I hope that all is well and you are all finding a way to enjoy each and every precious moment of your gift of life during these last few moments of summer!

My wife and I are currently relaxing in the JAL First Class Lounge at Narita Airport. Once again I am enjoying an after lunch café latte and some shortbread cookies for dessert while attempting to stay awake before our flight to Chicago.  Although it can be quite challenging for at times to fly as often as I do between the U.S. and Japan one of the benefits of traveling so many miles in a year is having access to the airport lounges! It’s a great place to catch my breath, have a bite to eat and relax before my flights.

We are departing on American Airlines Flight#154 for Chicago at 5:45pm this evening arriving into Chicago at 3:25pm the next day or the same day depending on how you look at it. Then, we have a connecting flight departing at 8:25pm and arriving into Los Angeles at 10:45pm. We will stay in Los Angeles for a couple of days sharing time with our family, visiting Las Vegas for a few days with family members and returning to Tokyo around September 28^th.

That’s all for now! Please take care, stay positive and have a great day and make sure you do your best to enjoy these last precious moments of the summer!