It is my last day in Onomichi. My bags are packed. Jackie and I will take the shinkansen at 5:30 pm tonight to Kobe. We are staying overnight and then taking the hotel shuttle to the airport tomorrow at noonish. I leave at 3:25 from Kansai airport in Osaka on Saturday and arrive in Calgary at 3 pm "ish" on Saturday.
The month in Japan flew by. It was so full of adventure, culture and fun. Jackie and I enjoyed our time together. I couldn't have asked for a better time. I felt that Jackie and I got to know each other even better, if that is possible. It was good mother / daughter bonding time.
I spent the morning walking around Onomichi. I can't believe how much I have come to know this city. I sat by the seaside in the blazing sun. Today was one of those blue sky, bright yellow sun days. I journalled by the sea and will miss it. I walked down there covered shopping mall. I met Jackie for lunch at the waffle house. I even treated myself to a waffle and blueberry ice cream waffle. They had awesome coffee. Jackie and I checked out the cat museum. This women has more than 1000 different representations of cats in this house like museum. It was pretty cool. I think I heard that she only had one live cat who was strutting around. Cats wth a paw raised are a symbol for good fortune, luck, health and whatever.
After Jackie returned to work, I walked the temple path for just a little way to see if I could see just a few more of the 25 temples that Onomichi has. I saw 3 more and then the heat and the steep stairs sent me home. It doesn't help that I caught a nasty cold a few days ago either. The person next to me on the plane is not going to be happy with my coughing and hacking.
I am now going to read until we leave. I will be home in 48 hours. I can't wait to see my Calgary family and freinds. And I don't want to say good bye to Jackie.
What is a mother to do?
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Hi mom,
Let me just say that we are very excited to have you home soon, and have been counting the "sleeps" for a while already!
See you tomorrow!
onomichi will never quite be the same without you mom. i miss you already. hope your flights are going ok. by my estimation, you are in SF right now. more later, but for now- i'm so proud of all that you accomplished during your visit. and with such grace and patience. oh mom. this was the best visit i've ever had.
love
jackie
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