Okay, it's been a while, since my last entry. A lot has happened since then. Hmm, let's see. . .. I stopped working at the end of March, so I'm officially a housewife again. (the baby is due in about 6 weeks, then I'll be a mommy!) Here's a list of what I (we've) been doing.

Preparations for baby:
- finally cleaned up the tatami room, which will become the baby's room
- bought a dresser and toy shelf at Ikea, and also got new curtains for the window
- washed all the baby clothes and organized it in the dresser
- bought all the baby supplies (bottles, sterilizer, shampoo, binkies, etc.)
- today we're going to buy the baby crib

Me:
-reading a lot! I'm trying to read the whole Alphabet series by Sue Grafton. Currently reading "P is for Peril." I'm not reading them in order, just in the order that I find them at the library.
- also reading the Alex Cross detective series by James Patterson.
- got Mario Kart for the Wii, which comes with a steering wheel attachment. You pretty much hold the controller horizontally and pretend that you're driving a car. It's fun but hard to control. Just takes practice I guess. Yesterday was the first time we played, and K beat me at every race. (I'll have to practice during the day while he is at work!)
- got my visa renewed to 3 years, so now I can stay in Japan without having to do anything. . . for 3 years at least!
- drinking a lot of water to keep my fluid levels up. . . and not to mention going to the bathroom every 15 minutes! I've been drinking about 3 liters of water per day!
- was watching Heroes online, but now they've all been taken off the website I was watching them from. . .darn!

Golden Week is coming up. It's one of the busiest vacations in Japan. This year the national holidays are spread out during 2 weeks, so it's a day off next week and 2 days off the following week. We don't have any plans, probably just do stuff locally. Maybe invite some friends over.