I get it, people! I'm big!

I have been noticing that a lot of what I am writing is about my experiences being much larger than the people in this culture. My sister assures me that my continued embarrassments in this area are hilarious, and she never tires of hearing them. So here are a few more things that have happened recently in one little segment:

-While at the jewelry store picking out some Christmas presents, the shopkeeper was trying to get me to purchase a necklace for myself as well. I told her no, just presents for other people today.

She shrugged and said brightly, "Well you will have a baby for Christmas!"

To which I said, "Ah, actually I am due in April."

“April?” she looked confused for a moment but then the light dawned. “Oh, twins,” she nodded knowingly.

At that point I didn’t have the heart to tell her it was just one baby.

-Every time I go to the commissary on base, I help no less than two Japanese wives retrieve items from the top shelf.

-Lannetta and I went shopping out in town and actually found some shoes that fit us! I only wish the tag did not have an English translation under the Japanese—“Queen Size.”