The month of July will always be very spe­cial to me not just because of my birth­day, but also because it was about this time in 2005 when Kelly and I had our most nor­mal period of time in Japan. That time was the ful­fill­ment of a per­sonal dream to not just visit but actu­ally live in my sec­ond favorite coun­try. No mat­ter how busy my brain is with other things, my dreams are softly filled with that place. It’s like an old friend whom you see only once a year.