Just as I suspected, I gained like, 3 pounds in 4 days. Those relatives of mine like to make sure that i am eating and that the beer glass is always full... yup, definitely family. Gotta love them.

So far, i have not been partying it up necessarily... i have been meeting up with all my family. I wish that i had this much family in the states... but then again, all my relatives here do not seem to meet up with each other all that often anyway. My desire was to sleep in while i am here, but the time change and the fact that i usually wake up each morning at 6:15am does not allow me to really sleep in. therefore, i have been waking up each morning at like, 3am or 4am just because the houses in japan are the smallest things in the world so when the cat makes a noise or someone else wakes up, it wakes me up as well, and then i try to go back to bed... and then i end up waking up at like, 6:30 or 7 anyway. and then i get real tired by noon.

my family all think i am i the biggest thing in the world. they are all like, `wow mari, you are HUGE` and my cousin`s husband says, `oh, uh let`s take the other car because mari is really big`. and when i go shopping i do not fit in to any of the clothes because i am too tall and my hips are too big. I am like, i swear, back home i am not really considered that big... oh well.

Today i am going to visit the last aunt. It is my mom`s oldest sister. I met her daughter/my cousin yesterday, well, not meet for the first time... just met during this trip... so today we are going to her house because my other cousin lives at my aunt`s house with his 4 kids... 3 of whom i have yet to meet... and the oldest one i last saw when she was one years old. she is 14 now.

I have been having fun here meeting family... but i am so not used to not having anything to do. i mean, there is not a whole lot of sightseeing for me to do since i have been all over japan before, and i am too fat to fit in to any of the clothes they sell here... i have mostly been just relaxing and eating (hence the 3 pounds in 4 days). i am not complaining... it is just that i am used to following in schedule with little room for error. It is probably good for me. anyway... my uncle is making udon, so i must go.

yay! twice in one month.

Neo is back. I love that car, so cute.

I am leaving for Japan tomorrow. Finished packing... I am probably going to like, buy all this stuff there because I forgot to pack everything.

Um, I know i always write this, but really, I have like, NOTHING going on in my life right now (except that I am going to japan). I saw a play today "12 angry men". It was real good. I enjoyed it and I also had a great time hanging out with Mary and Kenny. We went to the San Antonion winery, which I have never been before, and I had a glass of pinot grigio, and it was pretty good. I think I ate too much today because I am like, SO full still, and I ate at 6pm. Yeah, I have been eating too much. Ok, when I return from Japan, I am going to start my diet. I am totally lying, I am not really going to start a diet. I keep saying I will, but I cannot even keep it up for 1 meal. I know, i am a horrible dietitian.

Anyway, I am real tired and still go to take care of some things for tomorrow, so... yeah. Off I go.

I guess I really forgot about this thing... AGAIN! Anyway... what is new?

Somebody hit my car, my poor Neo. It is at the shop, $4000 worth of damage, I will not get it back until April 20th.

I bought a ticket to Japan, so I am going with my mom in a couple of weeks for a couple of weeks. YAY.

Work is going well. I like it and enjoy it.

That is all that is new with my life. Ok then...

 I forgot about this thing again.

Anyway, let's see what is new in my life. I am enjoying driving the Matrix, however, my insurance is like, ridiculously expensive, so I need to switch companies.

I went to happy hour last night with a bunch of people from the Dietary department @ work. It was at BJ's in Cerritos. They have a pretty good happy hour. The beers are not too expensive to start off with, and the appetizers and mini pizzas are half off. I could get 2 beers and a pizza for like, $10. Kind of cool. Although I don't want all the calories, so it is good we only do it once a month. This time it was to honor the presidents. haha!

I had the day off today since I worked this past weekend (and thankfully it was not too busy at all). I literally just stayed at home all day and cleaned. I did not go out, or even change out of my PJ's. It was nice. And the house is just a little bit cleaner. YAY! Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and I need to get as close to Godliness as I could get.

Oh yes, I bought a bed this weekend at Macy's. They were having a pretty good sale. And I opened a Macy's card so I got $100 off. I got a Sealy Posturepedic. I am excited. I cannot get it until March 4th though. And I bought a bed frame at Pier 1, and I had a 20% off coupon. YAY!

Anyway, I am going crazy so I am just going to log off. Farika, if you happen to read this, give me a call sometime and we shall chat.

This weekend was quite busy @ work. I am tired. I was pretty much not home all weekend either.

hmmm... ok then, that is all.