Imagine this if you will...

I just tried to order a pizza over the phone... from Dominos... I asked the guy if he spoke English - in Japanese - he said Yes - clearly he did not... put me on hold and gave the phone to someone else... He said thirty minutes and the total was about $20. We'll see how this goes...

Yesterday was very pleasant although it rained ALL DAY and let's all remember that we don't have a car and that we walk everywhere... everyone now has their own personal umbrella but do you know how hard it is to push a stroller and hold an umbrella at the same time??? We rode the bus to Nicholas's school and dropped him off at his class. His teacher is Mrs. Nelson - she is an older teacher who welcomed him in and got him started. She took a picture of our family and shooed us out the door (in a very nice teacher manner way...). We then went to a parent orientation where we listened to a presentation from the principal and assistant principal. After that we wandered through an activities fair. At about 10:30 we picked up Nicholas and from his smile we could tell he had a great day - he told us about a new friend in his class that was a Red Sox fan who's name was Justin - turns out Justin rides the same bus home!

Once we got back we went for lunch in Roppongi... (we ate at Wendy's!) and then had a Starbucks treat (there are more Starbucks here than at home!). In the afternoon we went to Sydney's school for new parent orientation. She was able to meet her teachers and see her classroom. She will have two teachers - Neal and Mia who were very excited and have a great room. She will start half days on Wednesday and go every other day for a few days.

Well, the pizza just came... I ordered two, I got one - I ordered Hawaiian and a Veggie Feast - got the Hawaiian... which apparently here is called a Tropical and also includes corn and onions... Now preparing something else for dinner since it's also very small... Oh well, having fun looking at the menu, which fortunately is in English. I liked the looks of the lasagna pizza until I saw that it had potatoes on it. They also have a Mayo Jaga which has potato, bacon, mayonnaise, corn,pimento, and onion. ICK. There is an American Special which includes Pepperoni and onion.

Oh well... gotta go work on something else for dinner! :)