....that sacrificed itself so that FaceBook could survive! We're all still here, still doing pretty much the same old thing!
The kids are good, enjoying their Christmas break. They get just over two weeks off, I think they go back to school on January 3. Gabi is managing the HS girls' basketball team again this year, and Meg is actually playing on the JV squad! She's never played basketball before, but seems to be enjoying it (I think she likes the shoes more than anything else!). They're both doing well in school, though Gabrielle's got a major case of Senior-itis and is counting the days until graduation.
Ethan played soccer in the Fall, is still enjoying 1st grade and seems to have developed an affection for Barbies (which he tries desperately to hide and will deny to his death if confronted). I tell him, every chance I get, that all kids are allowed to play with any toys they want, that there are no "boy" toys or "girl" toys, they're all just "toys" and regale him with tales of my Hot Wheels collection and favorite Star Wars action figures that I had as a little girl. He's not at all convinced, and I'm sure he would be teased mercilessly at school if anyone found out. I made the mistake of sending Girl Scout cookies in his lunch one day, and some little shit laughed at him for it! Kids can be such jerks!
Work is good, pretty busy leading up to the holidays, when lots of the military folks take long vacations, so I was trying to cram in as much work as possible that required any input from any of them before they left. I'm actively searching for another job. My current job is scheduled to end in September 2012, and though there is the possibility of a one-year extension, I don't want to be in the same place I was a year ago and be completely screwed if it doesn't happen. I'd really, really love to go to Korea next, but honestly, I'll take anything, anywhere.
We're heading to Guam for 5 days next month. It's already so cold here, I can't wait for some sunshine and beach lounging! Meg went to spend Thanksgiving with her dad, so she's happy to be going back again so soon.
Think that's pretty much it for us! Nothing very exciting or blog worthy! I guess that should be a good thing, considering how bad things were for me this time last year! Wishing everyone (if there's even anyone left) a happy, healthy new year!!!
Monday, December 26, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
All I Need is a Chopstick!
Last night, Ethan and I were leaving the football game, walking behind a dad and his young daughter. Ethan turns to me and says "You know what makes me so sad? When I see other kids with their dads and I don't have mine." FUCK ME SIDEWAYS! How in the hell am I supposed to respond to something like that????? What am I supposed to say? It was all I could do not to bust out crying right there on the sidewalk. It completely caught me off guard.
In the 14 months since DB moved back to America, Ethan hasn't talked about him at all. Never asks about him, never mentions him, nothing, ever. DB calls every once in a while and E will happily chat away, but when the call is over, it's like it never happened. I've tried a few times to bring up his dad, but I may as well be talking to him about the lifecycle of broccoli for all the interest he shows. He's showed no ill effects of his dad being gone, he's the same happy, laid back kid he's always been, so this comment totally surprised me and nearly left me speechless.
Eventually I said, "Well, I bet your dad loves you more than any of those kids dads!" Maybe not the best response, but I was literally at a loss for words, scrambling to find the right thing to say, wanting to ease his pain, while at the same time wanting him to know it's okay to be sad and to miss his dad. I went on for a few minutes about always having his dad in his heart, and even though they're not together they'll always be a family, blah, blah, blah. But in my head I was digging DB's brain out through his nose with a chopstick.
In the 14 months since DB moved back to America, Ethan hasn't talked about him at all. Never asks about him, never mentions him, nothing, ever. DB calls every once in a while and E will happily chat away, but when the call is over, it's like it never happened. I've tried a few times to bring up his dad, but I may as well be talking to him about the lifecycle of broccoli for all the interest he shows. He's showed no ill effects of his dad being gone, he's the same happy, laid back kid he's always been, so this comment totally surprised me and nearly left me speechless.
Eventually I said, "Well, I bet your dad loves you more than any of those kids dads!" Maybe not the best response, but I was literally at a loss for words, scrambling to find the right thing to say, wanting to ease his pain, while at the same time wanting him to know it's okay to be sad and to miss his dad. I went on for a few minutes about always having his dad in his heart, and even though they're not together they'll always be a family, blah, blah, blah. But in my head I was digging DB's brain out through his nose with a chopstick.
