I have been in Las Vegas for more than six months; how time flies! At last, I got my driver’s license. Since I lived in a very central part of Tokyo, I didn’t have a car. In Tokyo, train runs every two minutes from morning to midnight. Besides, it costs about 300 to 500 dollars per month for parking, and 6 dollars per hour to park when you go shopping. You have to pay at least 7 dollars for driving on a highway (actually, there is no free way or highway because it is charged and you can not enjoy speed driving!) Also, you need to pay for insurance, tax, and the test to keep a car in a good condition every year. Actually, it takes more than 2000 dollars to get a driver’s. How expensive!Since I am an alien in the USA, it was a little difficult for me to get a driver’s license. When I took the written test, I asked the DMV if I could use an English-Japanese dictionary. However, they said I can’t. I protested that I had heard from some of my Japanese friend that they used a dictionary when they took a test. The exams are given in English and Spanish, so I appealed that it unfair. Then they said OK but I was told that I must ask them whenever I used the dictionary. So I asked “Excuse me sir, may I use the dictionary?” at least 50 times! Now have a NEVADA DRIVER’S LICENSE. I am used to driving now. I drove for 350 miles to San Diego by my self, last week. It is incredible that I enjoy driving on the freeway with my favorite music playing. I feel a little more independent and freedom in the USA.
National Football League (NFL) season is usually from September to January. They play Sundays and Mondays but don’t underestimate those games, for some unknown reason, men love sitting in front of their HD TVs with beers and chips. In fact, many men take “watching” football as their full time job during the football season.My husband is not an exception. He knows everything about the teams and the players. He religiously keeps track of all information known to man. To make things more convenient, we live in Las Vegas. During the football season, my husband and his buddies can be found at a Sports Book (sports betting area in a casino) all day on Sunday. They gather early so they can secure good seating and discuss on which games to bet on. Monday nights, my husband situates himself in front of the TV with his soda (no drinking during weekdays in our house) and watches the pre-game show, the game itself, and then the after-game show. During this ritual, the house is filled with yelling at the TV. It’s a miracle that the TV’s never been broken. This goes on for approximately five hours. In case your future husband is like mine, just keep this in mind. As long as your husband’s watching football, you know where your husband is. He’s not flirting with women, he’s not drinking and he’s not doing anything illegal. Don’t go crazy and ban the football experience from him. All it takes is a little bit of effort to learn the rules of football and watch it with him. I think all husbands like that. Mine does for sure. If it makes my husband happy for several months, I can live with it. My husband comes back to earth after the football season. He again becomes the outgoing, sociable, funny guy that I married. We do a lot of things together during the off-season such as hiking, skiing, and traveling. The group Chicago once sang that “even lovers need a time away”. The months of September through January are our time away from each other. Thus, life is good.
