Kashiwa

So I am here in Kashiwa with my mom to visit my grandma. We got here around lunchtime. My mom and I picked up something to eat and then headed over to my g-ma's nursing home to join her for lunch. She is doing well, considering she is 96 years old! We had a nice lunch and then hung out with her in the lobby area and in her room.

Normally she gets pretty tired after a little bit, but today she was pretty playful and in a good mood. We looked at a lot of pictures of us and the family and such and talked. However, now my mom and I are out just running a few errands and then stopping by the internet cafe (where I am right now) to check e-mail and other stuff. I also went to the bank to pay for some bills...:(

I hate paying for bills. There was a bill from the BOE because there was a delivery charge from my 2 suitcases when I first got to Japan. The BOE and JET had them sent from Narita to my town. I wish they would have given us the option to have them shipped, or let us carry the luggage ourselves. I could have managed lugging my own suitcases around for a day down to my city...oh well....that's another 4,000Yen down the drain.

Oh well. I went to the bank to pay the bills, and there were a whole array of complicated steps to get through to pay it at the ATM. Well, I finally got through it with the help of one of the women working at the bank. Since there was some affiliation with the bill and a bank called Mitsubishi something, there was a handling fee. I was at Chiba Bank, so I didn't think much of it. After finishing, my mom and I started walking toward the station where we were going to have a look around. And what do you know...we see the Mitsubishi Bank whatever right next to the station! So I probably wouldn't have had to pay a handling fee if I did the transaction there!! What the &*$%#!!!?!?! Oh well...I'm over it...haha.

But anyway, we'll spend the rest of the day relaxing and hanging out with my grandma and then be on our way tomorrow to my aunt's house.

Later!