4 months and a fractured toe to show

Hey Everyone,

So I absolutely can't believe it but it's true....it's been 4 months since I first arrived in Japan!!! Although I feel like I have been here for a while, it doesn't feel like I left home 4 months ago. So I am often asked when I plan on coming home so here's my public announcement: I am coming home for just over a week in December. I will be in Vancouver for Christmas and New Year's. I will most likely be bringing Megumi so please be ready to show her a good ol' Canadian time. After that, I won't be home until either February 2007 or May 2007 (I haven't decided yet). If any of you have any good reasons why I should come home in February then speak now or forever hold your peace (and mom or dad this doesn't apply to you because I am sure your response for me coming home would be "yesterday").

I am also asked how my Japanese is coming along. Well let's just say that it's not an easy battle. Japanese seems to be a very difficult language for me and it's a much slower process than I anticipated. I have been held back by the 3 Japanese writing systems. Although I attend a Japanese class once a week (soon to be twice), I don't feel like it's enough.

On another note, it seems that I have done a lot of wrong in a past life because the last year has been somewhat unlucky for me. I have been dealing with shitty mono relapses since the beginning of May and it's really bringing down my gusto for life lately. To top it all off, I think I have endured a small fracture to my toe. I am damn clumsy (as most of you know) and last Saturday, while cooking, I slammed my toe into my fridge. Space is, of course, limited in my kitchen area so it wasn't an impossible thing to do, but nonetheless it hurt like a bitch and was/is really bruised.

That's all I have to say for now.....Hopefully something exciting will happen soon - like getting my health back - so that I can write a happier note.