He was definitely not 100% though so we headed home after about an hour. Ryuji decided that he had a temperature because I had made him cry that morning. Typical male comment hey! Liam spent most of the arvo sleeping but his temp was gone by that night. It went up again quite high during the night though so I decided to cancel all my classes on Monday and take him to the doctor. The test for strep throat came back negative but after the doctor checked his throat he still decided to diagnose him with. He seems to have been right as after a couple of days on antibiotics he is fine again. I was told to keep him home from daycare yesterday so did so but he was back again today. There were so many kids missing today though! The flu has apparently come back with a vengeance and there are lots of other stomach bugs and stuff going around. This was the first time Liam had been sick for months so hopefully it all doesn't hit him now. Bring on spring, warmer weather and less illnesses!
The males in our household apart from hub have actually been under the weather. Our cat Miffy, who despite his name is male has been in the wars. He is severely neglected as we are so busy and Liam has taken over but on Friday I realised he wasn't his usual genki self and after checking him out realised he couldn't put weight on one of his back legs. Ryuji and Liam took him to the vet while I taught on Saturday morning and were told that he had been in a fight but not to worry as his leg wasn't broken or anything. The vet gave him a couple of needles and us some tablets to give him. He has been very quiet up until today not really eating and just sleeping in his bed but this morning was very vocal about wanting to go outside. I let him out but haven't seen him since so hopefully he is okay.
I had to go to the baby doctor yesterday so baachan came over and looked after Liam for me. Baby girl is growing nicely and apparently a bit bigger than average at 1300g at almost 29 weeks. I was always told Liam was smallish and he was only 2986g even though he was 8 days late. It will be interesting to see what baby girl ends up weighing. I was a massive baby at 4200g so I'm hoping she hasn't taken after me :-) She is very active though which is good! I start to feel paranoid if she hasn't moved for a while but fortunately that doesn't happen very much.
Starting to feel sleepy so had better go and do my chores and get myself up to bed. Hope you all are having a fun filled week :-)
Liam was sick this week with strep throat. He chucked a major tantrum on Sunday morning over eating his breakfast which I was rather unimpressed about as I had made him an especially yummy one. There were lots of tears on his behalf and yelling on mine and he finally sat down and ate it. We then got in the car to go to You Me City which is about an hours drive from here. He started complaining of a sore stomach and seemed to have a bit of a temp. We were almost there so continued on our way and I ended up buying a baby futon set and some shinkenja glow in the dark (didn't realise that until that night!) pajamas for Liam. He was definitely not 100% though so we headed home after about an hour. Ryuji decided that he had a temperature because I had made him cry that morning. Typical male comment hey! Liam spent most of the arvo sleeping but his temp was gone by that night. It went up again quite high during the night though so I decided to cancel all my classes on Monday and take him to the doctor. The test for strep throat came back negative but after the doctor checked his throat he still decided to diagnose him with. He seems to have been right as after a couple of days on antibiotics he is fine again. I was told to keep him home from daycare yesterday so did so but he was back again today. There were so many kids missing today though! The flu has apparently come back with a vengeance and there are lots of other stomach bugs and stuff going around. This was the first time Liam had been sick for months so hopefully it all doesn't hit him now. Bring on spring, warmer weather and less illnesses!
The males in our household apart from hub have actually been under the weather. Our cat Miffy, who despite his name is male has been in the wars. He is severely neglected as we are so busy and Liam has taken over but on Friday I realised he wasn't his usual genki self and after checking him out realised he couldn't put weight on one of his back legs. Ryuji and Liam took him to the vet while I taught on Saturday morning and were told that he had been in a fight but not to worry as his leg wasn't broken or anything. The vet gave him a couple of needles and us some tablets to give him. He has been very quiet up until today not really eating and just sleeping in his bed but this morning was very vocal about wanting to go outside. I let him out but haven't seen him since so hopefully he is okay.
