Has it really been that long? It has, hasn't it!?! Geez, I was just thinking (and blogging) about my anniversary and now it's the first week of June. Two weekends ago we were in Japantown in San Francisco.
We had been itching for something to do for our anniversary and by the time we figured out what we wanted, things were completely booked up Northern California-wide so we opted for the following weekend which happened to be Memorial Day weekend at that. I had been miserably sick during anniversary weekend and what should happen, wifey gets sick this weekend! I have to give all props to her, she was such an allstar for sticking it out.
We stayed at the Kabuki Hotel, a boutique hotel we saw online and fell in love with and I must say I would repeat. It had a Japanese soaking tub, shoji screens and is probably the tallest builiding in Japantown. It's connected to the Japantown mall which I don't know if it was a blessing or a curse.
For those of you who know me, you know I grew up in Japan and being in Japantown, although not exactly the same, made me feel like I was home again. I used the tub and washroom that first night as my own personal onsen (Japanese bath house). It was great - the hot water, the tiny bench and mini-bucket to wash yourself with...I was completely relaxed. Jake was able to score himself two wooden katana (Samurai swords), and wifey and I got to indulge in a few non-essentials Japanese items at Ichiban Kan. We had sushi for dinner on Saturday night, and Korean Barbecue the second night. On Sunday, Jake made the request to visit the Ripleys Believe It Or Not museum at Fisherman's Wharf which was expensive, but was actually pretty fun. We had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe which was pretty cool considering Jake sat next to the aquarium and the waiter mis-ordered the wife's lunch whereby scoring her a free meal when they corrected it. Lunch the following afternoon before we left was at Isobune, the first Sushi Boat restaurant in the US. GREAT sushi!
Louie, incidentally, was also on a mini-vacay. He stayed the weekend at my parents' house and he actually enjoyed himself! With Chelsea and Sammy my parents' dogs there to keep him company, he had a blast! We stopped off to pick him up there before heading home. We stopped over at the brother-in-law's house to share in some last minute Memorial Day BBQ. Perfect end to a fun weekend.
This was a short week for me at work as well. I was in the office all of Tuesday and Wednesday, but had to return to Sacramento on Thursday and Friday for my last two days of training (I had been going two-days at a time every other month since January). Thursday morning I dropped Louie off at my parent house (since he had fun over the weekend, we thought he should have it again -- and he did!!!) and headed up for day 1 of training. I left early because it was Mom's retirement ceremony, so I drove back down to Vallejo to attend. It was fun and I got a chance to hang out with the new baby Evan. After the party I went to Target with my sister then headed home to my parents' house for the night (early morning again the next day). Day 2 in Sacramento and after I got my certification I had to zoom back to Vallejo to pick up Louie. After I got him, I sped as fast as traffic would let me to pick up the wife at work and we headed to the SFO airport. Wifey's BFF's brother was leaving for Manila with his family and the BFF asked for some things, so as the dutiful BFFs we are, we happily obliged. It also help that BFFs J and C and little J were also going to the Philippines on the same flight, so it was good that we were able to say "bye".
This weekend flew by fast, Jake stayed the night Friday night at his cousins' and we watched as his cousin played baseball Saturday afternoon. When we got home, I set to task to build Louie's new kennel. I got through most of it before it got dark and cold. It was finished by three the next afternoon (I started at noon). He loved it in there! He's taken to it this morning too.
I didn't sleep too well last night. Got hungry so I ate and had to sleep later than I wanted. Then I heard a rustling noise which I now realize may have been Louie having a bad dream. Then I heard Jake mussing about so I brought him into the room before finally settling in to sleep at about 3.
I'm tired today, but not so much sleepy. It's been a great couple of weeks.
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