Bah humbug
I’ve made Christmas inquires to my sisters about what my nephews and nieces might like for a gift. I can’t believe I did this. It’s freaking November, way to early to think of Christmas! I blame this on my girlfriend. Japan is a crowded place, more so in cities like Tokyo (10,000,000 residents). If you want anything you have to plan ahead. She’s Japanese and isn’t happy unless something isn’t planned at least a month ahead of time. I hate planning ahead. I once called a travel agent and asked them what flights were available tomorrow. When the agent asked me were I would like to go, to her befuddlement I told her any flight to a warm place. I hate planning ahead. Now I have a Japanese girlfriend that thinks its insane not to be prepared at least a month ahead of time. I think I make things interesting for her, if not annoying. Good thing she’s not an “I told you so” kind of person ’cause she’s often right.
Where was I? Oh yeah, Christmas. I’ve already spotted some Christmas decorations on buildings but not as bad as in the US. Are they still decorating for Christmas as early as January? Back to my headlong crash into adulthood (I’m 37). So now I’m planning for Christmas, with this planning a justification that lets me sleep at night is that buying toys in Japan takes time to ship. Yeah, that’s it. The girls like pokeymon and that stuff from the source (Japan) makes for good bragging rights on the schoolhouse playground. The boys are younger and they wouldn’t appreciate the “international” flavor of anything I could buy for them here. Guess I’ll go to Amazon and get something there and get it shipped for free. You have to understand, I am kitchi (cheap) and there are a lot of children (10 kids). Don’t really know what to get Mom and I’m not telling you either. If you’ve got an idea some leave a comment.