I had to go to the baby doctor yesterday so baachan came over and looked after Liam for me. Baby girl is growing nicely and apparently a bit bigger than average at 1300g at almost 29 weeks. I was always told Liam was smallish and he was only 2986g even though he was 8 days late. It will be interesting to see what baby girl ends up weighing. I was a massive baby at 4200g so I'm hoping she hasn't taken after me :-) She is very active though which is good! I start to feel paranoid if she hasn't moved for a while but fortunately that doesn't happen very much.
Starting to feel sleepy so had better go and do my chores and get myself up to bed. Hope you all are having a fun filled week :-)
2010年1月21日木曜日
It's a girl!
At 26 weeks and 6 days, I finally found out I am having a girl! Am over the moon as it's exactly what I wanted but I had mentally prepared myself for having another boy so it came as quite a shock. Baby hadn't been co-operating at all up until now during ultrasounds but this time the doctor was very quick to say that everything was in full view so of course I assumed it was a boy! It was girl bits that were on display though. Yay! I am so looking forward to all the fun girls clothes! I called hubby as soon as I left the clinic and then my mum who decided to go out shopping as soon as we got off the phone. We had a skype chat the next day and she showed me all of the outfits (over 10!) she had bought. So much fun pink and purple stuff! I already have a few unisex outfits so baby is going to have a huge wardrobe to choose from. We will also be back in Australia in the summer so I will be able to go mad buying all the winter stuff that will be on sale. Quite dangerous as I won't be working but that's what credit cards are for right? :-)
January is flying by so hopefully the next few months will do so as well! Going back to work after 2 weeks off was rather harsh but am gradually getting back into the swing of things. I seem to have had something on everyday for the last couple of weeks. Last weekend, we had some visitors from Australia which was rather tiresome to say the least. No work tomorrow though as my one class was cancelled. Liam has an appointment at the dentist and then I have promised him a happy set if he behaves there. He of course only wants the toy and couldn't really care less about the meal but if the thought of it helps him stay calm at the dentist it works for me.
We were spoilt with 3 packages from Australia today. Well one was from China actually as my dad has been visiting there. He sent over a crazy top that lights up and sings a song for Liam, some cards (?) for Ryuji and a picture for me. My friend Sarah also sent over late Christmas presents for Liam and the baby. Liam got a book and some funky clothes and the baby got a few stylish outfits. I also got a box from my mum as it's my birthday on Sunday. She even put a present in it from Liam as she knows hub is super slack and probably wouldn't do anything. Liam has been talking about wanting to buy me a present so I may still be surprised yet. Hub is in the bad books as after going to a wedding about 10 days ago and spending 40,000 yen (30,000 for the wedding and 10,000 for the after parties) he has some silly work do on tomorrow night for a guy who is being transferred to a branch of the company which is only 20 minutes away. I don't see the point of it and as we are trying to be careful with money don't see why he needs to go but of course he HAS to. I was stingy wife and only gave him 5000 yen to take. We live about 20 minutes out of town so getting home is rather costly so he is crashing at a friend's house. I am actually rather looking forward to Liam and I having a quiet night on our own and not having to worry about hub's dinner but am still allowed to be slightly annoyed right? :-)
Alright I am going to hang out a load of washing and then head upstairs to bed to watch a DVD. Have been watching a British show called Hope Springs which is quite entertaining and I think I only have one episode to go.
January is flying by so hopefully the next few months will do so as well! Going back to work after 2 weeks off was rather harsh but am gradually getting back into the swing of things. I seem to have had something on everyday for the last couple of weeks. Last weekend, we had some visitors from Australia which was rather tiresome to say the least. No work tomorrow though as my one class was cancelled. Liam has an appointment at the dentist and then I have promised him a happy set if he behaves there. He of course only wants the toy and couldn't really care less about the meal but if the thought of it helps him stay calm at the dentist it works for me.
