Basketball, phone, and dresses - oh my!
Working backwards:
Sunday was a day of rest, after I played 4 hours of basketball nearly non-stop full court games. 8:30am - 12:30pm, I felt really good after all that exercise, and tired. Rest was required and I ended up snoozing part of the day away.
Saturday we went to finally purchase a phone for my use here. Up until this time I’ve used Ayako’s phone when I needed to have one on my person on my solitaire adventures. Surprise was had this time as the phone was a bit more expensive than I counted on. Since my spouse visa is not greater than 2 years in length I had to pay full price for the phone in one lump sum. No special bargains for the foreigner here. Needless to say (for those that know me) I picked the cheapest phone I could find. Some might claim a phone is a necessity in a land where you can only understand a few people, however I still think it is a luxury item and didn’t want to spend much on it. Say goodbye to 200$ + a contract for about 20$ monthly 
Also on Saturday Ayako and I looked at dresses. Wedding dresses to be exact (and not for me, to be precise). We went to a bridal shop and Ayako tried 4 different dresses, with an array of different accessories. I took pictures and gave feedback, not something I’m particularly good at. In fact, I think I was a pretty bad date - as Ayako invited her cousin to go with her this coming Saturday to do more shopping. haha.
Oh, here is a photo I took from my new phone when I took the trash out tonight. It is the trash pickup schedule!!
