Boy my blog posting has been patchier than ever lately! Sorry about that! Yesterday I went to work, but I had a headache and my stomach felt uneasy and I couldn't concentrate. I was given some medicine and then after a little while I was sent home. I slept literally almost all day except for the times when my friend was checking up on me to make sure I was ok and in the evening when my other friend and his wife brought me dinner. These people are SO NICE!
Today I went to work again, and the first half of the day my head was a little swimmy and it was hard to concentrate. But after lunch I perked right up and felt great! Maybe it was the sudden cold snap we had after the 70+ degree weather most of the week. Anyway, a sudden, unexplained illness 34676 miles from home and a cold snap to boot can take the blogging wind out of your blogging sails for a day.
That being said, I don' have much to blog about anyway. Like I said, I slept all day yesterday and I don't actually remember much of the first half of today. But I do remember the lunch-break game of soccer-softball. That was where four of us played pass with a soccer ball while two of us played catch with a softball while standing mostly right in the middle of the soccer pass game. When I got invited to play, I was thinking at first "uh-oh, now they're going to get to see how terrible I am at sports." But then I watched them for about 5 minutes and felt right at home!
In case you're still wondering, here's the verdict on the Doritos here: "Nacho Cheese" flavor (pictured here on its side) tastes more like "A Mix of Cheddar, Swiss, and Parmesan" flavor, which I should have guessed from the packaging. Which means I stand by my original verdict, that "Mexican Tacos" flavor is actually closer to original Doritos. I haven't tried the jar of salsa I bought yet, so expect lots and lots more posts about Doritos, salsa, and Mexican food in general.
You may not know this, but many Japanese people do not like to go outside barefoot no matter what. So even on my fenced-in back porch to which there is no entrance except through the house, there is a pair of slippers (sandals) for anyone to use. I wouldn't normally use them because I like being barefoot, but they're there and I can't help but put them on every time I open the sliding door. When I first learned of this custom, I thought it was weird. But I can see right on the back-porch-slippers that it's "good" so I'm comfortable with it. Plus, since there are plenty of stinging insects around here that only live near the trees, and my back porch is surrounded by trees, it's probably a good idea to have foot protection. Plus, if it ever gets REALLY rainy and the fish swim up onto my porch from the ocean, if my foot touches one I'll be like "Gross! Something touched me!" and start smacking the water and trying to get out as quickly as possible like a pansy,which is what I do whenever something brushes against me while I'm swimming in a lake.
Speaking of the ocean and the lake and not wanting to o swimming at night because dark water is the creepiest, here's a night-time picture or the docks at the bay. It's all greenish so you might think I have one of those night-vision cameras like the military or those paranormal shows, but really everything in Japan is greenish like that all the time.
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