My family spent a week in America to visit my Mother and relatives.  We just got back late  Saturday night, and I’m still suffering from jet lag.  （時差ボケ）　I wake up at 3:00 a.m. and am unable to get back to sleep.

So, here I am writing my new post in the middle of the night.  I hope I get over this quickly!

We really had a good time in America, but it was a very short trip, with a long travel time.

It was great to see my family and friends again, but it reminded me how far away I live.  I guess my home is in Akita now.  It felt great to “come home” again.

Here are three proverbs about family:

Baldness runs in my family. （うちは禿る家系だ）

I’m the black sheep of the family.　（私は家族の外れもの）

Blood is thicker than water.　(血は水よりも濃い）

Here are a few pictures from my trip.