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It's nearly 2 in the morning, and I've not been getting half the sleep I should this week, but that's okay, because I finally have curtains in my sewing room! Somehow, the thought of welcoming my family with a sink full of dirty dishes wasn't as distressing as the thought of making them sleep in a room which had fabric pinned to the curtain rod in lieu of actual curtains. Cleaning the bathroom can wait until tomorrow morning, because I figure that if I'm to get up early to help Becca move, I may as well wake up SUPER early and finish getting my place ready then.

I handed over the costumes earlier this evening, and I think I must congratulate myself. First of all, I'm proud of the work itself; secondly, though I did get to bed very late these last few nights, there were no all-nighters, nor was there any panicked running around. Now I can sit back and relax, and hope that everything fits.

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If any of you are thinking of taking a drive through Tokyo on a Saturday, in the pouring rain, my advice is DON'T DO IT! At least half your time will be spent inching forward on the "express"way.

I hadn't driven since going back home nearly two years ago (helping Jamie move doesn't really count), so three straight hours with my hands on the wheel left my fingers a little numb. All I can say is I was never so glad to be driving an automatic, because a clutch would have killed me.

After helping Becca move (surely I got myself a big chunk of good moving karma just for the hell that was traffic today!), it was much too late to contemplate taking the van back and catching a train to Ueno to meet my family, so I drove there instead. It took an hour and a half from Funabashi, which made me nearly an hour late meeting them. Thankfully, B1 called me from a payphone, and we negotiated a new meeting place, that is, me slowing down in front of the Keisei station and them jumping into the van. From there, it took nearly two hours to get to my place. @_@

B2, the only member of our family who hadn't yet come to Japan, thought it was a pretty sugoi way to get a first glimpse of the city. Everyone agreed, including me, because the only time I'd ever driven across town before today was when I got a ride with my movers last year, and we took a different route, so this was a side of Tokyo I'd never seen. I wish it hadn't been raining, though it was neat to see Shinjuku's skyscrapers disappearing into the mist.

They've all been asleep since 9:30, and it's about time for me to do the same, to try to catch up on all the sleep I missed this week.