{"id":9,"date":"2015-02-03T22:21:08","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T22:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/?p=9"},"modified":"2015-02-03T22:21:08","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T22:21:08","slug":"january-2015-back-in-the-u-s-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/2015\/02\/january-2015-back-in-the-u-s-a\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2015 &#8211; Back in the U.S.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello and welcome to Bradblog Version 2.0.<\/p>\n<p>Bradblog\u306e\u30d0\u30fc\u30b8\u30e7\u30f32.0\u3088\u3046\u3053\u305d\u3002<\/p>\n<p>The first Bradblog was a private blog I maintained during my years in Japan. Version 2.0 is a public blog which will be easier to read and easier to write. It will not have as many photos nor will it have videos. It is simply a way to keep everyone updated on me without using SNS sites, which I do not like very much.<\/p>\n<p>\u306f\u3058\u3081\u306eBradblog\u306f\u65e5\u672c\u306b\u4f4f\u3093\u3067\u3044\u305f\u6642\u306b\u66f4\u65b0\u3057\u305f\u30d7\u30e9\u30a4\u30d9\u30fc\u30c8\u306e\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\u30d0\u30fc\u30b8\u30e7\u30f32.0\u306e\u307b\u3046\u304c\u8aad\u307f\u3084\u3059\u304f\u3066\u66f8\u304d\u3084\u3059\u3044\u516c\u958b\u30d6\u30ed\u30b0\u3067\u3059\u3002\u3053\u306e\u30d0\u30fc\u30b8\u30e7\u30f3\u3088\u308a\u5199\u771f\u304c\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u3067\u30d3\u30c7\u30aa\u304c\u5168\u7136\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002\u597d\u304d\u3058\u3083\u306a\u3044SNS\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u3092\u4f7f\u308f\u306a\u3044\u3067\u7686\u3055\u3093\u306b\u65b0\u3057\u3044\u60c5\u5831\u3092\u4e0e\u3048\u3064\u3065\u3051\u308b\u65b9\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>I began January still in Japan, frantically trying to finish preparing for my move back home. For those unaware that I returned to America, the short story is that while I loved living in Japan, I did not love working in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>\u4e00\u6708\u4e0a\u65ec\u65e5\u672c\u3067\u6c17\u3082\u72c2\u308f\u3093\u3070\u304b\u308a\u5f15\u3063\u8d8a\u3059\u308b\u306e\u6e96\u5099\u3092\u7d42\u308f\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u79c1\u304c\u30a2\u30e1\u30ea\u30ab\u306b\u5e30\u308b\u306e\u5206\u304b\u3089\u306a\u3044\u4eba\u306b\u306f\u3001\u7c21\u5358\u306a\u8aac\u660e\u306f\u65e5\u672c\u306b\u4f4f\u3080\u306e\u304c\u3059\u304d\u3067\u3082\u65e5\u672c\u306b\u50cd\u304f\u306e\u304c\u3059\u304d\u3058\u3083\u3042\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002<\/p>\n<p>The move home was busy, difficult, and sad but I managed it. The flight home was really long because I had a layover in Shanghai. I arrived at my parents&#8217; home in Cleveland, Ohio very tired.<\/p>\n<p>\u30a2\u30e1\u30ea\u30ab\u306b\u5f15\u3063\u8d8a\u3059\u308b\u306e\u304c\u5fd9\u3057\u304f\u3066\u3080\u305a\u304b\u3057\u304f\u3066\u60b2\u3057\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3067\u3082\u7d42\u308f\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u4e0a\u6d77\u306b\u4e57\u308a\u63db\u3048\u305f\u304b\u3089\u98db\u884c\u306f\u306a\u304c\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3067\u3059\u3002\u30af\u30ea\u30fc\u30d6\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9\u30aa\u30cf\u30a4\u30aa\u306b\u4e21\u89aa\u306e\u5bb6\u306b\u75b2\u308c\u3066\u7740\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f.<\/p>\n<p>I spent the second two weeks of January recovering from the move, hanging out with my family, and looking for a job. I enjoyed my Mom&#8217;s cooking, lying on the couch, and exploring several hundred cable channels on a big screen TV. My father&#8217;s health was not good, but had improved since December, when I had to make an emergency trip home for a weekend. He was tired much of the time but he also had good times when he seemed like his old self. My mother was doing a good job of taking care of him and preparing for her own retirement&#8230; someday.<\/p>\n<p>\u4e00\u6708\u4e0b\u65ec\u5f15\u3063\u8d8a\u3059\u308b\u304b\u3089\u56de\u5fa9\u3057\u3066\u5bb6\u65cf\u3068\u6642\u9593\u3092\u904e\u3054\u3057\u3066\u6559\u8077\u3057\u3066\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u6bcd\u306e\u6599\u7406\u304c\u304a\u3044\u3057\u304f\u3066\u30bd\u30d5\u30a1\u3067\u306e\u3093\u3073\u308a\u3057\u3066\u5927\u304d\u3044\u30c6\u30ec\u30d3\u306b\u30b1\u30fc\u30d6\u30eb\u30c6\u30ec\u30d3\u306e\u30c1\u30e3\u30cd\u30eb\u3092\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u898b\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u7236\u306e\u5065\u5eb7\u306f\u60aa\u3044\u3067\u3082\u79c1\u304c\u7dca\u6025\u8a2a\u554f\u3092\u3057\u306a\u304f\u3061\u3083\u3044\u3051\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u5341\u4e8c\u6708\u304b\u3089\u5c11\u3057\u3044\u5065\u5eb7\u6539\u5584\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u75b2\u308c\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3051\u3069\u6614\u306e\u81ea\u5206\u306e\u3088\u3046\u306a\u6642\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u6bcd\u306e\u5f15\u9000\u306e\u6e96\u5099\u3092\u3057\u306a\u304c\u3089\u6bcd\u306f\u7236\u3092\u4e16\u8a71\u3092\u3088\u304f\u3067\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Although I came to dislike my job in Japan, I really did not enjoy having no job at all. I updated my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradweier.com\/resume.html\">resume<\/a> and my accounts on all the major job search sites, but did not receive any good leads in January. As of this writing I am not sure yet where I will work. Hopefully February will be a more productive month.<\/p>\n<p>\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u4ed5\u4e8b\u3092\u597d\u304d\u3058\u3083\u306a\u304f\u306a\u3063\u305f\u3051\u3069\u5931\u696d\u72b6\u614b\u3082\u597d\u304d\u3058\u3083\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3067\u3059\u3002<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bradweier.com\/resume.html\">\u5c65\u6b74\u66f8<\/a>\u3068\u5c31\u8077\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u306e\u30a2\u30ab\u30a6\u30f3\u30c8\u3092\u66f4\u65b0\u3057\u305f\u3051\u3069\u4e00\u6708\u306b\u3044\u3044\u60c5\u5831\u3082\u3089\u3044\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\u3053\u308c\u3092\u66f8\u3044\u3066\u3044\u308b\u6642\u70b9\u3067\u3069\u3053\u304b\u4ed5\u4e8b\u3092\u3059\u308b\u304c\u308f\u304b\u308a\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002\u4e8c\u6708\u304c\u3082\u3063\u3068\u6709\u76ca\u306a\u3089\u3044\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n<p>Unlike most blogs, comments are unavailable in Bradblog. If you would like to contact me, my <a href=\"mailto:brad@bradweier.com\">e-mail<\/a> is the same as always and you can still find me on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bradweier\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/inundator\">Twitter<\/a>. 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