Happy Birthday to my Dad!
Here is a photo, not great or flattering but important as it accurately represents me and Dad doing stuff. Whenever Dad and I try to do stuff, we do it! But we usually have to change our approach several times and we often end up laughing and/or frustrated along the way.
This year, it was amazing to have Dad and Mom in Japan with us for three months. Last year when they came for one month, I thought, "That was really great but it will never happen again". Oh me of little faith! Instead, they were able to take an opportunity to be at Yamanaka Chalet near Mount Fuji as caretakers. Since they were 106 km away (66 miles) and this is Japan, we were two or three hours of travel apart, but for us that was "ONLY 2-3 hours of travel, and we can be together!".
While they were here, I was out of the country for a month of study in Bangkok, and prior to that, my school schedule kept us from spending as much time as I would have liked. But all was redeemed when we had a solid week together just before they left on July 30th.
Returning to this photo, Dad and I discovered that barbequeing with charcoal is not our thing. We tried numerous times and with various methods, but in the end, we had to admit defeat. A plain old fire with a grill over it was more our speed. And I am glad, "get a barbeque and become a person who grills meat outdoors" is off my bucket list. I don't want to cook stuff outside unless it's over a good old fashioned fire, with Dad.
Come back to the Land of the Rising Sun soon, we are waiting for you!
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