We were spoilt with 3 packages from Australia today. Well one was from China actually as my dad has been visiting there. He sent over a crazy top that lights up and sings a song for Liam, some cards (?) for Ryuji and a picture for me. My friend Sarah also sent over late Christmas presents for Liam and the baby. Liam got a book and some funky clothes and the baby got a few stylish outfits. I also got a box from my mum as it's my birthday on Sunday. She even put a present in it from Liam as she knows hub is super slack and probably wouldn't do anything. Liam has been talking about wanting to buy me a present so I may still be surprised yet. Hub is in the bad books as after going to a wedding about 10 days ago and spending 40,000 yen (30,000 for the wedding and 10,000 for the after parties) he has some silly work do on tomorrow night for a guy who is being transferred to a branch of the company which is only 20 minutes away. I don't see the point of it and as we are trying to be careful with money don't see why he needs to go but of course he HAS to. I was stingy wife and only gave him 5000 yen to take. We live about 20 minutes out of town so getting home is rather costly so he is crashing at a friend's house. I am actually rather looking forward to Liam and I having a quiet night on our own and not having to worry about hub's dinner but am still allowed to be slightly annoyed right? :-)
Alright I am going to hang out a load of washing and then head upstairs to bed to watch a DVD. Have been watching a British show called Hope Springs which is quite entertaining and I think I only have one episode to go.
2010年1月3日日曜日
My noughties!
Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all had a good one! As I am having so much fun reading about everyone else's last decade I am going to do the same for me. I don't have the best memory though so hopefully I can remember some interesting stuff.
2000 - 2nd year of second stint in Japan. Saw in the New Year in Australia with family and friends and then headed back to the Guch early in the year. Lots of nights of drinking and partying with foreign friends. In February or March, headed to Fukuoka with British friend for a night of dancing at one of the "Cock" clubs in Fukuoka. Met and exchanged contact details with Kenji. He came and visited me in Yamaguchi soon after and we started going out. In early April, jetted off to Thailand with another British friend for 10 days of fun in Bangkok and Koh Samui. Drank way too many Pina Coladas. After coming back to Japan, Kenji turned into a bit of a crazy so I ended it which resulted in some stalker like activities. Came to Yamaguchi from Fukuoka in the middle of the night. Luckily was living with another Aussie who is quite full on and she managed to scare him away. In the end of April, British friend and I were out on the town and met Ryuji and Yuji. We were totally confused and didn't know who was who for ages. Ryuji and I hit it off as did friend and Yuji. Did the double dating thing for a while until friend and Yuji fizzled out mainy because of communication difficulties. Went to Malaysia in the summer and then back to Australia for Christmas.
2001 - Ryuji and I started basically living together but he went home most Friday nights to play soccer and hang with his friends. Went to Okinawa with Ryuji in the spring and then came back to meet Aussie friend in Kyoto. Spent some time hanging out there and then came back to Yamaguchi with friend. Found out I had gall stones so organised to have operation in August. First time to have blood drawn, have a drip and of course have an operation so was a wreck. Thankfully mum came over to offer moral support! Survived operation lol but was worst patient ever. Cried at night when Ryuji had to go home and demanded to leave hospital early.
2002 - I don't really remember much about the start of this year so who knows what went on. Ryuji officially proposed in the summer but as we had already talked about marriage it wasn't such a big deal. We decided to have our wedding in April of the next year but handed in the papers in September. Took Ryuji back to Australia after Christmas for a whirlwind 1 week trip. Bought wedding dress in Australia.
2003 - Wedding in April! Mum brought my wedding dress over in March and it was too big as I had dieted a bit so had to frantically find some dressmakers to bring it in for me. Had a lovely wedding with lots of visitors from Australia and over Japan. Went to Hawaii for honeymoon. Packed on lots of weight after the wedding and at the end of summer decided something needed to be done. Went on strict diet where I didn't eat any carbs well bread, rice, pasta etc and lost 16kg. Shouted mum a trip to Japan for Christmas. Met her in Kyoto and showed her some of the sights.
2004 - Went back to Australia in March for friend's wedding! Surprised everyone with my weight loss which was lots of fun. Decided to go off the pill in preparation for baby making at the start of July. Believed everything I had read about it taking a while to get pregnant after being on the pill so didn't use any precautions on the day I went to Australia in the middle of July. Had 2 weeks of fun and lots of drinking in Australia. Was surprised my period hadn't come after getting back to Japan but thought it must be a side effect from the pill. By mid August was worried so took a test and I was pregnant. Was majorly freaked out that I had drunk so much in Australia but thankfully everything went well. No morning sickness either!
