"Call Me Anytime"

"I'm sure you could do just fine without me for a friend, but I couldn't get along without you." -Ermengarde (A Little Princess)

One way to escape the melty heat of summer in Japan

is to have so much fun, you forget about it.
{hee hee}

Friday night found me in Himeji

with two Aussie gals.

We dined at a little Indian restaurant in the backstreets,

and I can't believe I wasn't a fan before.

{The spices scared me---my tongue is so wimpish.}

But no more.

When I fly back to America,

I will patronize the local Indian restaurants

until Bryn cries for variety.

Mmm, nan.

At 8:30 the next morning,

I got a phone call from my host sister

that went something like this:

"Hello, Ashley? Are you busy today?"

"Well, I've got a huge test to study for..."

"Oh, because I have these two tickets to USJ..."

"..."

"And I can't go, so would you like them?"

"...I'll call you back in five minutes."

And thus,

Lauren and I

wound up in Universal Studios Japan.

And I do not regret one second of it.

We loved the Jurassic Park ride so much,

we decided to reenact it with turkey legs.

And even they

got into the spirit of the dinosaur.

I used to dream of velociraptors

chasing me through my house

and perching on the telephone wires outside.

I also dreamt of sharks

watching me climb up a diving board,

waiting to catch me in mid-jump

with their jaws.

I got over it...

Haagen Dazs is the best

ice cream

in the entire universe.

Unless they make ice cream on Pluto.

'Cuz that would probably be chilly-yumcious too.

Do you have any stories of

"I was going to do my homework, but THEN..."?

Do tell. Let's be guilty together.

{Music via Caro Emerald}
{Textures via Regular Jane}