Rough morning

This morning was very difficult. It included a series of adventures that began when I discovered that I needed to get more cash. First, I tried to use the local ATM machines but they would not accept a foreign card. Next, I looked for a bank that would exchange dollars for yen. When I tried the Bank of Yokohama, the woman there told me that branch did not exchange foreign currency but she told me about another branch on the other side of the Fujisawa station that did. So, I went looking for the other branch and found it. I was able to exchange currency and the attendant helping me even complimented my Japanese. Afterwards, I returned to thank the woman at the previous bank for her assistance. I told her that I found the other bank branch and said thank you to which she was very happy. Then, I returned to the hotel hoping to change clothes and rush to visit NACOS. The weather had turned cold so I needed to change from short to long sleeves. Unfortunately, the front desk attendant told me that I would have to wait an hour before I could go to my room because it was being cleaned. After what seemed like a long time, I finally made it to my room. Once I got what I needed, I went to the train station. At the station, I had some trouble with the ticket machine but did not think much about it until I arrived at my destination. Suddenly, I realized that the machine would not let me leave and something was wrong. I decided to put more money on my card and discovered the problem was that I had almost no money left. However, even after adjusting the money on the card, the turnstile would not let me leave. At that moment, an attendant came over, asked me which station I just came from, and updated it in the computer system. Finally, the system correctly charged my card, I was able to leave the station, and made it to NACOS.

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