Before I update everyone on my situation I wanted to apologize for the dearth of postings recently. After being sick in bed for about a week with a fever and various other fun ailments I have finally recovered and will now endeavor to continue with my previous posting record. Anywho on to my life.

As many of you are probably aware I have been offered a job with Interac, an ALT company, starting in late March. As of yet I don't know the exact location I will be working in, but I do know it'll be in Kanagawa which is a prefecture bordering Tokyo and one of the places I desired to be placed in. The pay will be the same as with Nova and the hours will be much better, roughly 9AM to 4PM Monday through Friday with weekends and all national holidays off. So this is great news. As far as my visa is concerned I am going in tomorrow to talk to Immigration to see if I can get my work visa renewed now that I have an offer of employment. Interac informed me that someone in a similar situation to mine was able to get their visa renewed despite not starting until March, so hopefully that'll work out. The only downside to this situation is that as far as I understand I won't receive my first full paycheck until the end of May, which means four months with no pay. I will receive my final two paychecks from Nova for January and the short time I'll be paid stand-by pay in February, but regardless it could be rather exciting in the coming months financially. One bright side to the financial situation is that my unpaid wages to be partially paid by the government, roughly 4-5K, should finally be available in May or sometime shortly thereafter. So not the best situation, but it appears I won't be deported so that is always a good thing. As more information is made available I will post it here and continue to update as close to daily as I can.