yoshi thought he might have to go to shimane this weekend, but it was deferred, again. i'm not sure if he'll have to go. apparently they're having a really bad bug problem this year and need lots of help killing them. since the company doesn't use any chemical fertilizers or any pesticides, people have to kill the bugs by hand. yoshi used to do that when we lived in shimane (well, it was one of many things he did there.) he actually expected me to help him in that, because one of his coworker's wife helped him on his fields. yeah, but i don't think she had a job, whereas i did. i was a disappointment, but hey, at least i didn't have to squash bugs with my gloved hands. ew.

then, it was decided yesterday that he would go to kagoshima. wtf? he called me and i was all, 'ok, sure.' thinking of all the places i could go to get dinner....but during our call we went over what was happening this weekend: house foundation getting fixed and having some furniture delivered. so, he asked not to go (and this is not something you do in japan...) but he neglected to tell me until this morning. not really disappointed because having the three little monsters on my own for long stretches of time is really really hard. this morning i actually got to go out by myself (with tomo) and i could relax. hiro and sasha are cats and dogs at the moment, i'm not sure why, except maybe because sasha is walking all the time now and can get any toy hiro can get...

yoshi does have to work tomorrow, but that may be to our advantage since we need to get an american passport for tomo, esp. since yoshi wants to go to thailand in march....