A New Season

With the start of April, I can see why spring has that essence of new beginnings. Even in our own lives, we have experienced a multitude of things that brings us to a brand new place. Within a month, the snow has completely melted, new flowers have bloomed, there are birds chirping in the early morning, Ron has started his new job, I have begun to wear open-toed shoes. We have put away the skiis and started to pull out the road maps. And the most surprising change of all... this past weekend, we moved into a new home!

It was neither expected nor was it something we ever thought we'd consider, yet in a weekend we have moved from our 3 room, 9 meter squared two-story apartment, to a 5 room, 20 meter squared one-story home for only $230 a month.

There has always been a house behind ours that we always assumed was taken, but my supervisor recently told me was vacant and if we wanted to see it, we could. Curiosity killed us and we looked at this new place. Apparently it is the teacher's housing for principals or vice principals, but since it has gotten so old, they don't use it for their housing anymore. What we came to was an incredibly spacious home, with a backyard, easy access to our garden, ample parking space, and a dance floor (as Ron calls it).

Our home has always been wonderful, but there has always been a few things that has kept us from truly loving it. Since Ron and I are spending more time together, it is hard to both be in a space meant for one person. Also, the stairs that we have are really scary and I always have the fear that one day, it will take my life. And... probably the worst of all, everyone knows of Ron's teeny bladder and he continuously wakes up in the middle of the night needing to relieve himself. He has to trek out of the warm room, into the cold, brave the deady staircase, make his way to the bathroom, and then find his way back, in the dark. He tells me he's fully awake by the time he gets upstairs. Now all he needs to worry about it making it the meter from our new room to the new bathroom.

We are so happy with our newest string of luck and we are looking forward to lounging in the backyard, having an American style BBQ with friends. We are also looking forward to people visiting, both in America and in Japan and being able to give them a whole room to sleep in, rather than a portion of a room in between the dining room table and China cabinet. We are continually being blessed by so many wonderful things and we can see that both prayers and good vibes are keeping us happy, healthy, and apparently, in new housing.

Everyone, please come and visit.