Japanese Girl

On Sunday my family will receive a Japanese Girl (Her name's Yurika) to live with us for the duration of two weeks. It's nerve racking! I'm freaking out about small things I never used to think about.

I wake up every morning and I usually eat, and then spend like 30 minutes in the bathroom, either getting dressed, doing my hair, etc, and I just realize I'll have to share it with her, which will totally disrupt my way of life. Now, I'm pretty flexible. When our plane to Washington DC was delayed for twelve hours this summer, I was fine. If my friend suddenly cancels plans, I don't view it as the ultimate end of the world.

But I've never lived with someone who doesn't really speak English. Well, she does, but only "moderately". And I don't speak Japanese. At least not much.

I do think it will be fun- I love to meet people- but it's also just so nerve racking to think about. My family eats such picky, odd meals. I'm a huge picky eater, my dad's a vegetarian, and my mom then has to cook around that, which only gives her a few meals to make.

My teacher also mentioned Japanese people, if you tell them to "help themselves to the kitchen" they wont. I'm somewhat the same, sure, but I'm wont go as far as to not eat because I don't want to get food from the kitchen...

SO much for people gaining weight here!

In other news, my mom's friend dropped off her dog to stay for the day/night when they go to the football game. And, it seems, her dog has teached mine how to... do certain physical activities involved in reproducing.

What fun.