hey all,
Some of you might remember the incident some months ago where Michi and I visited the shrines for the Seven Lucky Gods and she lost a very expensive obi that she had just bought.
Well, as it happens there happen to be another seven shrines to these gods literally minutes from where we live. And our plan for today was to visit all of them, then go to a sports shop and pick up an ultalight two person backpacking tent for some upcoming trips.
But as luck would have it, no sooner had we visited the first four shrines when Michi started complaining about the backs of her thighs itching. Sure enough, there were some mosquito bite-like bumps there, but within 5 minutes they had swelled to welts bigger than 50¢ pieces. We canceled the rest of the walking tour, and she's at the hospital now to see what the problem is.
I've been making some worksheets and more coloring activities for my students in the meantime.
Cheers,
P.S. We've got a really cool Damascus-steel chef's knife now.