Friday, September 9, 2011
LOL (Lots of Love) for Gaijinwife
Please say a prayer, send a vibe, burn some incense, do your thing, whatever that thing is, for my friend Katy over at Gaijinwife. Katy literally JUST lost her mom to brain cancer, less than 4 months ago, and has now found out that her dad has lung cancer.
Katy is a bloggy friend, we've never met face-to-face, but that doesn't seem to matter at all, I still consider her as much a friend as any one I've ever clinked margarita glasses with in real life. The internet makes the huge, wide world seem like a really small place and through our blogs, a lot of us have shared many joys and pains, celebrations and sorrows. Katy holds nothing back on her blog, she's honest, funny, caring and real, and she, along with many others, offered me support, comfort and encouragement as I weathered my own shit storm two years ago (although that crapfest was nothing compared to the hell Katy and her family are going through). I hope I've been able to give a little of the same to her in return.
Be strong Katy, know that you've got an army of friends the world over cheering for you and ready to help and support you and your family in any way we can! LOL
Katy is a bloggy friend, we've never met face-to-face, but that doesn't seem to matter at all, I still consider her as much a friend as any one I've ever clinked margarita glasses with in real life. The internet makes the huge, wide world seem like a really small place and through our blogs, a lot of us have shared many joys and pains, celebrations and sorrows. Katy holds nothing back on her blog, she's honest, funny, caring and real, and she, along with many others, offered me support, comfort and encouragement as I weathered my own shit storm two years ago (although that crapfest was nothing compared to the hell Katy and her family are going through). I hope I've been able to give a little of the same to her in return.
Be strong Katy, know that you've got an army of friends the world over cheering for you and ready to help and support you and your family in any way we can! LOL
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Cuteness Overload
Nyan-chan (tho we all call her Baby Cat) joined our family about 6 weeks ago and is now probably the most spoiled kitten on the face of the earth.
We all fight over whose lap she should cuddle in and whose bed she'll sleep in every night. The girls "prepare" her food twice a day: she eats a mixture of wet and dry food. Since she only gets a little wet food at a time, the rest is kept in the refrigerator and the girls warm it in the microwave before giving it to her!
Initially Meg insisted on changing the litter box everyday. Not cleaning it, actually completely changing out the litter every.single.day, but I convinced her it was a waste of time and more importantly money, so she settled for scooping it 2 - 3 times a day, heaven forbid Nyan-chan should have to use a litter box with pee or poop already in it!
The girls also pooled their money and bought her a "cat condo", one of the those 3-level climbing things with a built-in bed and scratching post, and she has more toys than Ethan does.
Any time any one of the kids walks in the door, it's no longer "Hi Mom!" it's "Where's Baby Cat?" Oh well, at least I'm not the one feeding and cleaning up after her like I usually am when we have a pet, I'll gladly take 2nd place in that case! And she is awfully stinkin' cute!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
The big 4-Oh NOOOOOOO!
My 40th birthday is quickly approaching. Bearing down on me like an out-of-control bullet train, and I'm tied to the tracks, helpless to avoid the impending carnage. People say "age is nothing but a number" and "it's how you feel on the inside that counts!" Yeah, well, guess what? INSIDE I feel 60!!!!
The last two years have really kicked my ass emotionally, mentally, even physically. I'm exhausted, disheartened, disappointed and discouraged. I'm working really hard to get to a better place, and most days I'm okay. Better than okay actually. Most days I'm actually pretty good. But with this major milestone birthday looming in just 13 days, I'm feeling......ill at ease. A little shaky, very uncertain and more than a little sad when I look at where I am at this point in my life. THIS is all I've managed to accomplish in my 4 decades on this planet????? (Shit, in 10 short years I'll be half a century old!!!)
So, with all that negativity hanging over my head, I've decided to accomplish something monumental (well, monumental for me at least):
I'M GOING TO CLIMB MT. FUJI!!!!!
Somehow it just seems fitting, conquering that mountain, reaching the summit. I'm hoping it will be the jump start I need to make forty a FABULOUS year.
