I spent Wednesday and Thursday moving into my apartment and cleaning up. On Wednesday I took my suitcase, duffel, and backpack on the 8 bus from my temp place at shijo-omiya 四条大宮 to my new apartment, which is closer to Ritsumeikan University and right near Ryoan-ji Temple 龍安寺.
I got there at 2:30, right as my landlord was arriving for our 3 o'clock meeting. Talk about good timing. After going over the important stuff I played homemaker for a few hours, then headed back to shijo-omiya 四条大宮 to go out and eat yakiniku 焼き肉 with my roommates from the temp place and another girl living there. We got it "all you can eat" for 90 minutes eating 食べ放題 (~$30) and drinking 飲み放題 (~$3 non-alcoholic, ~$12 alcohol) and it was totally worth it, because we at a lot, lot, lot (and sooooo much meat, including cow tongue トン and raw beef mixed with raw egg ユッケ, both of which were surprisingly good).
Thursday, I brought the remainder of my stuff over by bike and paid my rent for the next month as well as the deposits and whatnot (which basically felt like a stab though the heart). At night, Diana wasn't feeling up to going out, so I went to try and find the way to the Life ライフ (this big supermarket/Target chain) near us by bike (we'd only walked there before). I bought some groceries and cooked yummy food in my apartmen.
Yesterday Diana and I stopped by Daiso ダイソー (a big 100 yen store ~ $1) to pick up more cheap necessities, and I did one of those things that everyone knows about but never does because a) they're afraid to try, b) they can afford better, c) they didn't have my worries about transporting stuff since the have a car, or a friend with a car.
Basically, I built a "bookcase" out of wire rack and zip ties. It took a REALLY long time, but I did it. And it's very useful.
