I didn't forget about my Japanese learning altogether, though! While I was away, I learned almost all of my hiragana characters, and am in the process of practicing them.
Here's what I added to my repertoire:
ha - は
hi - ひ
fu - ふ
he - へ
ho - ほ
ma - ま
mi - み
mu - む
me - め
mo - も
ya - や
yu - ゆ
yo - よ
I'm still working on the r- line... ra ら ri り ru る re れ and ro ろ. I keep forgetting wa わ and recognize but can't always reproduce the particle o を, but n ん is easy!
Still plugging along...
