One of the best gifts ever!

I got up at 4am to go to the bathroom. It seems I woke up Chris, who then took the shortest shower ever, and went to work. I tried to go back to sleep, but just dozed off a little. I got up and cut Julia's fabric into strips, thinking I would finish it later in the day. Then I made breakfast and settled in to read my e-mail. All too soon it was time to go to the thrift shop. So I showered and left. It was cold and I was glad for my warm coat. There was a pair of Uggs at the store which seemed to fit, so I bought them. There were not many books to shelve, and the store closed early. Mary Ann stopped by for bookkeeping purposes and then she had a meeting at the Chosun at 1. When the thrift shop closed at 12:30, we sat at the picnic table outside and she gave me a present. This is not a very good picture of it. I should have taken the pic during daylight hours. But she remembered that I was disappointed not to get a crystal award when I won the army quilting contest, so she had one made for me. Isn't that sweet? I was so surprised and touched. Then we went to the Chosun for her meeting. I helped tag merchandise. When I remarked that some of it was wet, they told me it was because everything is sprayed with pesticide. @#$%! I am so careful to avoid the carcinogens in soap, shampoo, cosmetics, etc and here I am touching and breathing pesticide. Luckily her meeting was over then, and we went to lunch. We went to Fuji's. We talked for hours and then I begged to go home because I was tired. When I got to the apartment, there was a repair man in the bathroom, and an agent from the rental company. Maybe she was there to interpret? Anyway, he fixed the leak and the loose seat. That was a big deal. Michele was home because she wasn't feeling well, and Chris came home soon after I did. We had leftovers for supper. He watched a movie from Netflix and I read e-mail and some tapping mp3's. I am looking forward to going to the Express Bus Terminal tomorrow and hopefully finding another fabric source. It's not that I need more, I just want to be able to pass on the info to future 'generations' of quilters.
* Quilt from Tokyo *