UPDATE! (how many entries will be called this?)

SO I have been really bad with keeping up with this blog! But I am moving host families today so I will try and write every Sunday and Friday and anytime that something interesting happens!

So, yes. I am finally moving host families.... I really don't want to. I love this family. I actually love them. They could not have been a better first host family. I am packing now and I am really sad. I know I will still see this family... but its not the same. But recent news in this family is that I'm going to be a host aunt!!! My host brothers wife is pregnant! I'm so happy! I can't wait until the baby is born. I'll be the first white person he or she sees! (That is a weird aspiration, Hali). I didn't realize how much stuff I've accumulated in the past two months. Just. SO. Much. Stuff. I'll have to send some home. The house I'm moving to is only I little bit away from where I am currently. But I'll have to bike to the train station in the mornings. Meaning I'll have to wake up earlier... not looking forward to that. But I love riding Japanese bikes, so its ok. They are really thin and the handles are weird but I'm kind of use to it now after riding one once or twice. I'm really all over the place with this entry. I'm sorry.
Last night I had my last supper with all of my host family. (Mother, Father, Brother, Brother and Sister-in-law) We had sashimi, vegetable tempura, panko deep fried JUMBO shrimp, tofu, and a bunch of other dishes in the really nice private part of a restaurant.

LOOK AT THE OXYMORON 

Have I ever told you I LOVE tofu?

 We took the first and last family picture together. When I decided to say how thankful I was for their hospitality and over all niceness (wow that is an actual word?), I broke down and cried. I am truthfully sad to leave this home. It was the perfect balance of independence and family feel. Of course I am excited to meet and live with my new host family (I'm becoming an older sister for the first time ever!) but I will always have a special place in my heart for the Yamashiro's.

I love you. I will miss you so much. Thank you.
大好き。寂しくになります。心から、ありがとうございました。