{"id":31429,"date":"2023-12-22T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/?p=31429"},"modified":"2023-12-26T21:07:17","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T21:07:17","slug":"more-fun-in-japan-and-loading-my-container-and-gushing-about-ammon-and-clarissa-and-a-story-about-clarissas-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/22\/more-fun-in-japan-and-loading-my-container-and-gushing-about-ammon-and-clarissa-and-a-story-about-clarissas-conscience\/","title":{"rendered":"Final day in Japan, Breakfast with Randy, Dinner with Georgia, loading my &#8220;container&#8221;, and gushing about Ammon and Clarissa (Their truck and a story about Clarissa&#8217;s conscience)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lily, Lydia and Mary continue to love everything about Japan and this was their final day there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.26.11\u202fPM-1024x766.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"31431\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.26.11\u202fPM.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1-26-11%e2%80%afpm\/\" class=\"wp-image-31431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.26.11\u202fPM-1024x766.png 1024w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.26.11\u202fPM-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.26.11\u202fPM-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.26.11\u202fPM-1536x1149.png 1536w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.26.11\u202fPM.png 1784w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"775\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.26.53\u202fPM-775x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"31432\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.26.53\u202fPM.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1-26-53%e2%80%afpm\/\" class=\"wp-image-31432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.26.53\u202fPM-775x1024.png 775w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.26.53\u202fPM-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.26.53\u202fPM-768x1014.png 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.26.53\u202fPM.png 1004w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It appears they went to a museum about technology and the planet. Lily told me robot pets are all the rage in Japan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"581\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.09\u202fPM-1024x581.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"31437\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.09\u202fPM.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1-28-09%e2%80%afpm\/\" class=\"wp-image-31437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.09\u202fPM-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.09\u202fPM-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.09\u202fPM-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.09\u202fPM-1536x871.png 1536w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.09\u202fPM.png 1732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.27.47\u202fPM-761x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"31436\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.27.47\u202fPM.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1-27-47%e2%80%afpm\/\" class=\"wp-image-31436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.27.47\u202fPM-761x1024.png 761w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.27.47\u202fPM-223x300.png 223w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.27.47\u202fPM-768x1033.png 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.27.47\u202fPM.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.57\u202fPM-1024x765.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"31435\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.57\u202fPM.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1-28-57%e2%80%afpm\/\" class=\"wp-image-31435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.57\u202fPM-1024x765.png 1024w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.57\u202fPM-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.57\u202fPM-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.57\u202fPM-1536x1148.png 1536w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.57\u202fPM.png 1774w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.27.20\u202fPM-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"31434\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.27.20\u202fPM.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1-27-20%e2%80%afpm\/\" class=\"wp-image-31434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.27.20\u202fPM-768x1023.png 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.27.20\u202fPM-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.27.20\u202fPM.png 1004w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"751\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.48\u202fPM-1024x751.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"31433\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.48\u202fPM.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1-28-48%e2%80%afpm\/\" class=\"wp-image-31433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.48\u202fPM-1024x751.png 1024w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.48\u202fPM-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.48\u202fPM-768x564.png 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.48\u202fPM-1536x1127.png 1536w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.48\u202fPM.png 1736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.34\u202fPM-770x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"31430\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.34\u202fPM.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1-28-34%e2%80%afpm\/\" class=\"wp-image-31430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.34\u202fPM-770x1024.png 770w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.34\u202fPM-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.34\u202fPM-768x1022.png 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.28.34\u202fPM.png 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG 0590\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wyK2v4rrUzc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG 0592\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KSb2EXv47qI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG 0594\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WS6SkQeEOvk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IMG 0596\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8xh8U3RM7qU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then they got to play with cute little animals. I&#8217;m not sure where that was or if it was in the same place:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.40.26\u202fPM-773x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"31444\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.40.26\u202fPM.