Falling in Love
Hello again all - been a busy last week in Tokyo as I get through more interviews for my research; aggressively hitting up as many NGOs as I possibly can, reading journal articles left right and centre, and trying to maintain the work/life balance. All is good though! A couple of weeks ago I went to the US (again) for two purposes - to go to Chicago to meet Claire 's family, and then to San Diego to go to a family (Claire's cousin) wedding. Obviously meeting the S.O.'s family can be a slightly daunting prospect, so figured I would try and get as many of them "out of the way" as possible all at once! The first few days were spent exploring Chicago with Claire who was a very good host and excited to show off her city - I had been there once before in 2011 but I was very keen to return and do some of the things we did not manage last time. I arrived mid afternoon having kept myself awake all flight so as to align myself with the local timezone, and so was a bi...