What's next?

Oh the ups and downs, rights and lefts of my life since last fall. That sounds dramatic, but there has been a lot of change in my life since then. I moved several times last summer/fall, then I took of for four weeks of backpacking through what was originally supposed to have been three but then turned into four countries, then back to Tokyo to assemble the rest of my packing, some final farewells and teary goodbyes, some soul-soothing in Hawaii for a couple weeks (really, is there any place better suited to soul-soothing??), and the final step of moving back to America, settling back into SoCal life, even if it's also only a temporary thing.


I've traveled a ton since coming back to the States (Florida, DC, NYC, Grand Canyon, Palm Desert, San Francisco--I'm making the road trip rounds here out west), had some quality mother-daughter Harry Potter nerd time (hence, Florida to the new Harry Potter Land amusement park), caught up with a lot of old friends I hadn't seen since high school or college (shout out to my fellow Trojans and Eagles), and gotten back into writing a bit (I'm working on some short stories and a book idea right now). In the meantime, I've been freelance editing to keep my skills up and income in coming. 


Any feedback on the new look/colors/layout of the blog? I need to find another photo for the header because the one that's up there now wasn't shot in widescreen. The beach shot that's up there right now is from my trip to New Caledonia a couple years ago--truly paradise.