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so~ i've been back home for 4 days now. two of them, i completely slept through. literally. the day we got home, i was asleep for over 24 hours. the next day, hubby and i went up to orillia to casino rama because he had won free tickets to see wanda sykes. i really like her but i wasn't pleased to be travelling again so soon. it was worth it though.
then i needed to finish recuperation. i think i'm good now. i can walk. that's a good sign. (i seriously think i did some permanent damage to my feet and ankles.)

i want to start on updating the blog. i knew it was unrealistic to say i'd keep up with it while on the trip. i just didn't want to say so because saying so makes it inevitable. there was still a teeny tiny chance. but we spent the entire day every day running around and only had a few hours each night at the hotel. hubby needed the computer first to just edit and upload his pictures. (check them out on facebook, if we're friends ~ you can see them in my albums too.) by the time i got my turn, there was just not enough time to even narrow down my choices, let alone edit them and write anything about the day. i did get the first 4 days up though. that's better than last time and hong kong!
even without blogging, i still only got about 3-4 hours of sleep a night. i was up really early every day. the latest i slept in was 8 o'clock, i think, and that was only one time. 

but~ now that i'm home and have all the time in the world, i can't start quite yet. i have an etsy order i have to complete and ship out in the next two days. when that is out of the way, i will get to work. i don't want to forget the little details like i did last time. 

one of my favourite sakura pictures from my favourite area in kyoto

going back

i didn't think i'd ever get to use this blog again, but guess what? hubby and i are going back to japan!! i could not be more excited.

this time, we've decided to time it to see the cherry blossoms. that's something that was on my original must-do list, but we couldn't make it work. only problem is that the planning time is more rushed. we are aiming to go for the end of march/early april. i've got a lot of work to do. like last time, i'm unemployed, so i've got the time. i've just been... in a funk. extreme laziness is the main symptom. better get started now.

my only ideas this time around, so far are:

hanami (cherry blossom viewing party crashing - ueno park?)

revisiting some of the same places as last time - wandering akihabara, tokyo station, fushimi inari taisha

ghibli museum (missed it last time - best to buy tickets at the same time as getting the JR pass because they sell out) 

more temples and shrines

gundam cafe

imperial palace

and maybe head out to nikko or kamakura~

edo wonderland

daibutsu

things i want to buy:

toilet slippers

uwabaki

eco powder for used cooking oil (katamete-pon)

bull dog sauce

heated toilet seat?

wagashi

konpeito

i love how i wrote out precise instructions on obtaining an exchange order for the JR pass. i was doing it to help out other people (even though no one reads this blog), but as it turns out, i helped myself. there is no way i would have remembered all that. i just hope the process hasn't changed in 5 years. (has it really been that long?!)

i'm still trying to update the days from my first trip... i SWEAR, i will stay on top of it this time around. even if it's just point form with pictures, i WILL post something every day when we're there again.