Three Months of Silence?

I am writing this despite not really having time to write it nor much that I feel a pressing need to talk about. My motivation is the simple fact that I just realized I haven't written anything since the end of January.

Some stuff that has happened in the last three months:

1. Visited the U.S. and spent time with family in Oregon. Thanks in large part to my cousin who let me use his car for a week, the trip was pretty good. I had missed driving. So much so that my beloved cousin was sent a speeding ticket in the mail with a picture of the car and my chin. Since it is not his chin, he will not have to pay. I am pretty sure. And neither will I. Phew.

Besides visiting family and friends, I shopped. Mostly for shoes. Thanks again to the same cousin, I was able to bring all of said shoes back to Japan, in his huge Nike dufflebag. I was stopped at the airport because the customs officer found it hard to believe that the bag really was full of shoes. So I showed him. It's not that I have a shoe fetish or anything, it's just that it is next to impossible to find shoes my size in Japan, plus they are a lot cheaper in the U.S. I also bought clothes and video games, but an American Nintendo WII eluded me, as did Cadbury chocolate eggs of all varieties. I probably spent too much time looking for the former and not enough looking for the latter. Oh well.

2. I finally got Saturdays off. I now work Monday through Friday, morning till night. But I have weekends to myself! It's like a dream!

3. I started teaching part-time at additional school. More work, fewer workdays.

And there is more, I am sure, but it is not popping into my mind at the moment. Anyway, I will try to put some pictures up in the next few weeks and resume blogging at least monthly. Apologies for the prolonged absence.