Here We Go...

So, after much, let's call asking, from my dear friend and fellow blogger, Elizabeth... I have finally started a blog. Actually, so much has been happening since the big move across the international dateline, that I have been wanting to start one of these to share my adventures. And yes, even the small things have been adventures. Everything truly is new and, well, adventurous... or at least humorous. A couple of weeks ago, after living in temporary housing for a month and a half, I was supposed to meet the movers at my new house to watch them deliver temporary furniture. I got up early and left myself plenty of time to drive through the streets of Japan and find my new house, a trip which I practiced, twice, the day before. (I even left myself enough time to stop to get coffee.) I made it to my new neighborhood with no problem, albeit with sweaty hands. I then began to turn onto the street where my house had been the day before when I was greeted by a large truck. The streets in Japan are generally narrow, so I had to back down the street to give the truck room to pass. And then it happened...my house was nowhere to be found. I turned on several streets, and passed the same large truck, to the amusement of the Japanese drivers, several times. Finally, as I was about to pass the same truck for probably the fourth time, they rolled down the window and said..."Cassidy-san?" Then I started to blush. "This is your house." See, it really all is some kind of adventure here. There is more to come, and some of it is more exciting than others. I hope I'll keep somebody interested, or at least entertained. Either way, it will be nice to have something to help me remember my transition to the Land of the Rising Sun. (In my defense, the truck was parked in front of the house, and none of the streets here have names.)