Travel to Japan

Right now I am sitting in the Seattle airport and waiting for my next flight to Osaka. There is still about two hours left, so I have time to burn. This morning I woke up late and almost thought I wouldn't make it in time. I originally intended to get up at 5:00 so I could shower and get breakfast before I left. Well, my mom came and woke my up at around 5:40 - twenty minutes before I had to be out the door. It actually was a little miracle. I thought I had my alarm set, but maybe I didn't. My mom just woke up on her own and thought that she should probably check to see if I was up and going. Thanks to that I was able to make it. I had to really hurry, but I managed to get a shower and breakfast to eat in the car.

After I went through security and got my bad checked, I had about an hour, so I basically just slept. I slept for a lot of the plane ride too. I was actually really lucky, because my plane seat was changed as I was boarding, so I got to meet a really nice girl named Yuna - who was on her way home to Osaka. We talked for a while, and ended up going through the Seattle airport together. We got lost, but it was actually fun because we had time and were together. Well, that's it so far. I might add some more later, if I am not to tired when I arrive.

Later...
When I arrived, I had a really hard time at the airport. I couldn`t remember my host family`s first names or address, so they wouldn`t let me through. After about 45 minutes of broken Japanese and English (it was about 3 in the morning) I finally was able to explain where my family`s house was located, so they let me through. The worst part was that they let Taylor through with no problem, even though he had the exact same thing written on his paper. I was so frustrated and tired, and I just wanted to leave. Thank goodness I made it through!

After Taylor and I met with our host families, we went to his house (the Satos) for curry rice and sashimi. It was my first time eating sashimi. I especially liked tai, which is apparently some kind of sea bream. After, I went with Sister Yukimoto to her house. I will be staying here for the next three months. When I walked in the door, I was astounded to see VS Arashi playing on TV. No way! Sister Yukimoto said they could turn it off, but I said I liked to watch VS Arashi, so we all sat down and watched it together.

My host family is small. It is just Sister Yukimoto, her husband, and their grandma. Sister Yukimoto speaks really fast even for a Japanese person, so sometimes I get lost. I bet I will learn a lot while I am here. They all speak Kansai ben, although they say that Brother Yukimoto doesn`t speak as much in Kansai ban because he went to school in Tokyo. They all comment on how pretty my Japanese is. It makes me smile every time. When I went to church with the Yukimoto`s, she warned everyone not to corrupt my language.

While I am talking about church, I should mention that church is very hard to understand. I can understand most of normal conversation, but I could barely understand anything at church. I got the main idea of the lessons in sunday school and relief society (tithing and the parables of the lost coin, the lost sheep, and the prodigal son), but it gave me a real headache.