Sure, friend away. The ex-pat world is indeed a small one. :D

I'm also thinking of hiding out here in Japan for a bit, but I need to find a job or be in the process of signing something by the end of this month, else I'll really need to go home. I know a month isn't a long time to find a job, but I was seriously considering returning home until I got a bad-news e-mail from one of my coworkers. Now I'm scrambling. I heard from Ai that you got a college job in Shizuoka (congrats on that, btw), but I don't have the degrees (or the time to commit for a degree) for that kinda job. I really just wanna work with kids, masochistic as that sounds.

I also forgot how not fun updating my CV is. Being an adult is hard, I tell ya!