2005 - Started maternity leave at the end of February. Mum came over in March about a month before my due date. Had Liam on April 19. He was 8 days late. Swore I would never give birth in Japan again after the long and painful labor. Mum stayed in Japan until mid June which was a great help. Dad visited in August for a few days. Mum came over again in November and we went back to Australia together. Liam and I stayed for 5 weeks and Ryuji came over for the last week.
2006 - Came back to Japan where it was freezing and I managed to get the flu for the first time in my life. Gave it to Liam but we both survived it somehow. Ryuji and I were browsing on Yahoo real estate one day and found a 15 year old house near his hometown. It was majorly cheap so we came and checked it out. The previous owners didn't seem to like cleaning so we were shocked by the state of it but saw the potential and ended up buying it. Moved in at the end of March. Mum gave over to help us move and to try and get the house into a livable state. Liam turned 1 and I went back to work full time. Ryuji quit his job as the commute to his old one was too far after the move. The timing was quite good as Liam started daycare and he could help with taking him and picking him up. Ryuji got a new job after about a month. Liam and I headed back to Australia for a month in the summer.
2007 - Decided I couldn't handle working full time and bringing up Liam so changed my job at the school to part time and picked up some private students. We put a lawn in our backyard. Mum, my brother and his now wife came over for Liam's 2nd birthday. Liam and I headed home again in the summer. Mum came back here for Christmas and we had a big lunch with other foreign wives and their families.
2008 - Not so memorable year. Usual trip home in the summer but this time a little earlier than usual as my uncle got married in early July.
2009 - Picked up lots of private students so work was busier than ever. Went to Australia in June for my brother's wedding. Ryuji and his mother came along too. Had issues with my father and his new wife at the wedding which resulted in him ignoring me for 3 months. Silly old git :-) After years of thinking, Liam would be an only child decided I would like another baby. Ryuji was up for the idea so we started trying after Australia and got pregnant in the 2nd month. Am having another easy pregnancy with no morning sickness and other problems so far. Have decided being pregnant over Christmas is very harsh though. Not only can't you drink but you put on way too much weight too. Had mum, my brother and his wife here for Christmas and New Year which was lovely.
So that's me done! Sorry it's not too exciting but I am amazed at how much I actually remembered. Aargh can't believe I have a lesson at 10AM tomorrow morning. I have been getting up around that time for the last couple of weeks so I had better get to bed soon.
2000 - 2nd year of second stint in Japan. Saw in the New Year in Australia with family and friends and then headed back to the Guch early in the year. Lots of nights of drinking and partying with foreign friends. In February or March, headed to Fukuoka with British friend for a night of dancing at one of the "Cock" clubs in Fukuoka. Met and exchanged contact details with Kenji. He came and visited me in Yamaguchi soon after and we started going out. In early April, jetted off to Thailand with another British friend for 10 days of fun in Bangkok and Koh Samui. Drank way too many Pina Coladas. After coming back to Japan, Kenji turned into a bit of a crazy so I ended it which resulted in some stalker like activities. Came to Yamaguchi from Fukuoka in the middle of the night. Luckily was living with another Aussie who is quite full on and she managed to scare him away. In the end of April, British friend and I were out on the town and met Ryuji and Yuji. We were totally confused and didn't know who was who for ages. Ryuji and I hit it off as did friend and Yuji. Did the double dating thing for a while until friend and Yuji fizzled out mainy because of communication difficulties. Went to Malaysia in the summer and then back to Australia for Christmas.
2001 - Ryuji and I started basically living together but he went home most Friday nights to play soccer and hang with his friends. Went to Okinawa with Ryuji in the spring and then came back to meet Aussie friend in Kyoto. Spent some time hanging out there and then came back to Yamaguchi with friend. Found out I had gall stones so organised to have operation in August. First time to have blood drawn, have a drip and of course have an operation so was a wreck. Thankfully mum came over to offer moral support! Survived operation lol but was worst patient ever. Cried at night when Ryuji had to go home and demanded to leave hospital early.