So, T-8 days and counting. I'll be climbing Fuji-san next Friday night with two co-workers (both much younger and in much better shape than me!). I am determined to reach the top, to watch the sun rise on this new decade of my life. Wish me luck!!
The last two years have really kicked my ass emotionally, mentally, even physically. I'm exhausted, disheartened, disappointed and discouraged. I'm working really hard to get to a better place, and most days I'm okay. Better than okay actually. Most days I'm actually pretty good. But with this major milestone birthday looming in just 13 days, I'm feeling......ill at ease. A little shaky, very uncertain and more than a little sad when I look at where I am at this point in my life. THIS is all I've managed to accomplish in my 4 decades on this planet????? (Shit, in 10 short years I'll be half a century old!!!)
So, with all that negativity hanging over my head, I've decided to accomplish something monumental (well, monumental for me at least):
I'M GOING TO CLIMB MT. FUJI!!!!!
Somehow it just seems fitting, conquering that mountain, reaching the summit. I'm hoping it will be the jump start I need to make forty a FABULOUS year.
So, T-8 days and counting. I'll be climbing Fuji-san next Friday night with two co-workers (both much younger and in much better shape than me!). I am determined to reach the top, to watch the sun rise on this new decade of my life. Wish me luck!!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Beijing, baby! or China, please accept my humble apology.
Booked our tickets on Friday for 4 days in Beijing, the first weekend in September.
For whatever reason, I've never had any interest in visiting China, at all, ever. It's just never interested me, and I've got a miles-long list of other Asian countries I must visit before we leave Japan, so I had no plans of ever going. Honestly, when I thought of China the only things that came to mind are Communism, pollution and a massively huge population. Then one day, Gabrielle mentioned she'd always wanted to visit the Great Wall. Since she's shown absolutely ZERO interest in visiting or seeing anything at all the entire 4 years we've been here (sadly, she did not inherit my incurable wanderlust) I pounced like rabid cheetah. WE ARE GOING TO CHINA!
Usually, I'm obsessive about trip planning, spending months and months in advance scouring the internet for any and every scrap of information about our destination, picking the perfect hotel, planning itineraries down to the minute, mapping out routes, deciding restaurants and meal plans for every single meal of every single day. I'm always so worried that we'll miss something awesome if the trip isn't meticulously planned in extensive detail (it sounds tedious, I know, but I absolutely love it, it's nearly as fun as the actual trip itself!).
Seeing as China's never been on my travel list and I couldn't think of a single thing we absolutely had to see, I figured this would be an easy trip to plan. Great Wall, check. How will we ever spend the other 3 1/2 days??? After a little Googling to figure out how to entertain three bored kids in a completely foreign country for 3 1/2 days.........holy shit. There is NO WAY we'll see even half the stuff I want to see in just 4 days!!!! I honestly had no idea. How could I not have known how awesome China is? I feel like a stupid shmuck who's been left out of some kind of global secret.
I'm so freakin' excited about this trip!!!!! I think we're going to need to extend it at least one more day. The only thing is, I booked for the weekend right after school starts, as it's a 4-day weekend for me, and a 3-day weekend for the kids, so they'd only miss 1 day of school and I wouldn't need to use any vacation days. But it's China. IT'S CHINA! Surely they can miss two days of school to visit CHINA?!?!?! Even if it's literally at the beginning of the school year, right? GAAAHHH!!!!
Anybody ever been to Beijing? Any tips, advice, "must see" spots?
China, I'm so very sorry I underestimated you all these years and I can't wait to meet you!
For whatever reason, I've never had any interest in visiting China, at all, ever. It's just never interested me, and I've got a miles-long list of other Asian countries I must visit before we leave Japan, so I had no plans of ever going. Honestly, when I thought of China the only things that came to mind are Communism, pollution and a massively huge population. Then one day, Gabrielle mentioned she'd always wanted to visit the Great Wall. Since she's shown absolutely ZERO interest in visiting or seeing anything at all the entire 4 years we've been here (sadly, she did not inherit my incurable wanderlust) I pounced like rabid cheetah. WE ARE GOING TO CHINA!
