Don't freak out.

I lost the battle of wills and Kiyomi has been admitted to hospital.  She will be getting essentially the same treatment she would be getting at home.  Only now one of her parents has to be at the hospital 24 hours a day.  If I am not mistaken (which I may very well be) then Kiyomi will recover from her infectious mononucleosis within the next two weeks.  My guess would be that it would have been about the same amount of time were she to have stayed home.  We will never know.  Time to put the boys to bed. On a positive note, I will not be nursing Kaz so his days as a baby may be drawing to a close.  On the other hand it may be a long night.

The Illness

Well one thing is for certain.  This kid is a fighter.

Or she may die. 

You just never can tell.  The doctors are saying it is probably infectious mononucleosis.  Which means we have at least a few more weeks until she is into going out and about shape.  However, it isn't the end of the world.  Sayoko is going to take her to the local children's hospital to check her liver and spleen.  It at least sounds plausible. 

In other news the boys were hanging out in their baskets last night.

It was so cute with the little ones that big brother had to get in on the action.

This last one is Kiyomi trying to follow the conversation between her mother and Aunt.  I had given up a long time previous so I thought her valiant for battling on.

Currently I am boiling beans for tonight's chili.  Once again I will make a spicy and a not so spicy.  Hopefully I bought enough tomatoes so that it is much saucier than last time.  Still working on portion size to feed 11.

Love out.

Can you see it.

The white thing in the back right of Kiyomi's mouth is what I believe to be a very swollen and infected Tonsil.  We will be off to the doctor tomorrow.  Pictures taken with the laptop.  Just couldn't get any focus with our digital.

Update:  The third picture is new as of Monday our time.  We are off to the doctor's some time today.

Here is what you've missed.

So it has been just over a month since I touched down in the land of the humidity blues.  I arrived to find the daughter still in school and everyone else getting used to the heat.  Some outstanding events so far.  We had a dinner party in Ijuin with Sushi and such. 

I believe it was actually a birthday party for the daughter and yours truly.  Good times.  This is a picture of the littlest one modelling the latest in bug catching fashion. 

We have caught cicadas, butterflies, dragon flies and some kind of stinky bug.  Good times.  Most of the time we stick around here at home and just hang out.  The kids do lots of playing and fighting.  Good times. From oldest to youngest we have Atomu, Kiyomi, Kohei, Lilo, Tsubasa, and Kazuaki.  Sometimes Nanamu comes to stay over and she becomes the second eldest. 

So one day it was hot and we went down to the marina and swam off the back of Yoshiteru's boat.  We tried to do it the next day but it was low tide and harbour was pretty yucky.  So we took the boat out for a spin and swam in the open ocean.  It was pretty fun even if I did get a good sunburn.

I am in the middle of a beautiful swam dive here.  Really it should have been video.  Next time, next time.

Another big outing was taking the kids on the giant Ferris Wheel at Kagoshima Central station.  It was a prize for Kiyomi.  She managed to read five pages of a book in less than half an hour.  That is a Japanese book.  She has come a long way.  I am hoping that her anxiety will be way down when she goes back in September.  One step at a time. 

We also went for a visit to the Kindergarten Kohei will be attending.  They had a little summer festival and we went and enjoyed cold stream noodles, sno cones and fireworks.  The teacher was pretty worried about Kohei joining in September but after the festival it seemed like a lot of his fears had been allayed.

I am still not working although I am starting to sniff around at some offers.  It is such a blessing to finally be back in the blog hunt.  The reason I am finally blogging is that I bought a new USB cable so I can download pictures.  Still lots to think about and lots to do but more and more life is starting to flow.

Love out.

D.

Game on.

So I am blogging from home after having a quick skype session early today with two of my sisters.  It is definitely game on.  More to come this evening (or morning where you are)

Shopping

Well we are just buying a Mac book here at bic camera in Kagoshima central station. The onlynfree Internet I have found is here on an I pad. Immay be sold. We should be up and running with the Internet and Skype at home by early August. So until then just hold tight. We miss you all and things are going well. However I need to buy a scale that works. Hot days make for lots of beer drinking. and it is hot and humid here. Not quite Africa hot but close. Love Out.

Three, two, one....

Well it is my last night in town.  Holey Moley.  Just had a nice dinner with the family at Chach's place.  Good times hanging out and chowing down.  And tomorrow I leave for Japan.  I don't really know what this next year holds for my family and I.  The desire to look and plan ahead is driving me crazy.  It is so ingrained in what I do and how I do it.  But I am making myself a pledge to try and enjoy everyday for what it is.  When I am with my family I want to be present and say yes to the things I am asked, Do you want to play?  Lets go outside?  Can we make ramen for dinner?  Can we .... together?  I really hope I can make that answer yes every time.  Lets face it, I don't have anything else planned.  And when I am not doing that I hope I will read, think and write. I want to listen to Podcasts and learn to play guitar.  I want to study Japanese and learn to be a fisherman.  And I do want to plan.  I want to look ahead and see if I can make out where my life is going.  And at the same time to stay present.  Well life begins anew tomorrow.  Just like it does everyday.  Hopefully I will notice that and make the most of it.

I wish all you Canadians the best and I will try to make time to blog while in Japan. Keep you all in the loop.

Love out.