They Might Be Giants

Dustin, though he is the smallest male in his family, is 6'2. As for me, even the germanic people from whom I am descended would consider me "schön groß", or nice and big. At 5'10, I only occasionally meet women that are taller than me, and have a hard enough time in Canada finding pants that cover my ankles and shirts that cover my midriff. I remember that while living in Cambodia as a kid I had already started wearing women's large sizes by the age of 8. In Japan, where the average height for a man and a woman is 5'7 and 5'2 respectively, we will be hard pressed to find anything that would come near fitting. Our feet are proportionately large too, and unless I take to wearing men's shoes, or Dustin binds his feet, we will need to bring a few extra pairs.

Watch out Japan!

Next weekend, Dustin and I will be driving to the U.S. to take advantage of their good prices and our fantastic exchange rate. Our mission is to purchase most of the extra clothes/shoes that we will need for at least a year in Japan. I absolutely despise clothes shopping for myself, especially when I know that my body will continue to change over the next few months in its journey back to pre-baby shape. I know that what fits now will be fairly large in 4 months, so it is a gamble trying to buy clothes for the future. I am sure that I will end up mail ordering a few more things once we are in Japan. At least I enjoy shopping for shoes and Dustin's clothes, and we will be accompanied by my in-laws, so the weekend won't be completely joyless.

We are still impatiently waiting to find out where we are going to end up, but as Manitobans we have a freakishly large hoard of sweaters, jackets, balaclavas, thermal underwear, toques, etc. to use in the unfortunate event that we are placed somewhere cold. Here's hoping we find out next week!