Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread

(Picture taken with my lappy's webcam)

In the last week or so I've slipped into the habit of eating a loaf of bread everyday.

That might seem rather excessive but here a loaf consists of a mere six to eight slices, a number easily consumed in my average day. I start the day with a couple pieces of toast, then for lunch I have a pair of sandwitches utilizing two slices each and then in the evening another sandwhich makes a good, pre-bedtime snack.

When I first came to Japan, I didn't buy any bread at all. Going to the store and seeing what to me was less than half a loaf of bread selling for the equivalent of $1.50 seemed to me to be nothing short of extortion. However, as I've gotten used to Japanese prices I've come to realize that two meals for $1.50 (plus butter for toast and jam for my sandwhiches) is actually a pretty good buy.

It feels rather odd buying four or five loaves of bread at a time so I've been buying my bread in onesies and twosies. This means I have to make an almost daily trip to the store for bread, thus I am gaining a new appreciation for the Lord's prayer, "Give us this day our daily bread."