I deal with a lot of paper reports in my line of work and these reports need to be stapled.  That is why I got a high-impact stapler that I dubbed "Uber-stapler."  Well, Uber-stapler, over the last year or so, has been decreasing in performance due to the abuse I heap on it.  Today, it bit the dust.  A staple got jammed, and when I tried to unjam it with my stapler remover, It cut up my fingers something fierce.   Nothing too crazy, its just like a bunch of paper cuts...and maybe one puncture wound from when my hand slipped. I think it's time for a new one.

So, I get a call from my cousin who tells me he has good news and bad news.  Immediately, I think the worse- the trip to Japan is off.   So I bite my lip and wait.  The good news is that his boyfriend will be able to meet up with us for the end of the trip, yay!  The bad news is that my cousin has to leave hubby and I to fly to France.  You see, his mother brought a house there and naturally, she's closing on it that week.  So my cuz is flying to Japan with us, staying over one night and then flying to France and do whatever needs to be done there, and then flying back to meet up with hubbie and I in Tokyo for the end of the trip.  I told him he's going to be wrecked, but he does this for a living (he's a flight attendant) so he's used to it.  Not horrible news, that just means hubbie and I will be running amok in Japan by ourselves.  ^__^  or maybe it should be O_o

Anyway,  29 days to Japan!