two posts because I suck

Well it's been a while. I can say I've been having a bit of a hard time lately but I think I'm pulling myself out of it. As I say jokingly, "I think I'm on the up-swing!!!"
Soo here is what I MEANT to write last week and also a little something about today:


The Pumpkin Fiasco:
SO as you all know Halloween is quickly approaching. I've got a party to go to (where I will be dressing as God for the second time!), and ohhhh does it make me miss home. The colors are different here than they are back home. Also the air has a different feel to it. It's just too humid!!!! (It also doesn't help that a typhoon is on it's way as I type this).
Well in order to bring back some fond memories of home, late one night I mentioned in passing that it would be a lot of fun if we carved pumpkins together. I can't say it's one of my favorite things to do but I thought it would be a lot of fun considering the circumstances.
So my host mom suddenly gave this "light bulb turned on" look that she does on occasion that makes me rather nervous and says, "Well I actually have a pumpkin that I'm carving right now! Why don't you carve it for me?".
Great! I thought this would be a fun way to spend time with my host family. What was I possibly worried about before?! This is going to be a lot of fun! So I reply, "Sure, I'd love to!".
"Wait right here I'll be right back!", she says.
Then I realize what's happening. She wants me to carve the pumpkin right now?! It's ten pm!!! I'm just about to go brush my teeth......
Then in she comes with her pumpkin....The look on her face is sheer excitement. The pumpkin had already been half carved which left just a nose and mouth for me to do.
"Here are some templates", she says "so all you have to do is carve it".
So she hands me a swiss army knife and away I go. I was going to just do the run of the mill face when she says,
"This pumpkin cost me 25 dollars".
Sooooo now I was kind of stressed out. I'm about to butcher this poor woman's pumpkin she spent 25 dollars on. So I run back into my room, grab a sharpe, and trace the best damn face I can (keep in mind it's 10pm).
Doing my best not to fuck this up I carve a face and luckily it turned out okay......
But my host mom loved it and for the next several days had it placed outside where she could tell everyone she talked to about my pumpkin experience....


Phones:
Today I woke up rather late (I'm also a bit pressed for time because I have to be running in a little bit). I had my usual "crazy ass hairdo" that one gets when you throw yourself around in your sleep. When I finally got downstairs to eat breakfast my host mom was in the middle of her flower arranging class. The house was more crowded than usual so it was a good call I put on a shirt before walking out of my room. Since my host mom was busy she had me make my own egg with breakfast and showed me where everything was.
While I was making the egg she was saying a lot about something that I couldn't quite understand. It had to with charging her camera battery and for some reason she couldn't do it. So after helping her with that she told me to come and get her when it was done charging so I could take a picture of the pumpkin I mentioned earlier (At this point it's a little.......soft to the say least). So she goes back to her class when the phone rings. Now I usually don't answer the phone in the house because I'm awkward enough as it is on the phone in English, let alone my broken Japanese, and this was no exception.
After a minute my host mom returns and after I tell her she had a phone call. She then tells me, "It's okay if you answer the phone, just say 'Isohata's' and then bring the phone to me".
Well great! I've been wanting to practice my Japanese over the phone anyways so this would be a good way for me to do it. So after a few minutes the phone rings again but this time! I answer it. :D
Me: "Hello! This is Micah of the Isohata's!"
Other person: "Warrffbbblleeegraaarrabbbellleeaarrrbbbllee" (I couldn't understand what they said)
Me: "I'm sorry what? My host mom is teaching a class but wait a moment please"
Other person: "WAAARRRBLEEGARRBLEE!!!! Please get her for me"
Me: "Okay, just wait a moment please"

So I head into my host mom's classroom but then it occured to me....my hair is still crazy!!!! It looks as if I've been struck by lightning and now I'm about to walk into the middle of her class with a bunch of women I don't know in a country where looking good is crucial...fuck!!!!!!!!
So what else could I do?! I knock on the door of her class and one of her students opens the door and sees crazy haired me asking where my host mom is.
"Oh....uhhh.....she went downstairs into 'Hane Hane'" (the name of the tea shop that's downstairs).
Okay, well that place is usually empty so I guess it's okay. So I head downstairs, go to the door of Hane Hane, and it's filled with women I've never met before!!!! Well there's no way in hell I'm going in there!!!! This phone call can wait.
I turned around and placed the phone back, washed the dishes as quickly as I can and....the phone rings again....
So I go to answer it, but accidentally hit the wrong button on the phone and hangup on them. (PHEW!!!!!).
After that I washed the last of my dishes and quickly escaped into my room. Talking on the phone sucks!!!!!!!!!