Been a while...

It's been a few months since I've posted. I guess I've been pretty busy. Since my last post, I've moved to Japan and just moved into a new apartment in a district that is about 20 minutes away (by train) from work. The district is called Yoyogi-Uehara and seems pretty kid friendly. It is across the street from the train station so the walk will be easy each morning and evening. It's pretty expensive compared to where we lived before, but probablly not as expensive as NY. The one good thing about real estate here is that there IS availability and the range is quite large -- meaning you can find lots of places in lots of different areas for lots of different price categories. It's not like Manhattan, where there's no apartments to be had.

The job is OK. It's just a means-to-an-end and that's the attitude I'm trying to maintain. The company is small, but it's pretty laid back for financial services firm. There's some weird politics and the company is in a transitional phase right now, but I guess you get that anywhere you work.

Ryoko and the kids seem OK considering all the change lately. Kalen just started to crawl more than a few paces last nigt. Keven is growing taller and has nearly grown out of his Maclaren stroller that Ken and Karen gave him. Ryoko says she feels more 'comfortable' here in Japan than she did in the US. I guess I can relate, as I definately felt more comfortable in the US than here in Japan.