Very Late!

 Today was a day when, like Rodney Dangerfield suggested, I had no class.  These are days when I get taken different places.  Susan took me to find boxes for gifts and a DVD player I can try to make "region free."  I'm struggling a little because the first suggestion I found is not working well.  I'll figure it out, though.

Gift boxes here are something else.  There are many styles and sizes.  One might even say a plethora.  Even though they not piñatas.  (I love that scene.)  Couple it with the bags and paper, and wrapping presents is elaborate.  But it's done in a way that allows schmoes like me to do a reasonable job.  I'm confident Jen would do a lot more, and that may be my standard.  Still, it's good that the Japanese people have somewhat "automated" the process.  The issue I've had is the gifts are not standard sizes or shapes.  That's to be expected from homemade things.

We also went to lunch, which was very nice.  At the end Susan said she understood a bit why I might be considered intimidating.  She's done so many things for me so far.  Purchased snacks and food and meals.  I offered to pay for lunch and she tried to decline the offer.  To which I said "I'll pay, thank you."  I wouldn't have thought that was intimidating, but I guess it is.  (It's entirely in the way I say things.  I'm very aware of that.)

Two links and a little story is all I've got today.