Vegas baby Vegas!

Sorry it's been so long since my last post... it's been a busy few weeks and the jet-lag really took a toll on us when we got back to Japan and hit the ground running and got back into our usual daily schedules! So 2 weeks ago we spent about 8 days in Vegas... I know, 8 days is WAY too long to be in Vegas, we agree! We went for a Critical Care Nursing Conference that both of us were attending. Damian had a brief 2 day review course before and then we went together to 3 days of lectures and had some pretty good seminars and we definitely both took some good stuff away from this conference. AND we both got all of the continuing education credits we needed to keep up our nursing licenses... BONUS! In Vegas we stayed at Paris which was really nice and centrally located on the strip so we could walk everywhere! Very nice! The first few days were beautiful and warm and we even got to sit by the pool, then it got much colder and rainy, but we were inside at the conference anyway...

We saw 2 shows, Zumanity at New York, New York, and Ka at MGM- both incredible and we highly recommend seeing both! We also ate at some amazing restaurants and got our fill of all the "american" food we had been craving. The first night we went out for Mexican because that is something that is hard to come by here in Japan- it was delicious! My friend Brandy flew down from San Fran for a few days of girl time including a spa day, pool time, shopping, and lots of fun! Damian's Mom was also in Vegas for a conference the next week so we got to spend a lot of time with her which was awesome!

 We got back to Japan after flight delays, missed connections, and a very long 24 hours, and then Damian had to go back to work the next morning... it was a rough few days to get back on Japan time for sure! Then of course that week we had lots of stuff going on with a lot of our friends leaving soon we did a lot of eating out and going to good-bye parties etc. Last Friday night we had a date night and got 100 yen sushi and then finally went to see The Hunger Games- fantastic! And on Saturday we had a going away party at the bowling alley, and then Sunday... you'll have to read about in the next blog ;)

Japanese Word of the Day:
Momo: Peach