Summer Buffer

It's had its ins and outs, and ups and downs, but so far our two years in Japan have treated us pretty decently overall:

Just a brief summertime holdover post here as I've been caught up in a freenzy of photo editing and blog post sorting lately! Our summer has been filled with rain, festivals, lots of good-byes to friends leaving Japan, a few sweltering (by our now Hokkaido-accustomed standards) days, new opportunities (especially now that Jacob is the head cook at the bar and restaurant he's been working at), a handful of international trip planning, and quite a few new friends as the latest crop of JETs have made their way into the country. My blogging has taken a bit of a back seat, but as they so eloquently say (ALL the time) here in Japan, "It cannot be helped."

Oh, but it can. And it will!! See you folks soon with some juicy summertime posts!