Japan & Home Again

The last couple days in Japan were fun. On Friday, we went with Katsu's sister Isumi shopping and it was nuts. WAY too many Japanese people everywhere shopping. And they were so rude on the elevator and never let us in even though we had a stroller! But we had a very yummy lunch at a garlic restaurant (everything was made with tons of garlic). Katsu even had an ... interesting ... culinary experience.

Saturday, we headed out to see the local shrine and then went and saw tons and tons of bonsai trees in the largest collection in the world (or maybe I just made that up) with Katsu's brother, Kiyo. It was lots of fun, but no pictures of the bonsais were allowed - even the 2000 year old ones.

Sunday, Andrew was sick, so we only made it to Sacrament meeting. Then, on Sunday night, he kept coughing and coughing and was having trouble breathing, so we went to two hospitals (the first had no pediatricians) and after paying a $200 bill (I thought it was pretty cheap for no insurance - hopefully we get at least partially reimbursed by our insurance) and getting 4 medicines, we went home. Needless to say, no one got much sleep on Sunday. Then, after a quick packing (like 30 minutes, tops), we were off to Narita for our flight home which was uneventful.

So, we are home. And suffering horribly from jet lag. Yesterday, we didn't wake up until 3:20 pm. Whoops. Katsu missed work. Whoops. Last night, we couldn't sleep. At all. So, we finally dropped Katsu off at work at 4:45 am. Yup. Then, Andrew and I napped from 6 am - 11 am. Yeah, we have totally messed up sleep. And Andrew is still sick and coughing and throwing up some, but we took him to the doctor after we returned (less than 4 hours off the plane) and nothing seems to be wrong. Pictures coming soon.