I can't believe I haven't posted for almost a year! It's only 5 days until Kana's 21st birthday!! Kana, Lisa and I did go to Spain for a couple of weeks and then Aya went over a few weeks later. She also stayed in England for a weeks or so and while she was there decided she wanted to move back. She left her job around the end of October (or November?) and then after we all went to Guam when Keita was home for New Year, she moved at the end of January. So far I think she is enjoying it but who knows where she (or any of them for that matter) will finally end up! Lisa also left her job around the same time as Aya and went on a short course but once that finished, decided to come and work for Setsuo (brave girl working for her father!) Kana is in her 3rd year of Uni and will start applying for jobs later on this year. She's been gallivanting all over the place - Spain, Guam, Hokkaido, Hong Kong and I think is planning to go to New Zealand in the summer. Between Uni and her part-time job, we don't see that much of her at all and it's usually just Setsuo and I at the dinner table these days. Keita is now in his 2nd year of High School and says it's a lot more relaxing now that they aren't the underdogs any more! He also has more time for his own practice so hopefully we'll see the results this year. He was out of the games for a couple of months because of a knee injury but he came back with a bang last weekend! I'm still teaching at the high school and only lost a few students to juku (cram school) this year but gained new ones so the numbers are about the same. We finally bought tables/benches and a BBQ for the roof verandah and when Keita was home on Mother's Day (a coincidence, but a nice one) we finally got to try it out.

Now that we've tested it, I'm thinking about inviting the 2nd year PL parents over for the day but trying to work out a time when there are no matches and people can get over is the hard part since everyone lives in different areas. And that's about the sum of what's happened lately.