Friday:
Anway, my weekend began on Friday with me being very tired. It is a pattern I am trying to get over. Carly had told me well in advance about
the welcome party and it was going to be at 7:00 PM near the community center in Sai. I left at 6:25 and didn't know how long it would take me, so I left early just to be safe. I got there and Carly was not home. The lights were on, but no one was there. So I tried calling her and when she got signal, she told me she was at the ATM in Oma. haha That was funny! She had forgotten that she needed money for the trip. It was typical Carly! So I just waited in the car whilst it poured down rain! When she got back, we took my car to the place and I met her eikeiwa class. There were 7 in her class. They were all very nice people and they paid for my meal and even had a cake! It was amazing to have that kind of reception from people I had never even met before! We were there for a good 2.5 hours and then I took Carly back home!When I got back, I thought I was going to rest and have an easy night, but I was soon convinced to come out to Mutsu and hang
out with Alex Q. I drove up to Mutsu pretty quick and met Alex at One Love reggae bar. I saw Mike and Alex's cars there and knew it was going to be a good time! I walked in and there were people there as usual, but Mike and Alex were smoking at the bar. Ichiro and Shino were the bartenders for the night. Well it was more like Shino and Ichiro just worked what he wanted! He can do whatever he wants to though, he is the owner! We stayed until they closed up and it was a lot of fun. After we went to the same restaurant as last weekend sans Ichiro and Miyoko. Alex swore he knew where it was and Mike just followed us in his drunken stupor. I eventually led us to the place through my vague memory. I 
am sure I could get us there now though! Yes for photographic memory! We got there and of course being with gaijin gaijin meant staring at them and staring at me for being with them. It was OK thoug
h, we had our own conversations and enjoyed ourselves really. Mike had to be controlled from time to time, but did well overall. Alex and I split some gyozas! It was so delicious! I had sobered up a lot, so I drove myself back to Mike's place. Alex drove Mike back and we left his car there. I stopped at the Lawson on the way back and got three "hangover cures" and an Aquarius to help restore my electrolytes! I was exhausted and went to bed shortly after!Saturday:
I woke up late-ish and it was amazing. Alex had left early because of a stupid promise to be back in Kawauchi. Mike woke up and I gave him a hangover cure and he said he felt good to be hungover. He is a liar! A DAMN LIAR! haha I made some breakfast and it was good. We went out because I needed help getting my back windshield wiper changed. AUTOBACS! My new favourite store in Mutsu! The people are nice and very helpful. Mike spent time with the guy figuring what windshield wiper I needed and then installed it! It was amazing. I stayed in the warmth of the store, looked at the pretty girls who worked there and oogled the amazing things I could have bought for my car, but did not. I was so proud of myself!!! It shows that I can control myself and rationalize what I want and need. Although I did get some pretty good ideas for the next projects on the tank! Afterward, Mike wanted to go hiking, so we picked up his car and went back to his apartment. Mike went to Shiriya and I just stayed in. We saw Dave and he was studying for his JPLT test. We agreed to go out to McDonalds at 2:00 PM. It gave me time to shower and take a little nap. Dave drove and it was so good because I was really hungry and it was my first western food in a while. If I was in America, eating McDonalds once a week would be disgusting, but the weekends in Japan, for me at least are full of good food and comfort food. I still don't gain weight! I love Japan so much! Dave and I got into interesting talks about politics, the economy and various other
topics. I made a stop at Takeda Sports and got some sport sandals, ones I could wear in the rain and don't mind ge
tting dirty. Dave needed to stop at the stationary store to get more flashcards and I got some too along with a pen! There were some cute girls who worked there too! ^^We got back and I just lazed around Mike's place until Toby arrived with the fake poker chips. It was us two and then we made some calls and bam! by the end of the night, there were 9 people! It was a good night and we played to about midnight. Then Alex, Mike and I went out for jumbo gyozas at Masuya! OMG, so good! They were とてもおいしい(very delicious - totemo oishii)!!!! After that Mike convinced us to go to Dio where DJs were playing. It was a horrible decision as I was out 2,000 sen-en and the music was horribly loud and the treble was crap. 
They didn't really DJ versus playing song and transitioning them poorly. All the Japanese guys thought the NY Yankees hat was the shit and I was like oh boy... I wish I had Chris G. with me to show these fools up. Alex and I had a drink (I had Coca-Cola) and left whilst Mike danced his night away. We went to Mickie's bar and just chilled there, it was nice to hear what each other was saying! We met up with Alex's friend, Yui and chilled. All of her friends had gone home! We then went to another bar where we met Yoshei. That woman is one cold, hard bitch. She was ice. She didn't introduce herself or anything. We stayed there for a bit, played some darts and then went to meet Mike at his car for the drive back. We got back where Queeny and Mike decided to take shots of rum. It was intense. I did not take part of it though! We chatted about stuff then hit the sack, it was actually light when we went to bed around 4:00 AM.Sunday:
I had to wake up early because I needed to get out to Aomori-shi by 11:00 AM, so I ended up leaving at like 10:00 AM and didn't get there until 11:45 AM. It was OK because there was only like two others when I got there, Chris and Helen, the captains of the men's and women's teams, respectively. Stephen came out and we all gave him some pointers. It was funny because all three of us had some GKing experience, so he was overloaded with strategy! We did for a bit, then Helen left and it started to rain. Chris, Stephen and I then chatted to the girl's handball team. We were trying to convince them to play in the rain, it was only raining a little bit and it would have been good cross-training for us! After, I took Chris and Stephen back to their houses and began the long drive back to Mutsu. I got back to Mutsu and I was
really tired. Keiko and I had plans for dinner though and so I went to Mike's place and showered to get ready. Keiko came over and we just chatted for a while. It was nice to get to know someone in an one on one setting. It is where I thrive the most! Plus I get to have a friend in Mutsu who is Japanese! We decided to go to あかさたな and it was nice. The Italian is the closest you get to it in Japan in Mutsu. We had some cream based spaghetti and Hawaiian pizza. We headed back after dinner and talked for a little bit, then I headed back to Oma. What a weekend! I am sure more is to come! Nagano next weekend! I will keep y'all posted!
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