Nihongo-a-Go-Go :: Mandy's Journal

Not much...

Well, another week. I've been posting about once a week. Hehe...and I am NOT a slacker. It's just that the work week is just that--a work week. So, this one went by pretty normally. Yesterday was the only real day off we had, since today was Chibiko training. Anyway, yesterday I was feeling a little sick, but we had a mission...send money home! So we went to our bank, and it was confusing, but surprisingly painless. I had to go into a booth to do it, and you talk on a phone to a person. She spoke good English, which I was very thankful for. You scan your documents and they get send to the operator, and you get print outs and all sorts of things. The exchange rate was pretty good, so the money should be home by Monday or Tuesday. Yay! It was a little expensive, but quick, easy, and in English. So, I'll suck it up for now. I think I'll just save up and send home more at once next time, since it's a flat fee.

We stopped at Volks, since I still have that MSD jewelry on hold for me since they don't have the prices. Unfortunately, they still don't have t he prices. *cries* So, more waiting. Lately they've had all this goth/goth loli stuff in, but it's all for the big dolls, and mostly for the girls. However...they had an MSD outfit that is black pants, a white Victorian shirt, a black vest, and a BLACK CAPE! So adorable, and pretty cheap! So, it came home, and Thomas loves it. I'm really amazed by it; the cape and vest are lined, and all the little buttons on the trousers and shirt are real working buttons, including the ones on the cuffs. Really really nice craftsmanship. Thomas likes playing vampire in it.

Vampire Thomas, rawr! I'm worried about the cloth staining his pure white little body, so I need to wash them before he can wear them full time.

Anyway, today was Chibiko training for half a day. Chibiko is the NOVA program for kids under three. Yeah...before they speak their own language, basically. Lots of singing and feeling like an idiot, but it was kind of fun. I'd like to try teaching a chibiko class, I think. I feel like the star of a kid's show on tv. I wish I had an animated side kick...like a pink and gray umlaut, I think...yeah, that sang along with me in a big bass baritone voice! Perfect!

Tomorrow after work, Aimee and I are thinking of going to a restaurant for dinner. It's a Mexican restaurant called "Desperado's." I miss nachos soooooo much. It sounds delightful. We had planned to go tonight, but I didn't know how happy my stomach would be, since it's been touchy all day.

Oh, one last thing. I got this out of a gashapon machine about a week ago, and forgot about it. I constructed it last night, and now I want more.

It's a little gashapon of a Pokemon gashapon machine! When you turn the little knob, a little poke ball or gashapon egg comes out. There are a bunch in there. It was so much fun to build, and came with extra pieces so that if you get more, you can attach them together, like real gashapon machines. Kawai! I must get more!

Tomorrow is back to work, blah. But...I do have an ichigo daifuku waiting in the fridge for me...so life isn't all bad.

Posted by Mandy at February 4, 2005 08:28 PM