No pedestrians were harmed in the making of this post.

And so it was that the first time I ever drove a car by myself, it was on the other side of the planet.

I passed the New York State Road Test on my half-birthday last September. And between then and my departure for Japan, I probably logged a total of five hours on the road, and that's being generous.

I'm leaving the Yokota BoE now to visit the junior high school and meet the English teachers.