Comments | rutharito: 14 weeks

rutharito

14 weeks

Mar 25, 2007 11:23

Successful appointment yesterday and even one funny thing. They weighed me for the first time and the nurse literally gasped when she saw my weight! I just kind of laughed to myself. I am maybe 15 lbs over my goal weight and I feel pretty healthy, so no big deal in the States. Normal girls here are around 5'2" tall and have really small bone ( Read more... )

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mands March 31 2007, 15:49:25 UTC

What an awesome feeling to see your baby move!!! And how funny about the nurse. I probably would have gotten offended and had my feelings hurt. You're a better woman than me... Hope you're feeling ok!

kicking now! rutharito April 8 2007, 13:07:56 UTC

Hi Mandie,
Thanks! I have SO gotten used to being stared at and talked about (around me, when they think I, or we (if I am with a group), can't understand them. Just because of the way I look. It doesn't happen with everyone or every day, and most of them don't even realize their own reactions and how it might be rude, but I don't know, I have just gotten used to it I guess.

Sometimes it is nice to look and be so different (super-star with my students and sometimes with my non-English speaking co-workers when they get up the courage to talk to me - even though they know I can speak some Japanese, they are still intimidated...). Other times, I just want to blend in again, which happens fabulously when I hang out with my other gaikokujin (lit. foreign country person) friends.

But yeah, generally, I won't miss this kind of attention when we leave here. I will be glad to leave it at the gates of Tokyo Narita airport in 107 days.

anaking April 3 2007, 00:40:53 UTC

r u still in japan?

rutharito April 8 2007, 13:00:00 UTC

sure am! 107 days left here.