"We're on the homeward trail

we're on the homeward trail, singing as we go...going home!" - a 5th grade song at my school

This little song has two-fold meaning for us. One is singing it coming down our hiking trail high up in the Japan Alps. The other is the continuation of Mari's visa process, which now has the medical step checked off the list.

The hike with my fifth graders was great. I have a great bunch of kids and they did pretty well. The hike on Saturday was six miles, the Sunday's maybe two. Both days we had nice weather.

Mari went through her doctor's appointment with no problems and everything seems to have checked out fine. We should be getting her police report and doctor's papers back this week, and then we will wait for the IRS to send their stuff. The last step is filling out the Financial Support documents. So, we're almost there.

This week at school will be very busy with Jamboree setup, more trip meetings, and all kinds of other stuff going on. Next month will start production of this years video. Hopefully it won't be quite as time consuming as last year's, although the food was pretty good.

I had another nasty headache this morning. Not sure if they are migraines or not, but they either make me vomit or get very close to it. I think it's food related (the lack thereof), but not sure. Once I drank some water it seemed to alleviate a little bit, but now it's fine. I took some Excedrin Migraine just in case. Luckily I have two massive bottles of the stuff.

Off I go to get my work done...once I figure out what I have to do.