Ｈｅｒｅ Ｉ ｔｈｏｕｇｈｔ Ｉ ｆｉｇｕｒｅｄ ｏｕｔ ｗｈａｔ Ｉ ｗａｓ ｄｏｉｎｇ ｗｒｏｎｇ ｗｉｔｈ ｔｈｅ ｃｏｍｐｕｔｅｒ ｔｈｅ ｏｔｈｅｒ ｄａｙ． Ｔｈｅｒｅ ｉｓ ａ ｂｕｔｔｏｎ ｎｅｘｔ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ ｓｐａｃｅ ｋｅｙ ｔｈａｔ Ｉ ｗａｓ ｈｉｔｔｉｎｇ ｉｎｓｔｅａｄ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ ｓｐａｃｄｅ ｋｅｙ ａｎｄ ｅｖｅｒｙ ｔｉｊｍｅ Ｉ ｗｏｕｌｄ ｄｏ ｓｏ ｉｔ ｗａｓ ｃｈａｎｇｉｎｇ ｍｅ ｆｒｏｍ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ ｔｏ Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ． Ｎｏｗ Ｉｖｅ ｆｉｇｕｒｅ ｏｕｔ ａ ｗａｙ ｔｏ ｕｎｄｅｒｌｉｎｅ ｅｖｅｒｙｔｈｉｎｇ Ｉ ｗｒｉｔｅ． Ｗｅｌｌ， ｉｔｓ ｉｎ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ ｓｏ Ｉ ｗｉｌｌ ｃｏｎｔｉｎｕｅ／
Ｗｅ ｔｏｏｋ ａｂｏｕｔ ａ ３０ ｍｉｎｕｔｅ ｂｕｓ ｒｉｄｅ ｆｒｏｍ ｔｈｅ ｈｏｔｅｌ ｔｏ Ｍａｋｉｓ ｈｏｍｅ ｔｏｗｎ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ｓｕｂｕｒｂｓ ｏｆ Ｏｓａｋａ． Ａｓ Ｉ：ｖｅ ｔｏｌｄ ｓｅｖｅｒａｌ ｐｅｏｐｌｅ， Ｉ ｗａｓ ａ ｂｉｔ ｎｅｒｖｏｕｓ ａｂｏｕｔ ｍｅｅｔｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｆａｍｉｌｙ， ｍａｉｎｌｙ ｎｏｔ ｗａｎｔｉｎｇ to offend anyone with my built in American sensibilities. Of course, as soon as we pull up, Ichiro, Makis father, is right out front with a b ig smile on his face and a warm greeting. Duh! It:s all good from there on.
We hung around the house talking、Ｍａｋｉ ｔｒａｎｓｌａｔｉｎｇ ｆｏｒ ｕｓ． Ｄｉｄ ａ ｆｕｎ ｇｉｆｔ ｅｘｃｈａｎｇｅ． Ｔｈｅｎ ｗｅｎｔ ｔｏ ｄｉｎｎｅｒ ｗｉｔｈ Ｍａｋｉｓ ｐａｒｅｎｔｓ and her sister, brother in law, and their two wonderful kids. We ate a feast! I:ll try to post some pictures later, but the courses just kept coming and coming.
Communication is mainly through Maki translating but it seems to be working out well. More later.... after breakfast.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for traveling thousand miles to meet with my parents. Same as you, both of my parents were very nervous before the first meeting.
I am sure that they had had more to say (I am sure that my mother wrote pages of what she wanted to say in English). When they saw your smile, they understood that letting their smile speak would be the best way to express how they felt. They had a wonderful time with you.
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