Hospital and Getting Adopted

So today I am going to tell you two stories so bear with me. And trust me we have a lot of stuff to cover in general but today I am telling you of this thing

Soooo basically let me tell you about Kimiyo. Kimiyo is our neighbor from down the street. One night when I was returning back from Yakiniku for a Birthday party (I left early cause the smoke hurts my eyes so much) I happened across a lady watering her plants. Now this lady was in front of a house that always has nice flowers so I was like I want to compliment them. So in my broken Japanese I did.

She invited me to see them in spring however I would not be here so instead we arranged for me to come on a Tuesday to see her garden. I went out to buy Wagashi (Japanese tea snacks) and I came to her place at the arranged time. At this point I didn't even know her name. I figured I would see the garden and get to go home. I gave her the Wagashi and she got very flustered and it took a lot for me to finally get her to accept it but she did. I also met her brother Izumi, next thing I know they asked about lunch and they were ushering me into a car.

Now I know it is Japan but still being in a car with strangers, that you don't know, going to a place you don't know. It is kinda weird. But we went to Higashiyama and a department store there. They treated me out to lunch and while I tried to order something cheap they wouldn't hear of it. They also bought me gifts for me and my parents and then they also gave me 5000 Yen (Around 50 or so dollars) In department store money.

Needless to say I was very flustered, whenever I would try to reject or pay for myself they would say I was like a granddaughter to them and that they wanted to. In the end I let it go.

I later called her and then we hung out again which I already discussed in the last blog post.

However God was def. smiling on us today. My friend from NCSU who was studying in Korea came today so instead of going to Badminton I was going to go and check up on her to see if she would want to come to school. On my way over (with Maisoue) We ran into Mallory. Mallory was in tears due to what we thought was an ear infection that has been going on for a couple days and she has been rejected from all the Japanese hospitals in the area. They weren't helping at all.

So we talked to her and made sure she was on her way safely then we ran into Kimiyo so I talked to her about what had been going on with Mallory. She stepped in so quickly. Once Mallory returned, Kimiyo had already called the hospital, drove us there, and then when the insurance wouldn't take (Which is amazing cause it is a Red Cross Hospital)  Kimiyo offered to pay. ( We will probably contact the insurance and see what they can do)

Her kindness was amazing and she stayed for the entire 4 hours helping us out. She even paid for our lunch. Mallory finally got the medical attention and a diagnosis and medicine. I just hope it begins to help.

Either way Kimiyo was amazing today and I really want to find a way to show her my thanks. Any suggestions?

Also like I am still bugged about the insurance. Like seriously, ISEP forced me to buy this stuff and register and I am paying out the ear for it. But it won't work anywhere?! WHAT?! It makes no sense. Just saying!