Ian Lewis' Blog

Recently I've been pretty busy. Reiko and I haven't gone out to visit a lot of places partly because she is trying to save money, and partly because she has been trying to finish some school work.

This has been exacerbated by the fact that her mom's lymphoma has returned and will be in the hospital for a while. During the treatment her body will be weak so she will also spend some time in a 無菌室（むきんしつ）or clean room and her visitations will be limited. Her mom is still relatively young and strong so I have high hopes that she will be fine. But it has put a heavy psychological burden on her's and Reiko's shoulders.

I also learned that some friends from the Virginia area meetup are moving to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. It really seems like the meetup is fairly well dead. Without someone as a decent driving force who has enough time and interest in Japanese language it seems inevitable. This latest news is just the latest in a string of blows to the group (not the least of which was my coming to Japan, but also Emily coming to Japan and Joel's plans to move later this year).

So that's the end of the bad news. My next posts will be good news I promise.