Sayonara!

I have a little admission to make.  One that is going to make me look somewhat of an dummie, but it is funny enough that I can laugh at myself and share my little story with ya. 

So, late on Tuesday night after my workout I went to dinner at a Japanese restaurant with E, his mom and his aunt.  Dinner went well (yummy sushi!) and as we were leaving, the host said something to us in Japanese and then E's aunt responded back at him in Japanese.  His parting words were, "Sayonara".  Okay, everyone and their brother in this world must know that sayonara is how you say "goodbye" in Japanese....everyone except me!!! When he said "sayonara", I looked at E's mom and aunt and was like, "Sayonara is Japanese?????????? All my life I thought it was Italian!!!!!!!!!!!" I shit you not, people.  I seriously thought sayonara was Italian!! They all laughed at me and thought it was cute...except E who claimed to not know me!! lol.  I told them that I seriously believed it was "Cianara, arribaderche", one phrase...in Italian!!  I told them that they can all be partially to blame for this, since I have known them all for seven years now and that they are my primary Japanese influence and not once have any of them ever said "sayonara" to me in that whole time!!!!!!!  This could have been cleared up years ago!!!  I admit this story is pretty funny.  What is even funnier is that I am usually very good at recognizing foreign languages and use vocabulary from many different languages all the time.  How that one got past me, I'll never know!!

Wednesday was a crazy busy day for me at work....I had to schedule 300 kids for our schoolwide enrichment day that I am hosting on Monday and it took me literally like 8 hours to do it.  Unfortunately I will not be at school on Monday because we are headed to Chicago this afternoon for Erick's grandma's funeral this weekend.  Being gone from work for 3 days also means 3 days of detailed lessons plans to leave for my guest teacher.  I was at work until they kicked me out at 5pm!

Once I left work I was headed to Stillwater where the private training studio that I work out at is located.  I was on the celly with my best friend Mary (who lives about 5 minutes from the gym) when she was like "hold on for a sec". The next thing I know she was like" Omigod Kristi, the dog just broke my nose, get over here quick!!!!!"  She had put me on hold to put the new puppy on her leash when the dog jumped up and hit her so hard in the nose that she heard the crack and then blood was everywhere!!  I got there in less then five minutes since I was already so close and watched her kids  for awhile until her husband got home.  The poor girl drove herself to the hospital which luckily was less than a mile away!  Today Mary has to get a CT-Scan so they can see where it is broken and then she needs to go to a specialist to figure out how to fix it.  I bet she is going to have black eyes for awhile too.  Poor, poor Mary!!! Oooooouch!!!!!

As far as my weight training is going....fabulous!! Going three times a week with my friend Lanee and our trainer, Jason, is working us!!!!!  My muscles are tired everyday, but it hurts so good!!

I have a ton of work and packing etc, to do today before we head out on the road.  I am taking my laptop with too! Hopefully we will find something fun to do for my birthday Saturday night!!!!!

Chi-town, here we come!

Sayonara!!!!!!!!!!!

Comments

[Maria]

This is funny and cute. Yes, I could see how you'd think the two words went together since everyone often uses them like that. I hope you have a nice and safe trip. Again, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. And I hope you find something fun to do for your birthday. Sayonara!

[Valerie]

Funny story!! But at least you know now how to say goodbye in Japanese. Sorry about your friend, I hope she'll be okay. She must have a very strong puppy. Thinking of you, while your away and this hard time. Hopefully you'll do something special for your b-day on Saturday!! Take care!!

[Greta]

Girl as I am ROTF laughing so hard I am thinking that you are not the only one who thought it was Italian...so did I..BWHAHAHAHHA...I think that dog would have to go now that it has broken my nose..What about you?

[jules]

ROfL!

[Adrienne]

TOO Funny! Hope you have a WONDERFUL B'day!!!!

[Scott]

Hey man... that is brutal about your friend. Hope that the nose heals up nicely.

Don't feel bad I thought that Sayonora was Spanish... yikes.

Scott

[April]

dude i thought it was spanish or something. i am retarded.

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo

[Denise]

HAHA! That is something I would do. ITalian Japanese who cares. :)