nothing deep

Do you ever have moments where you break out in hysterical laughter, but you're by yourself and if there was an onlooker, they'd think you were going insane? I had several of those moments in Hachinohe last week:

a) I received an email from my sister, who loves to shock and surprise me. Needless to say, I was sitting on the couch at the Shiozawa's house and wiping away tears of laughter.

b) I was replaying the bible study time in my mind while setting up for the LST barbeque, and thought I was going to fall over because I was laughing so hard. The minister, who can't hear, made a comment completely unrelated to our discussion (this is par for the course...) and Ben, in desperation, almost digs out his eyes and says, "I have NO IDEA what to do with that comment."

c) Watching interaction (and arguments) between Shiozawa-sensei and Shimamori-san always delight Ben and I. Shiozawa tried to put salad dressing on his pickles, but Shimamori grabbed them away and said, "They're pickles! They don't need dressing." Then she went into the kitchen, and he quickly applied the salad dressing...just as she was coming around the corner and caught him in the act. Both his action and her facial expression were unforgettable.