300 days – Summer 2020 update

300 days – Summer 2020 update

300日数! Today marks my 300th day in Japan! (Danielle is just a little behind that.) The passage of time stops for no man; or virus for that matter. Despite the last few months playing out as it has per Covid-19, I hope this finds you in health and happiness. Danielle (otherwise known as マリー, Mari, here in Japan) and I are happy to report, 300 days into our life in Japan, we are doing very well. Yesterday we finished our 3rd quarter of language school (Our class and Sensei at graduation) It was an interesting semester, to say the least. At first, we suspected the semester would be canceled, only to be surprised with online learning for the first month. (Learning online) Our regular commute costs us 10 hours a week, which is incredible burden on our already packed schedule, so we didn't hate online classes. As Covid cases dwindled here (today we're back up to around 20 cases per day in Osaka), we were...
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