Update on us

CAJ's auditorium and soccer field

We're approaching change again. CAJ (Christian Academy in Japan - where my husband teaches and boys will attend) is starting up. Next week the teachers start to have meetings. The week after the boys start on the Wednesday.

As a result today the owners of the van we've been driving, one of whom is a CAJ teacher, came back. We had to give the van back. We had our first drive in our own vehicle - a whole 300m! From the CAJ carpark where we'd kept it since Monday (shhh, don't tell anyone) to our house. It is still not insured in our name, nor is it registered in our name. We shouldn't be driving it. However, it is nice to have it parked here. I'll post a photo of it parked here soon, once the paperwork has gone through. And you'll see why we were checking dimensions of vehicles before we went shopping.

Movie night in our lounge room.

It has been a long time since the boys were in school. Let's see...8 1/2 weeks with 1 1/2 left. Less than the CAJers who finished school in early June, but the second summer holiday in 8 months! Too much. One thing that helps with the boredom is short-term things to look forward to. This week it has been visitors for lunch yesterday and a movie night tonight.

For the first time in a very long time we've patronised a video store. Last week we had a late movie night and it didn't work very well for our 5 y.o. So tonight we ate dinner early (leftovers, so no prep for Mum) and started the movie at 5.30. Much better, though our youngest was in tears at the end when it looked like the hero might die. Oh, it was "Bolt". Our son recovered fairly quickly though, thankfully.

Tomorrow we go back to the park we visited yesterday. Not because we desperately need to, but our visitors from yesterday want to. They are new to Japan and CAJ and have a 1 and 2 1/2 year old. We'll introduce them to Tokyo Trains and a great park all in one go.