Usually, I'm obsessive about trip planning, spending months and months in advance scouring the internet for any and every scrap of information about our destination, picking the perfect hotel, planning itineraries down to the minute, mapping out routes, deciding restaurants and meal plans for every single meal of every single day. I'm always so worried that we'll miss something awesome if the trip isn't meticulously planned in extensive detail (it sounds tedious, I know, but I absolutely love it, it's nearly as fun as the actual trip itself!).
Seeing as China's never been on my travel list and I couldn't think of a single thing we absolutely had to see, I figured this would be an easy trip to plan. Great Wall, check. How will we ever spend the other 3 1/2 days??? After a little Googling to figure out how to entertain three bored kids in a completely foreign country for 3 1/2 days.........holy shit. There is NO WAY we'll see even half the stuff I want to see in just 4 days!!!! I honestly had no idea. How could I not have known how awesome China is? I feel like a stupid shmuck who's been left out of some kind of global secret.
I'm so freakin' excited about this trip!!!!! I think we're going to need to extend it at least one more day. The only thing is, I booked for the weekend right after school starts, as it's a 4-day weekend for me, and a 3-day weekend for the kids, so they'd only miss 1 day of school and I wouldn't need to use any vacation days. But it's China. IT'S CHINA! Surely they can miss two days of school to visit CHINA?!?!?! Even if it's literally at the beginning of the school year, right? GAAAHHH!!!!
Anybody ever been to Beijing? Any tips, advice, "must see" spots?
China, I'm so very sorry I underestimated you all these years and I can't wait to meet you!
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Things-I-Love Thursdays #2
It's been a rainy week, plenty wet to dampen even the brightest mood, but I've been okay, helped greatly by the 4-day wknd plus the additional 1.5 days I took off yesterday and today. What a perfect segue to the first thing I'm loving:
1. I LOVE my job. I'm the only member of my department, besides the secretary I share with the rest of my section, which means there's not a whole of need for accounting for my time or my whereabouts. It's the kind of program that no one ever notices, unless something goes horribly wrong, so I can pretty much do as I please as long as things stay on track. No suspenses, no deadlines, no stress at all, and my schedule is super flexible. I'm free to take off during the day to do dr and dentist appts w/ the kids, attend their school functions, have lunch w/ them. Because my department works independently of all the other sections, with no real deadlines, I can take time off w/out worrying that others are being burdened by having to do my work while I'm gone, or that I'm preventing others from getting their work done b/c my work is missing. There's nothing in my department that will suffer in my absence or that can't wait until I return.
2. I love the brazen bamboo attempting a coup in my backyard. I have a nice, thick stand of bamboo separating our yard from the neighbor's, and in the last 3-ish weeks, crazy shoots of bamboo have started exploding from the ground all over the backyard. That stuff grows FAST, shooting up over 2 feet in less than a week! Unfortunately, I'm going to have to hack most of it down as it's busting through my garden tiles, literally tossing them aside as it springs up, but it's fun to watch how fast it grows and seeing the random places it pops up.
3. I love our new kitten, Nyan-chan, curled up purring on my lap. It's been over ten years since we had a cat and I'd forgotten how sweet and cuddly kittens are. She's also a lot fun to watch when she plays, jumping, pouncing and flipping all around, chasing anything that moves, including the cursor on my computer screen!
4. I love curry, which is weird, because I HATED curry before I moved to Japan, couldn't even stand the smell of it. And then, I was introduced to CoCo's Ichibanya. Everyone around here absolutely raved about CoCo's curry, how addictive it was, insisting I'd love it. The first time I had it, I really wasn't impressed. It wasn't bad, but I really didn't see what all the fuss was about. A few days later, I had the most incredible craving for more CoCo's and I've been hooked ever since. Add some cheesy-garlic nan on the side........pure bliss.
Happy Thursday everyone, it's almost Friday!!!
