So much going on!

 Alright, some rather larger than normal announcements.

First and foremost, Japan just announced it's opening its borders to tourists, so Suzannah and I are going on our long postponed honeymoon to Japan! It's happening real soon! Like, in two weeks 😮

We'll be gone from October 16th through November 6th, so if I don't respond quickly to emails or texts, this is why. As for right now, I'm trying to get ready for the trip, researching where I might like to go and what I might like to do, so we can plan our itinerary a bit and find some hotels, or buy tickets, if there are things we need to do ahead of time. I'm hoping to have some time and flexibility to be spontaneous and explore and have adventures as well. We've gotten lots of good recommendations already, since many of Suzannah's workmates are from Japan (and in some way intersecting with the travel and tourism industry.)

So, that's awesome. I'm also trying to learn as much Japanese as I can in the few weeks I have before I leave (and I'll continue while I'm there. I should be able to do some immersion learning, right?)

Also, the house is finalized. We did the back and forth dance and inspection etc., and things seem pretty much settled. Closing set for a week or so after we get back from the Japan honeymoon.

So... a lot going on. As I said in the beginning.

I don't know that I'll have anything to top that until I get back and hopefully have some awesome stories to share. Suzannah is going to be writing an article about the trip for her work, so I'm planning to help out by writing down some of my experiences as well, along the way. It also means there's more incentive to take good and copious pictures, so we may have more pictures that our normal sparse documentation. I prefer having the experience to recording it, but I'm also coming to appreciate how much gets forgotten if it doesn't get recorded in some way. Just enough pictures to jog my memory, of things I want to remember.

OK, that's it for this post. Another week has passed, so I'm still two behind :D

-I Out