Birthdays do not go unnoticed here on the team. We try and cater to individual tastes and preferences here…if you read my birthday weekend blog from April you’ll understand.
Bryan is the newest member of the team having arrived on August 20th, but no exceptions we did the best we could to celebrate his birth and life.
Wednesday we had cake and a hand-drawn awesome card by Dan. We sang happy birthday.
Friday night we took him out to dinner at a yakiniku place (grill your own meat right in front of yourself) at a place called “Brian’s” nonetheless. It was late at night and we were in Koriyama so we left in time to make the very last train home at 10:56.
Or was it 10:54?
No, it was 10:46.
No, it was 10:43.
There was lots of discussion of the actual train time on our long walk back to the train station until Rachel finally took the effort to pull out her train schedule and look at the departure.
10:43.
Current time: 10:44.
We missed the train! We all started freaking out since taking a taxi would be very expensive and we hadn’t planned on staying in Koriyama all night.
Or had we?
Surprise!
We stopped on the bridge right before the fun center complex “Round One” and broke the news: Happy Birthday! We’re going to be locked in Round One from 11-6am. All you can play games, complete with ultimate Frisbee in the soccer area and 3-floor sardines! They admitted us into the center and gave us each a complimentary bag of popcorn. Let the festivities begin! I was pleasantly surprised to find free lockers in the ladies spa area…and a waterbed that doubled as a massage bed with jet massagers. Awesome.
We played Frisbee, sardines as a group and then I did my own thing…mostly comprised of the large massage chairs, hot stone spa table, water jets, round of billiards, and the odd shooting arcade game thrown in the mix.
Come 6am we sleepily wandered downtown to the station and passed the time waiting for the train. I slept until 1:30 and made myself get up. The rest of the afternoon was lubricating my bicycle, watching episodes of “Chuck,” and attending Ashley’s impromptu “Wine and Cheese” night. I love that girl.
Back to sleep I go at 10:30 and sleep like a stone until this morning, waking up to the rain and cool air.
Fall is here!!!
Rachel and I had a little church service in my apartment before going into Koriyama to have coffee and write blogs. We’re pretty sure the guy sitting at the window is an undercover agent waiting for his contact to arrive and make the drop.
Bryan is the newest member of the team having arrived on August 20th, but no exceptions we did the best we could to celebrate his birth and life.
Wednesday we had cake and a hand-drawn awesome card by Dan. We sang happy birthday.
Friday night we took him out to dinner at a yakiniku place (grill your own meat right in front of yourself) at a place called “Brian’s” nonetheless. It was late at night and we were in Koriyama so we left in time to make the very last train home at 10:56.
Or was it 10:54?
No, it was 10:46.
No, it was 10:43.
There was lots of discussion of the actual train time on our long walk back to the train station until Rachel finally took the effort to pull out her train schedule and look at the departure.
10:43.
Current time: 10:44.
We missed the train! We all started freaking out since taking a taxi would be very expensive and we hadn’t planned on staying in Koriyama all night.
Or had we?
Surprise!
We stopped on the bridge right before the fun center complex “Round One” and broke the news: Happy Birthday! We’re going to be locked in Round One from 11-6am. All you can play games, complete with ultimate Frisbee in the soccer area and 3-floor sardines! They admitted us into the center and gave us each a complimentary bag of popcorn. Let the festivities begin! I was pleasantly surprised to find free lockers in the ladies spa area…and a waterbed that doubled as a massage bed with jet massagers. Awesome.
We played Frisbee, sardines as a group and then I did my own thing…mostly comprised of the large massage chairs, hot stone spa table, water jets, round of billiards, and the odd shooting arcade game thrown in the mix.
Come 6am we sleepily wandered downtown to the station and passed the time waiting for the train. I slept until 1:30 and made myself get up. The rest of the afternoon was lubricating my bicycle, watching episodes of “Chuck,” and attending Ashley’s impromptu “Wine and Cheese” night. I love that girl.
Back to sleep I go at 10:30 and sleep like a stone until this morning, waking up to the rain and cool air.
Fall is here!!!
Rachel and I had a little church service in my apartment before going into Koriyama to have coffee and write blogs. We’re pretty sure the guy sitting at the window is an undercover agent waiting for his contact to arrive and make the drop.
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