happy belated thanksgiving!!

hopefully all of you had a great thanksgiving and ate yourselves into oblivion. seeing that the pilgrims never made it this far west to the far east (?!), thanksgiving (or should we call it thanksTAKING) day isn't a big deal out here in japan. i actually spent my night at work, teaching english lessons and dreaming about gravy over stuffing.

the past month has been pretty crazy with tons of stuff going on. my mom was in town for awhile, and then i had a bunch of other guests come hang out in tokyo. it all made for good fun, but was still tiring, trying to juggle everything while still getting used to working five days a week, being a part-time grad student, babysitting, and my freelance stuff. but seeing how everyone has now left, i finally have some time to recover until dec 9, when ryan and torie come!! i should seriously start charging for this whole tour guide business.

anyways, despite all of the stresses and hiccups of life in tokyo, i have so much to be thankful for. here is a partial list, as soon as i get more pictures, i will update this some more:

1) cute babies:

2) coldstone's global aspirations:

3) restaurants that make you feel like you're inside of kill bill:

4) people that fly thousands of miles to see me:

5) gifts from home

6) all of my awesome friends that write/call

7) technological innovation that makes all of this possible

8) fairly good health

9) an awesome place to live in an amazing city

10) family