WAAAAAHHH!!!!!

k, so what I said last time about not updating as often? Ignore that.  Especially if I keep having days like today.

It was really ok.  Up until quitting time. At which point I decided to grade some papers that ended up taking 45 min.  When I (finally) got back to Kobe, I had two errands I had to run- pick up something from the Post Office and stop at Softbank (phone provider).

Well, I didn't know where the post office was that I was supposed to be going to, so I went to the central post office and got them to tell me. Turns out all I had to do was go one stop further on the same train I take to work.  Which was good.  Of course, I was then, I was terrified that they were going to be closed when  I got there-it's around 7 pm at this point.

However, I decide that, any way you slice it, if they close at 7 I'm not going to be able to make it, and if they don't close til 8, I will definitely  make it.  So, since I'm a bit hungry, I stop at this little place I've walked by before called "Fruit Cafe SaitaSaita."  It's this really cool little place, with a total cafe vibe going on, that sells smoothies, parfaits, etc. Here we have a link to their website: http://saitasaita.com/   If you're ever in Kobe, I recommend it.  It's just outside of the west end of Motomachi.  I had a super tasty raspberry smoothie.

They were still open, but they couldn't give me the package b/c I don't have my Japanese ID yet (also known as a foreigner card or a gaijin card).  I was like "really?  REALLY? You can't just give it to the person who looks exactly like the picture on the passport that has the same name as is on the package?"  No, apparently not.  Well, I guess it's not that bad, as I get my ID on Sat, so I can go back then.  Except, I'm pretty sure that this particular package has my bank account information in it, which I need to give to the school so they can pay me...

So anyway, I move on.  Take the train back (btw, it cost 500 yen for a total of about 3 minutes on the train.  Seems a bit excessive to me).  Go to Softbank- it's now almost 8, so I'm really getting worried about whether they're open or not.  They are.  I go in, show them the text they sent me recently threatening to cut off my phone b/c apparently they don't have my correct address.

I guess they sent me something in the mail, but it was returned to them, so this is reason to end my phone service.  What kind of stuff do they want to send me in the mail anyway?  I'm sure they have my email and I know they can text me, so what do they need to use snail mail for?

Anyhow, I show them the text.  They say, (guess what?) "We need your Japanese ID"  I DON'T HAVE IT YET.  All I can say is, we'd better be able to get this figured out on Sat, the 17th, cause Sun the 18th is when they say they're turning off the service.

I'm now so ticked off that I decide I want to take the bus home instead of walking, except I can't remember which bus I'm supposed to take.  I think it's bus 7, but it might also be 9, and I really don't want to end up on the wrong bus at this point in my life.  So I walk.  It's really not far.

When I got home, I wanted to comfort myself with food, but I was really full from my tasty supper smoothie, so I couldn't eat anymore.  Then, I wanted to comfort myself with a drama, but I have to go to bed soon, so there isn't time for that.  I finally settled on Fanta Grape.  It works.  I guess.

FINALLY  I just lost one of my contacts in my eye and had to go panic until it fell out.

Also, during all of this, all of the lovely Japanese  I learned this summer went flying straight out the window.  I guess it's a sign that I need to study. More.

So, I'm going to bed now- goodnight.