Are we there yet?

I am awaiting the arrival of my friend from MI... Jan... she is the wife of Allen and a partial owner of the two dogs i take care of.

I am pretty much to the point where I want to be heading back home... I get how Japan works now get me back to my home. Actually, I don't really want to go back to work in MI because they don't really have me doing anything, and brian is always around when something to do actually comes up. I asked my manager if I could help someone do their work to get some experience and he had my "mentor" who is mostly bothersome... email me back to say that we really wouldn't have anything to do until November. I may poke my eyes out before then. We were told that we could teach people what we learned here.... It sounds so exciting. People keep saying i have to find something to do and I should know what needs to be done. I don't even know who my boss is or our departments goal, or what 90% of the people are doing.... how am i supposed to know?

Today at lunch there was octopus and chicken. I went for the chicken. It was nasty. I wish I had eaten the octopus because then I could have said I ate octopus and it was nasty. Training was bad, lunch was bad, the weather was nice.... I had the people change our schedule. I pointed out that we had study times after we were tested.... not before. They thought it was a good idea to switch it.

I have been here too long. In the morning when I transfer to the bus from the train there is a long line of Toyota people waiting. This morning the line took a differnent path... I stopped in my tracks... I could not understand how it could have happened... then while in line I noticed that all the Japanese had the same reaction.... It was different... nothing is ever different! I am getting used to the monotany!

I cut my face while sleeping... i have a large scab on my face. I haven't been sleeping much so who knows what i was dreaming about....

Tomorrow is another day!