Since coming back...

These are the few diaries that I wrote on my old site since coming back:

Thursday, September 1st

We bought a new car today, Scion xB, in silver! It's our first new car and we're SOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!


Wednesday, August 31st

Hisashiburi! It's been a super long time since I've written anything on here--twenty-nine days to be exact, but who's counting--and I'm not sure how I can possibly recap the events of this last month without first writing a novel, but here we go:

Our August:

1. It's good to be home and away from Japan!!! Life back home is pretty much where we left it, again, proof that the world does not revolve around us, and trying to get back on our feet and get the ball rolling again has been, to say the least, interesting and very challenging! First of all, our biggest news: we decided to move to Sacramento (Northern California) and hopefully that will happen sometime in next couple of weeks!! Everything sort of depends on when we are able to buy the car that we have our eyes on, the Scion xB, which is out of stock at the dealership right now and has to be found and ordered. It's a cool, boxy and affordable ride that we both like, and it's so Japanese! Actually, let me restate that: about us liking the xB, I have to say that Farah likes it second best, next to the Honda Element but for now, this is what makes the most sense for us as a young, married couple. Am I right? Don't answer that unless it's a YES, okay! :)

2. It's so greeeeeat to be surrounded by family and friends again!!

3. We went lots of places and did lots of things this month, such as: horseback riding, a very cool and relaxing trip to Bass Lake and Yosemite with Eric and Brenda, we met lots of really nice people in Sacramento, we went to the beach several times, hung out with my Dad and Leslie quite a few times too, and FINALLY we got to see Noah! Also, one of the really cool things about going to Sacramento was that we got to see Ryan and Jenny and get reaquainted with them. Both Farah and I are looking forward to getting to spend lots of time with them because we've never really had the chance to hang out much and bond... You know what I mean, right?!

So anyway, that's the story for now. We are doing well and although quite busy, we are really happy with the way that things are going... well, there are lots of complications--red tape up the ass--with Farah's new status as a permanent resident and all but we won't go into all of that. All is well!

p.s. I've been a bit of a slacker when it comes to email lately partly because we have been busy and mostly due to the fact that we don't have a computer right now! That's just another thing that we have to take care of... Hang in there, friends! I'll email back soon... (Just to name of few of the neglectees, Chris, Mizuha, Tez, Yuki, and Ito-san, I'm so sorry!! I'll be in touch really soon!)


Monday, August 2nd

It's so good to be back!!!!!!!!!!!!