2002 - I don't really remember much about the start of this year so who knows what went on. Ryuji officially proposed in the summer but as we had already talked about marriage it wasn't such a big deal. We decided to have our wedding in April of the next year but handed in the papers in September. Took Ryuji back to Australia after Christmas for a whirlwind 1 week trip. Bought wedding dress in Australia.
2003 - Wedding in April! Mum brought my wedding dress over in March and it was too big as I had dieted a bit so had to frantically find some dressmakers to bring it in for me. Had a lovely wedding with lots of visitors from Australia and over Japan. Went to Hawaii for honeymoon. Packed on lots of weight after the wedding and at the end of summer decided something needed to be done. Went on strict diet where I didn't eat any carbs well bread, rice, pasta etc and lost 16kg. Shouted mum a trip to Japan for Christmas. Met her in Kyoto and showed her some of the sights.
2004 - Went back to Australia in March for friend's wedding! Surprised everyone with my weight loss which was lots of fun. Decided to go off the pill in preparation for baby making at the start of July. Believed everything I had read about it taking a while to get pregnant after being on the pill so didn't use any precautions on the day I went to Australia in the middle of July. Had 2 weeks of fun and lots of drinking in Australia. Was surprised my period hadn't come after getting back to Japan but thought it must be a side effect from the pill. By mid August was worried so took a test and I was pregnant. Was majorly freaked out that I had drunk so much in Australia but thankfully everything went well. No morning sickness either!
2005 - Started maternity leave at the end of February. Mum came over in March about a month before my due date. Had Liam on April 19. He was 8 days late. Swore I would never give birth in Japan again after the long and painful labor. Mum stayed in Japan until mid June which was a great help. Dad visited in August for a few days. Mum came over again in November and we went back to Australia together. Liam and I stayed for 5 weeks and Ryuji came over for the last week.
2006 - Came back to Japan where it was freezing and I managed to get the flu for the first time in my life. Gave it to Liam but we both survived it somehow. Ryuji and I were browsing on Yahoo real estate one day and found a 15 year old house near his hometown. It was majorly cheap so we came and checked it out. The previous owners didn't seem to like cleaning so we were shocked by the state of it but saw the potential and ended up buying it. Moved in at the end of March. Mum gave over to help us move and to try and get the house into a livable state. Liam turned 1 and I went back to work full time. Ryuji quit his job as the commute to his old one was too far after the move. The timing was quite good as Liam started daycare and he could help with taking him and picking him up. Ryuji got a new job after about a month. Liam and I headed back to Australia for a month in the summer.
2007 - Decided I couldn't handle working full time and bringing up Liam so changed my job at the school to part time and picked up some private students. We put a lawn in our backyard. Mum, my brother and his now wife came over for Liam's 2nd birthday. Liam and I headed home again in the summer. Mum came back here for Christmas and we had a big lunch with other foreign wives and their families.
2008 - Not so memorable year. Usual trip home in the summer but this time a little earlier than usual as my uncle got married in early July.
2009 - Picked up lots of private students so work was busier than ever. Went to Australia in June for my brother's wedding. Ryuji and his mother came along too. Had issues with my father and his new wife at the wedding which resulted in him ignoring me for 3 months. Silly old git :-) After years of thinking, Liam would be an only child decided I would like another baby. Ryuji was up for the idea so we started trying after Australia and got pregnant in the 2nd month. Am having another easy pregnancy with no morning sickness and other problems so far. Have decided being pregnant over Christmas is very harsh though. Not only can't you drink but you put on way too much weight too. Had mum, my brother and his wife here for Christmas and New Year which was lovely.
So that's me done! Sorry it's not too exciting but I am amazed at how much I actually remembered. Aargh can't believe I have a lesson at 10AM tomorrow morning. I have been getting up around that time for the last couple of weeks so I had better get to bed soon.
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