I don't know what order the photos will appear but they are of the English Teachers' meeting yesterday - Kaj, Rikaco and Peter (the presenter), me and the other men, Michelle and Lisa (who I like to be sitting beside!), and the other women too. There is also one of Daisy with her 'wound', the plant we have at the entrance to the new house (it's one of the few we have brought with us) and then Keita and Co from the baseball entrance ceremony.

Yesterday was a great day. First off I finally found a pair of jeans that fit me (length wise) - yeah! and then when I was on my way to the meeting, I found a shop selling overseas clothes also in MY size and bought 2 t-shirts and hooded jacket for about 20 pounds. Don't know how they'll fare after a wash but it was nice to just find my size for a change. Because it was hot and I'd dressed in a woolen polo necked sweater, I decided to use a dept store's toilet to change into one of the tops. I tried biting off the plastic price tag but couldn't manage so had the bright idea of using my lighter only. I only lit it for a couple of seconds but still managed to set off the fire alarm!! Instead of ringing though, it was a loud voice telling me that there should be no smoking in the toilets etc - it seemed to go for long enough and I couldn't get out fast enough!

The meeting itself went great with around 23 people coming and then afterwards 16 of us went to an Indian restaurant for dinner. After that 7 of us went on to a Starbucks for coffee and chat so all in all, I had a good day.

Daisy had her operation done last Friday and although they have sent off the 'lump' for tests, the vet thinks it's nothing to worry about. Her bandage is already starting to come off and I doubt it'll last until we have to take her back on Friday, I'll have to play nurse again.

Keita's enjoying his new baseball club but we're getting about 5 emails a day from them informing us of this that and the next thing. Hopefully it's just because we're all new to the team because it takes me forever to read my way through them all. Half the time I revert to phoning my friend to ask her to tell me the important things.