Whew!

It's been a fast week. One of Saori's high school friends whom she hasn't seen since high school, was touring the US on vacation with her boyfriend. They are both Japanese and spent a few days in NY before deciding to come visit Saori in Phoenix over going to LA. They brought me a surprising amount of stationary/office items from Muji, which was really nice of them.
Their first night here, Saori took them to Filibertos for dinner. Then the next day, she took them up to the top of south mountain where they were astounded by the raw desert beauty and exposed rock. Afterwards, Scottsdale fashion square and old town Scottsdale before finishing the evening at Malee's on Main. Yesterday, she drove them up to Sedona where they wanted to know where the Big Mountain Thunder Railroad was. Apparently, Sedona is a very hot destination to the Japanese. Last night, was their last night here before flying back to Japan, and so I made foccacia and ravioli dinner. Saori's friend's boyfriend, Yamada, traded me his hoodie, which had a really cool print, for my ASU tee shirt. Apparently, both of them are fans of American Football, and Yamada used to play as a linebacker in a Japanese club team.

Anyway, we dropped them off at the airport around 4 AM and then I was up again at 8 to go help Jaime with another volunteering thing at the superstition farms. We pounded tires, mixed mortar, and laid a few rows of cans in the can walls, and then I picked up some fresh milk and cheese and ice cream for the ride home.