I know I haven't posted in a long, long time. Sumimasen! Moushiwake gomenasai! But as my date of departure approached, there was just too much to get done (and by get done, I mean too many adventures left on my list). I took full advantage of my last few months in Japan to travel, eat, and visit as much as I could. There were many, many sayonara parties as well as all the trips down memory lane. There was also the incredibly difficult moving process. I thought moving to Japan was hard, but it was nothing compared to the hurdles involved with leaving! Trying to squeeze everything in to just a few weeks left little time for writing. But fear not, I took lots of notes (and pictures), so this is not the end of Okashi!
Now I am back in South Dakota with Anata and the fur babies after spending some time with Otosan and Okasan in Texas. It is really great to be home. I am missing Japan, but so happy to be back with my loved ones. And they seem pretty pleased to have me back too. After I get settled in, you can expect to see a lot more activity here. There are so many things I wanted to write about, but never found the time or right frame to do so. I also held back on many posts that involved my trips and my job for various reasons. I hope to share a little more of what my life was like now that I have time to reflect and polish my ideas. Stay tuned!
Thank you so much to everyone that followed and supported me during this amazing journey. Since I have been home, I have had many people ask me how my experience was. They don't understand what a loaded question that is. In the end I usually go with amazing, fabulous, or wonderful, but these just don't cover the true impact this experience had on me. I haven't quite figured out how to put it in words, it was something so special and ... I just can't do it. But when I do figure it out, I will post it here. Minasan, itsu made hotoni arigatou gozaimashita!
