The Background

Life can be strange how it moves and changes you sometimes more than you change it. I think that is how this (and probably future trips) affected me. Life was just going along as I had planned and well stuff out of my own control changed and here I am leaving for Japan.

Thankfully it is my job that is sending me and not a totally random trip to foreign lands... though I wouldn't have minded that either. I found out a little more than a week ago that I am scheduled for my first month over at our facility in Japan and from the sounds of it this will be one of many trips to come.

So here the trip begins, some training, some Rosetta Stone, some pre-packing, and a lot of anticipation of what to expect...