Respect For Your Elders Day

Today is a public holiday in Japan - Respect for your Elders Day! So, everybody, you have to be nice to parents and old people today!

Had a good day yesterday. Went to church in the morning, and the pastor and his wife invited all the singles home for lunch. It was YUMMY!!! Very nice to have a good home-cooked meal. We all piled into their van and hung out there for the afternoon, then they took us back to church for the evening service. It was a nice family feeling day! Most of the afternoon was just hanging out in the lounge room, a few of the guys were sleeping, pastor and one guy were discussing religion in Japan, and I was playing with this game thingy and listening to their conversation. It was fun!

After church I caught a bus into town, and went out for a farewell dinner for one of the instructors. That was fun, and reasonably yummy. I had fun chatting to some of the instructors and to one of the staff I don't know so well. Very pleasant day! I was out all day, tho, and I have to work today b/c of shift swaps, so it feels like a very short weekend - oh, well, its been a good one! Short and sweet!