1. I LOVE my job. I'm the only member of my department, besides the secretary I share with the rest of my section, which means there's not a whole of need for accounting for my time or my whereabouts. It's the kind of program that no one ever notices, unless something goes horribly wrong, so I can pretty much do as I please as long as things stay on track. No suspenses, no deadlines, no stress at all, and my schedule is super flexible. I'm free to take off during the day to do dr and dentist appts w/ the kids, attend their school functions, have lunch w/ them. Because my department works independently of all the other sections, with no real deadlines, I can take time off w/out worrying that others are being burdened by having to do my work while I'm gone, or that I'm preventing others from getting their work done b/c my work is missing. There's nothing in my department that will suffer in my absence or that can't wait until I return.
2. I love the brazen bamboo attempting a coup in my backyard. I have a nice, thick stand of bamboo separating our yard from the neighbor's, and in the last 3-ish weeks, crazy shoots of bamboo have started exploding from the ground all over the backyard. That stuff grows FAST, shooting up over 2 feet in less than a week! Unfortunately, I'm going to have to hack most of it down as it's busting through my garden tiles, literally tossing them aside as it springs up, but it's fun to watch how fast it grows and seeing the random places it pops up.
3. I love our new kitten, Nyan-chan, curled up purring on my lap. It's been over ten years since we had a cat and I'd forgotten how sweet and cuddly kittens are. She's also a lot fun to watch when she plays, jumping, pouncing and flipping all around, chasing anything that moves, including the cursor on my computer screen!
4. I love curry, which is weird, because I HATED curry before I moved to Japan, couldn't even stand the smell of it. And then, I was introduced to CoCo's Ichibanya. Everyone around here absolutely raved about CoCo's curry, how addictive it was, insisting I'd love it. The first time I had it, I really wasn't impressed. It wasn't bad, but I really didn't see what all the fuss was about. A few days later, I had the most incredible craving for more CoCo's and I've been hooked ever since. Add some cheesy-garlic nan on the side........pure bliss.
Happy Thursday everyone, it's almost Friday!!!
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Things-I-Love Thursdays
Over the last 18 months (Holy crap! Has it really been that long?) I've hosted far more than my fair share of pity parties. And while things are markedly better in that area these days, I'm still not quite "there". I'm no where near happy, but I am moving towards "okay" at a decent pace. I desperately WANT to be happy again, and I know that a big part of getting there, being truly happy, is being content with where I am in my life, being aware of, and grateful for, the things I have. I heard a saying the other day that expressed the place I'm hoping to reach "We may not be where we want to be, we may not be where we need to be, but we're damn glad not to be where we WERE". I'm still not in that place yet, not yet happy that I'm not where I was, I'm not yet in the place where I'm convinced that I'm better off now than I was then, that here is so much better than "there".
In my effort to reach that happiness place, I'm earnestly seeking to live a more grateful life. I'm reading books on grateful living, started a gratitude journal, I'm giving meditation (and medication) a go, I recite daily affirmations, have inspirational quotes taped on the bathroom mirror, the refrigerator, my computer screen, the rearview mirror of my car, I even carry a "worry stone" in my pocket and every time I touch it, I think of something I'm grateful for. The idea is that eventually, being grateful, living gratefully, will become second nature and when you're grateful, you become a happier person and good things start to happen to you, or maybe you're just in the right frame of mind to start MAKING good things happen, either way, good things are bound to follow.
And so, I've decided to join other bloggers who post "Things-I-Love Thursdays" posts, to remind myself that there ARE things in this life, in this time and place, that I love, that make me happy and that I should appreciate, things I wouldn't have if I were "there", instead of here. So here we go...
I love the weather right now, it's one of my favorite times of year. Summer is on it's way, but we're easing into it nice and slow, nights are the best, very pleasant and mild, perfect for long walks or just sitting on the back porch watching the bats flitting around. Japan has four very distinct seasons, which I love. In the part of Florida I was in before coming to Japan there was only one season: hot. Even after 3.5 years here in Japan, I'm still in love with the changing seasons.
