Go to http://www.lifecorp.jp/. Click the first image of the man with the little girls at the top to launch the commercial (the image changes every few seconds but will go back ). Himawari, my host sister, is to the right of the man. She is in the second row and has a side pony tail.

I’m still working on learning the dance!

I didn’t have a cell number for my cousins (who were away at the olympics - lucky them!) so called various family members to track it down. My grandma was the first to answer. She laughed, and then explained the situation to her husband. They gave us the phone number we needed and told us that if we couldn’t get into the place, her husband says we should call a locksmith. I pointed out that the locksmith might think we’re breaking in and besides we were happy to check into a hotel.

But they insisted - if the locksmith is concerned we’re breaking in, she said, we should have the locksmith call and speak to them.

Ohhhh-kay.

Anyway, the cousins were able to locate us a key so it never became an issue.

But as my aunt said to me, checking into a hotel probably would have been cheaper than jail…. I wonder…

I do not, however, take any responsibility for that t-shirt, nor for her choice of leggings with a short-ish shirt.

Oh well, you can’t win them all, right?

And just in case you were worried I have not had food poisoning since. Also, I have not had sushi since. Though I sat in a sushi restaurant on Saturday and watched folks eat it (I couldn’t get myself to quite yet) while I had a salad. Baby steps, right?

Anyway, nice to see you again blog. I promise to not neglect you quite as badly this month!

It was super awkward when a health inspector called me at work to talk about my poop and barf. I giggled like a 4 year old and had to go into a meeting room to not gross out my coworkers (several of whom are probably reading this, oh well).

Anyway, one thing they asked was a food history of the 72 hours before the event. Have you ever had to recall everything you’d eaten in the past 3 days? While on holiday? And pigging out at a cottage? And making 5 course meals from scratch?

Yeah. Not easy.

Anyway, I chose key points from the previous days like the lamb and ice cream

 

But chose to leave out things like the home made beef cheek ravioli with a sauce made from chicken livers and butter! And the pretty yet delicious Halibut. Afterall the 5 other folks were fine, right? Not to mention, who’d believe we had pasta AND lamb AND fish AND homemade ice cream [and a bruschetta course too - not pictured] so no harm done

  

I also left out the dozen or so cookies because I was still in denial.

The other thing that was funny to me was the fact that they picked up left overs. No, I didn’t keep them because I wanted to eat what had made me sick - but once again N had suggested I take the leftovers (which I had planned to bring for lunch and tossed in the AM) out of the garbage and keep them. Lo and behold they actually picked them up from my place to test for, well, I don’t know. Anyway, if they find whatever it is they’re looking for they’ll let me know in about 3 weeks.

And yes, this post was an excuse to post food porn. This meal was all out of a Mario Bitali cookbook and more complicated than everything I made in 2009 put together so I was pretty proud to be a sous chef!

Only thing is I didn’t know that the lid of the pepper shaker was not screwed on correctly. Result: a mound of pepper on my plate. I was laughing so hard, as were the folks sitting next to us. Even the server laughed as she took away my plate and had a new one brought to me.

And yes, I did add pepper to the replacement one too.

instead i had food poisoning last night so have spent today sick. hrmph.

here’s hoping things get better from here!

In any case, just got word from Matt, the no meat athlete, that I won a pair of Sigvaris Recovery Socks! It’s like there’s running Karma or something.

Anyway, YAY!

Here’s what I’ve given myself so far:

1. Eyebrow shaping at Gee Beauty
2. Silk sleepmask from Gee beauty
3. Blowdry
4. New perfume
5. Another new perfume (I found the other one i liked at WINNERS!)
6. Pedicure
7. TBD

Looking for ideas for the last one. Thinking of a flour sifter. Uber exciting.

Am not feeling overly enthused.

Frankly, I would rather deadlift my bodyweight. (I deadlifted more than that last week! BOOYAH!)

What’s wrong with me? I just need to get out there. Once I start running again it won’t be so scary, right?