Last night I did some cooking preparation for the potluck Thanksgiving dinner tonight. Went to Costco so I’m bringing stuffing, rolls, and cranberry sauce. That also covers my two guests. Since tomorrow is the international carnival where I’m doing a Germany booth with another guy who speaks German, I had to make our poster. That involved printing photos at 7-Eleven! But I managed to recognize enough katakana and look at the pictures to figure out what buttons to press and it worked. Post bakery stop, I went shopping at Aeon Mall in Takasaki to get my dad’s Christmas present. It was my first proper Japanese mall. Jam-packed! I had to wait 10 minutes to find a parking spot. Looks like they like to do Christmas shopping here too! The stores all carry such cute clothing, but everything is so expensive and out of my price range. I think I’ll have to check out used clothing stores.

Afterward, I picked up my Japanese friend, K, and two others from Takasaki Station with all their food luggage. I was really happy K could come all the way from Saitama! My other friend, the JTE at one of my schools, E, was driving straight to the hall in Maebashi. This was her first Thanksgiving! I had to bake my stuffing in the oven first. It was interesting using the kitchen we had rented there. We had to take our shoes off before going in! I feel like that’s kinda unsafe. Downstairs, we had a bunch of food set up and tables. The turkeys were finally brought in and we rock paper scissored it to see who’d it first. S won for us so we got first dibs on the food! There was so much! I had to double layer my place, but it still didn’t cut it.

I had two plates, but was over full at the end. After group cleanup, I drove K back to the station and then myself home. Lying down in bed, felt uncomfortable ha.