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 Last weekend some of my cousins were in town – John and Jackie, so we arranged to meet up.  They wanted to see sumo while they were here, so we went along to the Grand Tournament that they were holding here in Tokyo.  Offically the day starts at around 0830, but really, it doesn’t get all that interesting until mid afternoon.  So in the morning I took them to the Tokyo Edo Museum.  It was my third time going there, but as always I learn something new everytime.  This time around they had a display about the 2nd las Shogun, who was the one that was in charge of the country when the Americans forced their way in.  And they also had a display about mechanical dolls..  I tell you what, they were pretty impressive!

After Lunch we headed over to the Sumo Stadium to watch the professionals.  Sumo is pretty fun, even if you are in the second last row of seats….  Its all about the atmosphere I guess.  I have to admit that I almost fell asleep durning the matches… The night before I didn’t get to sleep until 2am because my neighbors were talking…  grrrr…  But that was the first time I’ve had problems regarding noise here, so that’s been a pretty good run.  Anyway, sumo…  We also wandered around and looked at all the stores.  If there’s one thing Japanese people love, its souvenirs….

After sumo we went to Shinjuku for dinner at an izakaiya.  The meal was okay~  By the end of the day we had spent about 13 hours together, so it was a long day.  Suffice to say, on monday I pretty much just did some house work and chilled out at home.

Work has been kinda hectic recently.  This is the season for new students to sign up, because the school year will be starting again in March.  So we’ve had a lot of interviews to do. And poor Katie was pretty sick and had to take a day off because she lost her voice.  But I can’t complain, the extra money is always welcome.

This weekend I finally got around to going to church (sounds bad hey… finally….).  It was an interesting day.  There are so many new faces at church, and not that many old faces, which is kinda sad.  I guess It’s just not going to be the same as before.  But I’ve already made some new friends, so I guess thats a plus.

Yesterday I was supposed to go with Xina to a doctor’s appointment, but she canceled it, and instead we went to this little malaysian place near Roppongi.  Really yummy food, but its so cheap!