Kate’s Quests

Yesterday, D.J. and I drove up to the Yokota air base (about 2 1/2 hours away) to pick up a co-worker that’s brand new to Japan.  He arrived with his family and we brought them back to the Lodge on base.  We are sponsoring them, which just means that we’re helping them get settled in [...]

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I think I’ve said it before here, but I’ll say it again.  I love Japan, but I’m done.  I’m good and I’m ready to move back home to the states.  My mom has cancer and just went through surgery on Monday.  So, I’ve been calling my Dad and my sister religiously trying to get updates [...]

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I heard this on NPR and found the article on BBC News. Sounds like the “Get Tight with Christ” hand and body cream would work well.  Perhaps the “Virtuous vanilla” lip balm would be better?  I guess now we’ll never know.

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Shara decided to come to my house yesterday and we were going to go hike in the woods and snow. Well, she calls just outside of the neighborhood and tells me that her car is stuck. She’s going to try to turn around and go home because the roads were really bad and getting worse. [...]

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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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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 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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After my lessons on Thursday evenings, I have been going to Kamakura to pick up Indian dinner for D.J. and me. A couple of months ago, we found this review of the place and have been going back frequently ever since. The owners have come to know me and we sit around and talk while [...]

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Yesterday I missed the bus so as I often do, I took the hill behind the house. I love Japan for these paths everywhere. I can also go uphill and view Fuji-san, but yesterday I had to make it to work on time. I love the peace you feel in the middle of the woods. [...]

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