good news: it's fall again

I seem to have gotten out of the habit of updating my blog at some point. Life here has just gotten better and better, if you can believe that. I've gotten to do and see more incredible things than I ever expected to in my whole life. I am content.

Sailboat on Lake Kasumigaura in Tsuchiura. I went on a 50 minutes cruise around the lake and saw some of these up close.

My friends and I climbed Mt. Tsukuba early one morning (around 3am) and saw the sunrise. It was a wonderful and ridiculously tiring experience. I think we made it to the top around 6am, but we spent the remainder of the morning wandering around and back down Tsukuba-san. These people are precious to me.