The bus schedule changed and I accidently got on a bus that didn't go to the train station. I got off the bus after realizing this. I walked around for quite some time. I originally recognized my surroundings and thought I could find the train station on foot. Of course after a bit my surroundings were no longer familiar and I was totally just wandering around. At any point I could have called my host mom but I wanted to figure it out for myself. I'm stubborn sometimes.
What eventually wound up happening is that I suddenly saw a building that I knew very well. It was the same building that I have looked at a dozen times from my balcony in my room. I often look out across the rice fields and I see buildings. The largest by far is a huge pachinko casino. It is red and white and just massive. Once I saw it I knew where I was. I was basically several rice fields away from my host mom's back yard! I immediately walked around to the back of the casino and found the rice fields. The houses that made up the subdivision my host mom lives in were just visible. So I started walking.
When I walked into the house my host mom was so surprised! I explained what had happened and at first she told me I should have called her but then she said she was so happy I had been able to find my way back. (It was blind luck and I had been trying to find the bloody train station but at least I wasn't lost any more.)
So I didn't go to practice but my host mom and I did go to the concert which was really great. She treated us to lunch first and then we enjoyed the koto (Japanese harp) and vocal concert. When we got back I was exhausted. I think it was all the walking around I did that morning in the bright sun. I HATE the sun. I am never out in it for longer than I have to be and therefore don't have much of a resistance to it. Anyway after dinner and shower I went to bed early.
Monday (yesterday) I did homework most of the day. Today I will do the same. Tomorrow is the trip to Hiroshima! :D
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