Family Videos

I had an off day today and some youtube videos that I can relate to:

This describes my parents dieting....my dad used to do this with cookies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGWUswIQ020

this is my mom and dad on vacation in Hawaii at the Maui Invitation last year. They stayed an extra day without us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=469GeeqVumY

I have heat!!!!!

Shige our trainer just knocked on my door and came in to translate my air conditioning/heat unit. The only thing I understand on it is the temperature. It is a number that is in Celsius. I just push up on down on it to set the temperature and thought this was all I had to do. It got rather chilly this weekend here and I put the temperature up quite a bit, but it didn't seem to get warmer. I now know why, but this weekend I had to fill the bathtub with warm water and let the humid warm air circulate throughout my apartment to warm up. It worked quite well and worked as a humidifier, but it only worked for a short while.

I am excited that I now have heat as it is starting to get colder over here now. Of course getting colder the first of November is a lot better than how early it gets cold in South Bend and compared to South Bend - I doubt it will ever get cold like that here!!

My computer is broke

My computer is broke. I am borrowing my teammate Chris'. Things have been good here. We are currently number one in the league at 7-3. We leave tomorrow for Fukouka. It sounds funny and is an 8 hour bus trip away. Bus leaves at 7:45, so that will be exciting.

Speaking of exciting. Right now I am looking at Honeymoon spots (Hope has left this task to me with only a few paramaters. The paramaters are a lot easier than her dream engagement so I should be alright) While I am checking out honeymoon spots, I am talking to Hope on skype as she gets ready for work. We talk every morning as she gets ready for work. It is always night for me 14 hours difference now with the time change. So I talk to her from 8 to 10 my time.

She has a lot of things to do in the mornings. It's like watching a behind the scenes episode of an American Businesswoman as she has a fantastic job at Bayer Healthcare in South Bend. (Yes, she turns off the camera for all the parts rated more than PG....guess I'll hafta wait until I'm married for that version) Many mornings she gets up even earlier and does P-90x!! She works really hard at everything she does and I really admire her for that. I help her in the mornings with her makeup and everything (haha...yeah right!!).

I will get a computer soon. Hope is coming out on November 21 and I am pumped!!! It will be our first Thanksgiving together and it just so happens to be in Japan. We are going to try and cook a Thanksgiving meal with what we've got here. It will be tough with a toaster oven, a foreman and two burners on a grill, but I think we can do it. I will let you know how it goes. I am really excited to see her though as it has been 2 months since we have seen each other, even if we see each other on Skype every day and it is tough to be away from someone you love like that for that long. I definitely look forward to her coming out!!! She is staying for about 5 days and it will be quick, but fantastic. We will probably celebrate Christmas in there as well.

So right now I am talking to Hope on Skype, researching Honeymoon spots (it's a surprise and I will be the only one that knows until I tell Hope at Brunch the day after the wedding...so don't ask....but advice is welcome!!), and watching Barnyard (such a great movie...one of Cody and I's favorites!!!) What a life I live...haha.