The girls sucumbed to jet lag this evening, and fell asleep before E returned home from work.  Granted, it was 7:30pm...but they were tired.  (they haven't napped since they were little!)

So E and I went downstairs and had a wonderful Japanese style dinner.  It was nice to have some time alone.  E had grilled salmon, and I had chicken.  Our food was served on big laquer trays, with all sorts of little bowels with wierd stuff in them.  One was 'egg custard',  like flan, without the sugar, but with shrimp and mushrooms instead.  I'm not a big fan of eggs. *grin*.  I am learning to appreciate little string pieces of seaweed, though!  On the same topic--earlier, the girls and I went down for 'tea time'.  J. ordered 'american brownie with icecream'.  She took one bite...and said 'This is *not* an American brownie.'.  I suggested that she avoid things that begin with 'American' in the title for the future.

E told me that his day was long and difficult, and that the plant doesn't have air conditioning.  I feel bad for him--so far, he has not even had time to go swimming with us!  Hopefully this weekend will be restful for him.

Please excuse all typing errors, for tonight--I'm really tired, still!