Taxes due tomorrow and in order to complete them it seems I need a form from my old employer... the Osaka BOE! Unfortunately, my two requests for this form have been met with: “We already sent you that” and “It is impossible to get”. Le sigh. Not knowing what else the hell to do I have filed for an extension. When in doubt, postpone!

In Mo’ Better News, the lovely and talented ERIN will be joining me at the end of this here month. Then, together, we'll lash our scant possessions to the roofracks in tarlatan, and under full sail and a following wind, make for the (what I have been told are) sunny stretches of the Pacific Northwestern shores. For High Adventure and a Job!