Last Day

It's my last full day in Japan. Tomorrow I wake up and try to fit all my stuff back into the (what seems like now) small bags I brought and fight my way to the airport. Yesturday our lab group played baseball against the lab group on the 9th floor. We lost. It was the peanut's first baseball game. Ahhh... The funniest thing was that at the end of the game the two teams lined up facing each other and bowed. Very Japanese. The woman in the picture is named Kaori. Don't try to pronounce this you could hurt yourself. She's been a peach and has helped me out a great deal in the lab. She speaks pretty good English so it's been a good thing. She's tryed to teach me Japanese but I think after awhile gave me up as a hopeless case. The other photo is my desk - nice view, huh? It's made daydreaming really easy.
Well I got the presentation done and I present at noon so if any of y'all are up at 11pm still - please send happy thoughts. Most of you probably won't even be reading this until I am on the plane and headed back to the US. I'll be happy to see the blue skys of Michigan and to fly over the Great Lakes and know that I am almost there. Thanks for all of your support, I have been checking the comments you've made obsessively and really appreciate all the help. Please keep checking in as I will probably just convert this to the "OH MY GOD WE ARE HAVING A BABY!" blog. Then you too can watch the cavorting of little baby Stek and the panicing of his parents. Lots of fun to come! Love you all. elizabeth - checking out from Japan.