World Traveler: Wonderful Weekend

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Today Limor came up to Morioka. She told me she would be in around 10 am so I set my alarm for 9:30 (and hoped she'd be a half hour late). However, as a mosquito made me his personal bloodbank/buffet last night, I had a hard time sleeping. I got bit 5 times and the bites immediately swelled to large white mounds on my hand, foot, and arm. It itched so badly I woke up. AWFUL. I grabbed some ice and iced the bites and just felt really picked on. I was so exhausted and now this! Anyway, I was able to go back to sleep but this time I put my fan on for an hour. Each time the timer finished and the fan turned off, I woke up. Either the fan stopping or that high-pitched flying mosquito noise had me right back up and turning the thing on for another hour. So I ended up waking up and getting up pretty early. When I put in my contacts, I found the jerk and killed him. I hope he was working alone. :/ So, being up early I was able to shower and get ready at a fairly leisurely pace. I got a call from Limor and soon she arrived at my place.

We took off walking towards the center of town. We went up and down the main drag checking shops and seeing what they had. We also stopped at both of the hyaku-en shops (Candy & Daiso) for things we needed. I need one other thing I have yet to find but someday... someday. Limor needed to get some nylons for work and some places we just checked out because they looked cool. We got lunch in town that was really good. We got marguerita pizza with a soup and salad bar. I put a ton of Habanero sauce on mine. :D It improved the flavor greatly for me (it was fairly bland before that). And guess where this was! -- The Bistro de Crape! HAHA! I didn't end up trying their crêpes (too full), but now I can say that I have eaten there. After lunch we wandered through some more shops and bumped into Bruce. We mentioned to him that we were going to a cake shop that had been recommended to me (Limor and I were talking on the phone last night and we decided we needed to celebrate our mutual un-birthdays. I mean, how often doesTHAT happen!?) As we were walking back to the car, we ran into one of Bruce's friends: Jason. We invited him along and off we went. The cake place was far-ish from my place so Limor drove us (so lovely!). Jason was in town because his motorcycle was getting inspected. He had to leave it in Morioka for a week and was planning on taking the train back to Hachimantai (where he lives - it's an hour North of Morioka). The cake shop turned out to be really nice - very good cake, and we had a great time sharing what we had ordered and talking. Then we drove back to my apartment building and talked outside for a while. Evenutally the party broke up and Limor and I went to my place and Bruce and Jason took off. Limor and I chatted and listened to music. Then the guys stopped back by. Jason couldn't find his wallet. He checked Limor's car (the alarm went off for AGES, lol - she had just given them the keys). We joked about people looking out to see two black men with a car whose alarm wasn't shutting off. LOL Poor guys! In any case, it wasn't there. Limor drove him back to the cake shop and YAY! It was there, nothing was missing. Thank goodness for Japan (mmm). (This isn't a general rule, but I'd say that probably happens 75% of the time. Poor Limor's boyfriend had his wallet stolen last week with everything in it. :( ) He bought us cheesecake in celebration. :) When we got back we said goodbye to him again and then Limor and I went back inside. I put my cheesecake in the fridge for later. (I'm so blessed! I've been craving cheesecake for a while now!) Then we visited for a little bit longer and Limor asked me to go with her to get petrol. So out we went again. The mission was short, but successful. :) Then she said goodbye and we hugged it out and she left. After she left, I grabbed my bike to run my errands. I went down to Aiina to get some new books and I went to the drugstore in Fesan (the station) and got a vitamin B complex! No more mosquito bites for me, thank you! Even though it was evening, it was REALLY hot out but I needed some groceries. So I rode to the grocery store, grabbed some things and then came home.

It was a busy, but very fun day. When I got home, I read a little, made my dinner, and then ate. Today was very full but also very wonderful. I'm so happy Limor came up to Morioka and we got to spend some of our time together just sitting and talking. I like to get a little relaxation time in. -- I also wrapped my foot this evening. It's been REALLY hurting the last few days. I'm wondering now if the insoles I got are too small. They seem to fit me perfectly! They're very snug in my shoes - but I wonder if they're too small. :/ I hope wrapping it helps. It's been aching very badly. (I also wonder if my foot had adapted to the way I walked before. The doctor told me that I had aggravated some old damage to my foot. I'm not sure what to believe but I know my foot is throbbing - pre-wrapping and post-wrapping.) Not only was my Saturday wonderful, I have tomorrow to which to look forward as well. :) I hope you all have a wonderful Saturday! XOXO, A