upward focused.

As I type this, we are en route to our new home in Austin, TX. I can't really call it a “home” yet because we don’t have a house, apartment, and haven't booked any place to stay when we get there. It should maybe stress me out a little more than it is, but we are just the “fly by the seat of your pants” type of people (sometimes). It was so sad to leave this morning but I am seriously so thankful for all the time we got to spend in Oregon with my family and our friends.  We arrived in Oregon almost 6 weeks ago exactly, which seems like we were in Japan SO long ago. I mentioned in my last blog post that the time would fly by in Oregon and it seriously did. We are both unemployed currently, which I guess makes us full time gypsys….  Oregon was wonderful. We stayed with my mom for the whole 6 weeks and we were super busy. I think we were almost gone every weekend. We got a good few days of snow, which made me appreciate that Oregon usually only gets it for a few days and

Hi everyone!! It's been so long since I've updated this blog, sadly. Our life has just seemed so crazy and busy, especially lately. So, where do I start?! So much has happened since the last blog. We've moved away from Japan, which went really well but I have to say I miss it a lot! I miss the people but I know most of them will move in the next couple years so I will see them again. I really miss the culture and the people and our church. I don't miss the food as much as I thought i would, probably because I can get sushi and ramen around Eugene. I miss the small things. For example, I'm on a bus right now heading to Portland and miss having vending machines everywhere that I can just snag my favorite green tea from. I miss the weather more than I thought I would! Eugene has been so cold and snowy, which has been a lot of fun especially being away from it for so long but I have to say, there's something about the warm weather that makes me more motivated. More