Wyatt’s second birthday
Posted on June 20, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Wyatt turned two on Saturday. For his birthday, we spent the day at the beach, eating pizza and chocolate cake with ice cream. We decided to head to a beach close to us because it has a water-slide and a splash pad. Maggie enjoyed the two-story three-loop water slide. When I see her shoot out […]
Read More..>>The Fish Market
Posted on June 14, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
We headed down to the local fish market on Sunday afternoon. We had some basic directions but because everything is in Japanese we found it only through internet photo’s others have taken of the market. Both children fell asleep on the car ride to the market. When we arrived we woke up our grumpy five […]
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Posted on June 10, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Jason and I were talking last night about starting new jobs and how those experiences can be really positive or very painful. Since we both have had our fair share of “new” jobs, we had quite a bit to talk about. One of our conversations was about how so many times, when we have started […]
Read More..>>Beach weekend
Posted on June 6, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
This past weekend Maggie and I enjoyed a nice weekend at the beach together with two other families. Originally, Jason and Wyatt had planned to come with us. Thursday night, though, I realized how difficult it would be to take Wyatt so Jason decided to stay home with him. Wyatt is about to turn two […]
Read More..>>Fake it till you make it
Posted on June 3, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Another work related post…
I have pleaded with my bosses to tell me what my responsibilities and duties are. At the most general level, I am apparently going to be in charge of one part of the overall office. The person I work directly for, JN, is leaving and there is no replacement scheduled. So, I […]
If only cameras followed us around everywhere we go
Posted on June 2, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Wow. I knew that entering two new phases of my career—a completely new job specialization and moving up on the supervisory ladder—a few months ago would bring a whole host of challenges. I also knew that moving the family to another country would do the same thing. But knowing something conceptually or intellectually is entirely […]
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