Monday, August 17--Hindsight is 20/20

Dragging out our trip until the last possible moment seemed like a good idea at the time. Since we’d been in Japan a year, we wanted to spend as much time as possible with friends and family, not knowing when our next trip home will be. Kind of rethinking that decision this morning as we drag ourselves through the normal Monday routine. Even though we left the States on Saturday, we didn’t get back to our house in Japan until late yesterday evening. The few hours we had before bedtime were filled with trying not to step on the cat (who was sure we had abandoned her forever) weaving around our feet, unpacking suitcases and doing laundry, taking stock of the grocery situation, and laying out clean clothes and other paraphernalia for work this morning. No time for overcoming jet lag or easing back into the daily routine. Will remember today’s unpleasantness when planning the next trip…