1.) For the first days jet lag was terrible and all I wanted to do was sleep, eat, shower, sleep, eat, shower.
2.) After the jet lag was all gone. I wanted to explore and exploring takes time and a lot of energy.
3.) We were searching for a house OFF BASE (more on that in a few)
4.) We are in a hotel room…a very nice hotel room but it doesn't give me much "me" space to blog.
5.) I was lazy and actually had plenty of time when I could have posted but hey it's ok because I AM BACK!
So all the fun happenings. The flight was great and the boys were surprisingly really good. Zack didn't fuss much and Eli slept a lot it was bliss. In a weird cramped space with weird food and small bathrooms kind of way. When we got off the plane and got through customs we drove to the base about an hour. My first impression of Japan was….scary. I don't know why maybe it was because of the opposite side of the road driving or the Japanese writing everywhere. I was like…"Ok let's go home now!" It took me a bit to really adjust. So far I am in love with this country. That first impression was only in a car and I was exhausted so it just doesn't count.
We have gone all over our area from Machida to Kamakura to Ebina and back again. We absolutely love this country. So much so that we decided to move off base….dun…dunn…dunnnn. I know what you all are thinking and no I am not going to be living in a temple or inside the big buddha. No we have a very nice almost 3,000 square foot house out here that we are moving into on the 30th. The house is beyond our expectations. Big, 2 stories, hard wood floors, room to play and garden and we have a few American neighbors. The only downside is being far from the base but hey were right by Costco so I am happy with that. I am going to upload lots of pics sometime today or tonight or tomorrow.
The one thing I do miss here in Japan is….Target. So please enjoy it for me.
