With everything that's been happening for the last two weeks, I've only now found the time to prepare an update for the website. Following a busy week of work after the long 4th of July weekend, I was in training all of last week. But it gets better from here - Monday I'm off to Tokyo for three days, then home Thursday and back on a plane Friday headed for Seattle.
I just extended to stay here in Sasebo for two more years, so the government is giving me and my family free tickets to fly back "home" (my last stateside residence), which just happens to be Seattle.
Vacation, in the traditional sense, is supposed to be a time to relax, kick back and be lazy, but somehow my vacations never turn out that way - as evidenced by the fact that I took two weeks off in June but spent the entire time doing yard work.
Well, this "vacation" to Seattle will be no different. As typical, I've planned the maximum possible number of activities, including local festivals, travel around the Olympic peninsula, and driving up to Vancouver, Canada and maybe even down to Oregon. I can't help it, it's in my blood - whether at work or play, I just can't force myself to lay back and relax.
I will try, but if I'm not able to squeeze it in then you may not see any updates here for the next few weeks. Until my next, just enjoy this collection of miscellaneous photos taken around the island of Kyushu.
