to be honest, I don't know how to pronounce "dachshund" because I've never needed to. Ignorance is bliss. :)

Well, that was an example. Here's another -- "elephant" is a lot harder to say than ぞう. Haha.

(like カーー!ク)

Japanese pronunciation is a lot easier for her. She's really struggling with English. Stuff like "quack" (lol) comes out kaa-k.

Not yet. She's busy learning Japanese and English right now.

I was referring to everything, to you in general. :) Sounds like you're keeping yourself busy!

How's things doing over there?

Thanks! Yeah, I'm just concentrated on getting through the next handful of days. It seems like just last week when Lisa was content to stay in the house all day, but now she's all like "let me out! time to take a walk! let's go somewhere!" (not really, but you can tell)

@japchap Stability and 正社員 benefits, mostly. Also, I'll be able to leave work at work and do home things at home.

@japchap Seems like it should be fine for most things, though. Lucky!