So while Tesla was enjoying her birthday with her gifts, checking out new neighborhood parks, and hiking with daddy-o and the Regenbogens, I went on a 3 day 2 night spa getaway with Yuka, Kimi, and Kari, my friends from junior-high/high school in Tokyo (ASIJ). We ALL were very much looking forward to this "us only" time. We get to meet occasionally (Kari and Yuka live in L.A.; Kimi in Concord), but we have not been all together since high school. We've had some of us together, but husband and kids too.
Within minutes, we were back to our high school selves, relating, catching up, joking, sharing, etc. I ...and all of us...forget how important it is to have girl time. No offense to guy friends and husbands, but there is something so special to be just girls. We laughed, got silly, talked about stuff that men in general yawn about or don't even know about. So free and relaxing. Best part was with these friends, we can be ourselves who understand the in-between cultural space we're in that is easy to ignore in daily lives. But together, it felt like, "ahhhhh." We speak the same mashed-up language, we understand our food preferences, we get what a hot spring is...and other things too hard to describe.
More pics will come from the others, but for now here's my set.
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