OK, I'm back in Japan. It's cold and snowy and icy and a bit bleak. It's nice that Jesse and I can relax a bit. It was a crazy, busy, christmas. I miss my family again, horribly. More, I think, than I did when I left in the first place. Or maybe it's just that now I can place what it is that I'm feeling. Really, though, everything's good. I'm looking forward to catching up with friends here and I'd like to relax into myself and my life. I'm OK, I'm a good person. I'm going to have fun in my life.
You know what surprized me when we got back? Everybody here speaks Japanese. I'm not sure how it happened that my head forgot this, but it was a small shocker.
Perhaps I'll have more to say later. I wish you could see how pretty and cold and snowy it is out there. Maybe I should get some pictures together to share!