Saturday, August 23--The Great Escape

We did it! After 38 days, we are done living in hotels! We officially checked out this morning, and headed to our new house to await delivery of the desks we purchased this week at the NEX. We are very excited about these desks—not only were they very reasonably priced, but they will fit perfectly in the room we have designated as the office (previously believed to be the 6’ X 9’ room on the floor plan, it is actually closer to 10’ X 10’). Our excitement did dim somewhat when we opened the boxes and saw how many pieces they contained. We knew these desks required some assembly, but imagine our surprise when we pulled out piece AA! That doesn’t even include the gazillion screws, fasteners, drawer slides, and other assorted hardware. Now I understand why the desks were so reasonably priced!! But we are nothing if not persistent, and six hours and several choice words later, we have two fully assembled, fully functional desks!

We finished our building project just in time to clean up and head out for our first official poker game in Japan. It was a smallish game—only eight of us, and made me miss the gang back home. It will take a while to break in this new crowd and get used to how they play. Looking forward to hosting a game once our stuff gets here…only we’re not sure where everyone is going to park….