Kate’s Quests

Zorro decided last night to walk across the top of the curtain rod. He got to the heater and then realized that he would have to make his way back and he couldn’t turn around. So…he ended up moonwalking back. Then once he was finished, Leo couldn’t be left out. He had to try it [...]

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Saturday night my friend Shara called me wanting a ride to the ER.  She has the chicken pox!  For the second time.  And I was fine until about a half hour after we got home and then I ended up with the stomach flu (or something).  It’s been an awful couple of days, but I’m [...]

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Since the English exams were nearing (they were this morning for many of my students) some company gave our school good luck presents for the kids. So the head of the school walked into our classroom about 10 minutes before the students arrived and handed the Japanese teacher and I each a bunch of bananas. [...]

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Leo loves the printer. He can be anywhere in the house, asleep or eating, it doesn’t matter. The minute the printer kicks on, he is sprinting through the house to get to the computer room. Then he sticks his face inside the printer. I usually then have to adjust him because he starts to ruin [...]

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The boat left yesterday so D.J. will be gone for awhile. To get my mind off of it, I decided to go shopping at Tokyo midtown again. I stopped at Dean & Deluca (ok, so it was the main reason I went) and picked up some yummy things to snack on. I wanted truffle oil [...]

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We rarely get pizza, but tonight we decided to order some from the base. We had some trouble finding the phone number so D.J. called the main store to get the phone number for the one closest to us. The conversation went a little like this: D.J.: “Hi, do you know the hours for the [...]

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I used the wrong trash area. A crime that should know no forgiveness, I know. What can I say? It was 20 degrees and they moved my trash area again (this being about the sixth time and it’s getting no closer, mind you). I got a call from our agent who got a call from [...]

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I met up with Jocelyn yesterday for coffee in Zushi and had a really great time. It’s so rare for me to find someone I really enjoy talking to that’s married to someone in the military. I haven’t had much luck in the past so it’s always nice to confirm that they are actually out [...]

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I had two classes last night and I have to say that these particular classes make me feel very unhelpful. I love the Japanese teacher to death, but she spends so much of the class translating for the kids…I know they’re not really learning anything. When I took the job, I was warned of this. [...]

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I turned 27 on Saturday. Yea me. D.J. and I had planned on going to Tokyo that day, but it was cold and rainy so we put it off until Sunday. Instead we went to a pizzeria down on Zushi beach. I love that place. My favorite pizza there is sauceless with just cheese, prosciutto [...]

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