Saturday, September 3, 2011

A year on ... and I am just getting it done!!

August 19th marks one year since I left Japan and moved back home to Perth.  It was a hard move in more ways than I can describe.  Still here I am and a year on things are finally starting to make more sense and beginning to settle down for me.

T is just having a ball and her days are filled with her "something new" . She smiles and all is right with the world.  I have started back to study and am feeling my brain slowly come back to life after a year of being shut down tight as a drum.

Converting 17 years worth of experience into a useable set of provable skills is an interesting task.  In many ways it is actually harder for me that it has been for T, although I guess in the long term it will be easier for me.

The 12 months of quiet has been a very good time for me to look back at my life in Japan and consider what I could have done differently and what I will do differently here.  One job at a time, healthier food and more exercise, time in the sun, time with friends and family, communication, films and books and of course, time with my music!

I have been truly blessed with great friends in Japan and I hope to see you guys again soon, but for now this is the best I can do to stay in touch and I will try and do better here.

4 comments:

  1. Hi Cynthia!
    Good to know that you and T are doing well. I didn't know that you had moved back.
    I moved to Northern California this August. I guess we are in a next phase of our lives. Take care and give my hugs to T!!

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  2. Yep I guess so.. at least now it is all finally sinking in that I am really here and I do really have to work on what I am going to do here for a while! I'm going back to Japan, but I will be here a little longer than I had planned on. Things a good though!

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  3. Looking at you guys biking! Glad you are having a ball!

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  4. Hey you guys! Fantastic to see you on bikes! You'll have to start planning routes for when Phil and I make it down sometime! Great to see you smiling, loads of love, Sar X

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