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1-40-26%e2%80%afpm\/\" class=\"wp-image-31444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.40.26\u202fPM-773x1024.png 773w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.40.26\u202fPM-227x300.png 227w, 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alt=\"\" data-id=\"31438\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.40.34\u202fPM.png\" data-link=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1-40-34%e2%80%afpm\/\" class=\"wp-image-31438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.40.34\u202fPM-768x1023.png 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.40.34\u202fPM-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.40.34\u202fPM.png 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It appears they also went to some kind of market or mall. Lily has told me you can&#8217;t get bad food in Japan. 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I always love catching up with him. He&#8217;s on a no carb diet and brought bacon, and I also made eggs and then also waffles with berry sauce and whipped cream for the kids. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I felt very tired today, and so I got some good rest in, but when I wasn&#8217;t resting, I was packing the container that was dropped off at my house this week. I very specifically call it a container, because when I kept calling it a &#8220;pod&#8221; on the phone to the sales person, he kept correcting me saying that &#8220;pod&#8221; was a branded name used by their competitor, and these were &#8220;containers&#8221; not pods. When I continued to make the error on the phone, he went so far as to say something like a little piece of him just died when I said &#8220;Pod&#8221;. It was very amusing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had Georgia over for dinner, and we had a delicious (bagged) salad (from Trader Joe&#8217;s), leftovers, and also berries and whipped cream for dessert (which everyone loved!). It is always so nice to see Georgia and to have her kind Spirit in our home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"762\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.49.09\u202fPM-1024x762.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.49.09\u202fPM-1024x762.png 1024w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.49.09\u202fPM-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.49.09\u202fPM-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.49.09\u202fPM-1536x1143.png 1536w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.49.09\u202fPM.png 1784w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, a note on Ammon and Clarissa. They occasionally have their moments of argument, complaining or sneaking candy, but those things are by far the exception. Almost all the time, they are getting along perfectly and politely. They have watched a lot of TV, but they have also had hours on end of deep play making a fort, or casting magic spells (using our Mah-Jong pieces and Wingspan pieces in their imaginary magic game scattering them all over the basement floor), or drawing (they made actual coloring books of their own drawings) or making an incredible creation like this truck (look at the detail!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"759\" src=\"http:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.49.19\u202fPM-1024x759.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.49.19\u202fPM-1024x759.png 1024w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.49.19\u202fPM-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.49.19\u202fPM-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.49.19\u202fPM-1536x1139.png 1536w, https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-26-at-1.49.19\u202fPM.png 1770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They have been such incredible pals, it&#8217;s just amazing to see how they treat each other and get along. Also, a quick annecdote about Clarissa. Clarissa is very good listening to her conscience and she often confesses things at the end of the day. Here is the annecdote as I related it to Lily over text:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Clarissa: \u201cDad, I don\u2019t want to tell you this, but I will. I\u2019m feeling a little bit on the bad side.\u201d \u201cWhy is that Clarissa?\u201d \u201cWell I had candy, and there is just this part of my brain [points above her left eye] that is the bad part of my brain and it tells me to do bad things. But the rest of my brain and my heart are my good part and they tell me to do good things.\u201d We then had a whole discussion about good and bad choices, how healthy her self-awareness is, learning and empathy. That girl is amazing.She is really cute and chatty at night when I tuck her in. I\u2019m so glad I captured that one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lily, Lydia and Mary continue to love everything about Japan and this was their final day there. It appears they went to a museum about technology and the planet. Lily told me robot pets are all the rage in Japan: Then they got to play with cute little animals. I&#8217;m not sure where that was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/22\/more-fun-in-japan-and-loading-my-container-and-gushing-about-ammon-and-clarissa-and-a-story-about-clarissas-conscience\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Final day in Japan, Breakfast with Randy, Dinner with Georgia, loading my &#8220;container&#8221;, and gushing about Ammon and Clarissa (Their truck and a story about Clarissa&#8217;s conscience)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31429"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31454,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31429\/revisions\/31454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}