Monday, March 08, 2010

Another day, another week, another month, another year

So many things to write about, so little time.

I had a fantastic first R&R. I went to visit my sister and her family in Tokyo for a few weeks. It was so nice to be back in Japan again, to speak Japanese again and to just walk around without having to worry about my security detail.

It was also amazing to spend time with my new nephew. Babies are so precious, so long as one can give them back to mom or dad when they start to cry or get fussy. I don't know when I will see him next, and so I took a lot of photos. Maybe some day he and I will get to pour over those photos and I can tell stories about our first adventures in travel together. Wandering in old neighborhoods of Tokyo, hiking and ropewaying around Hakone, playing with Cooper, watching him gnaw at his first solid food and having a baby fashion show. Those are good memories and make me tear up now just remembering them.