Will and I have got a nasty cold and throat thingy. We are feeling sorry for ourselves. I went into school yesterday morning but came straight home again. There is a lot going around so I am not surprised, just annoyed because I was doing so well with no days off so far. People have been saying since we got here "the first cold you get will really knock you about because you are in a new country", and I was starting to feel quite smug that it hadn't. Never mind, as long as we are better for the skiing trip in 8 days time I will be happy.
This weekend was very busy for us. It was one of our friends birthdays, and he had a joint party with his 3 year old daughter. It sounds naff but it was really good fun, with all the adults playing with the kids in between eating too much fantastic food and going outside on the balcony to relax. We were there from about 1.30 and it went on very late, but another friend had arranged a treat for us so we left at 7.
I had been disappointed with the Indian food I have tried in Tokyo, it was slimy and all tasted the same and I said so to one of my friends who is Indian. It turned out that her parents used to own a restaurant in Tokyo, and her mom cooked a sort of mini banquet for us of different Indian foods. It was great! We had 4 different main dishes, with rice and potatoes and salad on the side, and she kept badgering us to go for more. Adam went up 5 times, and still had room for desert! Priya had made desert herself, and it was mango and coconut cheesecake. I was so full after I thought I would have to roll home. We laughed constantly too so I thought I would pop at any moment. It was a brilliant evening, and Mrs Mehta even told me a couple of good restaurants to try so I have new hopes for finding good Indian food now.
We did very little on Sunday, which was a welcome rest, and the swelling on my finger has gone down enough for me to play the piano now with only twinges, so I have to start practising for the junior school production. They are doing Jack and the Beanstalk.
Since I am doing this update at home (therefore all the fiddling around with the language happened again - grrr) I have added some photos from a couple of the things we have been doing.
The 2 above are of us just about to get on the shinkansen to go skiing at Christmas, and Will blending in nicely when we got there.
Below is me and Mary at Karaoke (bearable in Tokyo, very different to anywhere else) and 
Ben and Priya on One world day ( since we don't have a national costume as such, most of the Brits just wore football shirts. Ben had the entire outfit!) I don't know why it is sideways, I can't figure out how to change it so you'll just have to tilt your heads. One day this site will work flawlessly for me and I really won't know what to do with all that time I have leftover...
Below is me and Mary at Karaoke (bearable in Tokyo, very different to anywhere else) and 
Ben and Priya on One world day ( since we don't have a national costume as such, most of the Brits just wore football shirts. Ben had the entire outfit!) I don't know why it is sideways, I can't figure out how to change it so you'll just have to tilt your heads. One day this site will work flawlessly for me and I really won't know what to do with all that time I have leftover...