Had a busy day — hadn’t had a chance to hop on Tumblr until now. See all these icons with Japanese flags overlaid on them in my stream. Immediately understand what’s going on. Look to the right side of the Dashboard. Donation took 3 seconds. Easiest thing in the world. Ingenious implementation. 

I did it. I survived vacation.

Yes, that sounds lame, but I wasn’t sure how easy it would be to not work for 16 consecutive days since I had never taken a real vacation before. And at times, it wasn’t that easy to just not work. But it was definitely worth it. And I hope to do the same thing at least once a year from here on out.

We’re on the back 9 on the Japan trip now (coming back the 18th), so I thought I’d follow up post 1 and 2 about Japan with a third one.

1. We’ve stayed in five different cities now (and have been to seven), as far as I can tell there are almost no public trashcans anywhere in Japan. Seriously, it’s a problem. Want to walk and eat? Be prepared to hold on to the wrapped/bottle/napkin/etc for a long time.
2. I’ve never seen so many stores devoted to selling sweets in my life.
3. I’ve never eaten so many sweets in my life.