They Got Me!

Dawn and Carrie have been running around organizing something for my birthday. Tomorrow is a holiday so I’m sure something is going on tomorrow night. I’m going to have a nice relaxing day tomorrow and might even get my hair done too.

Tonight I am going to Carrie’s house for dinner as we are saying goodbye to Shunsuke who is moving to Osaka. It has been a long week and so I threw on my jeans, Aber sweater, my comfy Elmo socks and headed out of the door.

Carrie asked me to stop by the Italian restaurant near her house and pick up dessert. The restaurant cooks amazing food and it seemed perfectly normal that she would ask them to make something. It didn’t even click when I approached the restaurant and heard people speaking English.

SURPRISE!!

Tonight was my birthday party! I was in complete shock! Part of me was so impressed with them for pulling off a complete surprise but the other parts couldn’t help but cringe because of my wardrobe choice – oh well.

It was a great night complete with speeches, amazing food (really, really good!), lipstick games and blindfolded drawing challenges.

I feel like Japan is the place where I have made most friends for life. I keep in touch with a couple of people from high school and a few from university but I was always so excited about the next part of my life that I just figured meeting and leaving friends was part of the game.

Since moving to Japan I have met people from all over the world and even thought this will

make it much more difficult to actually see each other often, I know I will keep in touch with so many of them.

Thanks guys – you’re the best!