I LOVE my backyard. It's my own private, little oasis, and I've been working on it slowly as the weather has gotten warmer. I have my hammock up and about half of the patio tiles down. I've decided to put two comfy chairs and a cafe table on the porch, then a regular table and chairs under the gazebo (which won't go up until I get the rest of the patio tiles down and it's not a real gazebo, just the canopy type on a metal frame). The kids and I love eating dinner outside during the summer, so I'm really looking forward to finishing up. We had to take a 3 bdrm house when we got here (after 2.5 mths of living in a hotel), but were eligible to move up to a 4 bdrm after 6 mths, but I love my backyard more than I'd like another bedroom, so we're staying put.
I've got kind of a love-hate thing going on with Japan right now, but it's mostly, almost always love, and the things I love here far outweigh the things I hate (maybe hate isn't even exactly the right word, maybe "tired of" or "frustrated with" is better)
The kids and I are going to Beijing in September, our first major vacation in over three years, and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the planning part of taking any trip. I spend hours scouring the internet finding just the right hotel, making a list of the must see attractions, printing out maps, planning itineraries. I'm an obsessive list maker and big trips are a major list-making event!
I love that I have friends who automatically think of spending time with ME when they stop breastfeeding! LMAO! Planning a "girls' Tokyo weekend" with my beautiful Niigata neighbor in two short weeks, CAN'T WAIT!!!
I could probably come up with a few more things I'm really loving right now, but this is a good start! Gotta go tuck my pumpkin into bed, tomorrow starts a four-day weekend for us, Monday is Memorial Day in the U.S. and the military usually denotes the Friday before a Monday holiday as a "Family Day", but I'm going into work for a little while, and E will be going to daycare (because he loves it and always has a good time).
SDGH&GL
(this sign-off was shamelessly stolen from GW, but I changed her "QL" (quiet living) to "GL" (grateful living))
In my effort to reach that happiness place, I'm earnestly seeking to live a more grateful life. I'm reading books on grateful living, started a gratitude journal, I'm giving meditation (and medication) a go, I recite daily affirmations, have inspirational quotes taped on the bathroom mirror, the refrigerator, my computer screen, the rearview mirror of my car, I even carry a "worry stone" in my pocket and every time I touch it, I think of something I'm grateful for. The idea is that eventually, being grateful, living gratefully, will become second nature and when you're grateful, you become a happier person and good things start to happen to you, or maybe you're just in the right frame of mind to start MAKING good things happen, either way, good things are bound to follow.
And so, I've decided to join other bloggers who post "Things-I-Love Thursdays" posts, to remind myself that there ARE things in this life, in this time and place, that I love, that make me happy and that I should appreciate, things I wouldn't have if I were "there", instead of here. So here we go...
I love the weather right now, it's one of my favorite times of year. Summer is on it's way, but we're easing into it nice and slow, nights are the best, very pleasant and mild, perfect for long walks or just sitting on the back porch watching the bats flitting around. Japan has four very distinct seasons, which I love. In the part of Florida I was in before coming to Japan there was only one season: hot. Even after 3.5 years here in Japan, I'm still in love with the changing seasons.
I LOVE my backyard. It's my own private, little oasis, and I've been working on it slowly as the weather has gotten warmer. I have my hammock up and about half of the patio tiles down. I've decided to put two comfy chairs and a cafe table on the porch, then a regular table and chairs under the gazebo (which won't go up until I get the rest of the patio tiles down and it's not a real gazebo, just the canopy type on a metal frame). The kids and I love eating dinner outside during the summer, so I'm really looking forward to finishing up. We had to take a 3 bdrm house when we got here (after 2.5 mths of living in a hotel), but were eligible to move up to a 4 bdrm after 6 mths, but I love my backyard more than I'd like another bedroom, so we're staying put.
I've got kind of a love-hate thing going on with Japan right now, but it's mostly, almost always love, and the things I love here far outweigh the things I hate (maybe hate isn't even exactly the right word, maybe "tired of" or "frustrated with" is better)
The kids and I are going to Beijing in September, our first major vacation in over three years, and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the planning part of taking any trip. I spend hours scouring the internet finding just the right hotel, making a list of the must see attractions, printing out maps, planning itineraries. I'm an obsessive list maker and big trips are a major list-making event!
I love that I have friends who automatically think of spending time with ME when they stop breastfeeding! LMAO! Planning a "girls' