mimi's island

not even my prettiest pouty face could get me out of having to pay an extra 4000Y for my hotel room in Japan. i requested a single and considered myself a single but apparently 10 year-olds don't get much slack round there.
alas, our long trek home has finally come to fruition and beyond and now at 430am, i am apparently not even remotely close to being adjusted.
last night i went to happy hour and had fun but i had a big question mark....where are my friends? in fact, it was more like like a where the F are my girlfriends? lol....this is not anger or bitterness speaking but its actually a humorous acceptance of life as it is. it's thursday night...and no one seemed to be returning calls. luckily i was in the company of 7 people that kept me distracted. for a first night "out", it was actually perfect. there were drinks, familiar faces, and delectable yummies.
my first obligation yesterday was paying a visit to my bff's little boy. i was pleased that he warmed up to me almost instantly and his giggles and silly faces melted away my jet lag. i must share a skin-crawling detail from my visit, though. as baby boy was happily prancing around the room, i stopped him from putting an unknown in his mouth....only to discover that this unknown was actually a dried-up gecko skeleton!!! where it came from we don't know but his mommy and i were equally shocked and disgusted as he stood there wondering why chaos suddenly ensued. i actually wish i took a picture of the vile thing before we threw it away....believe me, it's blogworthy.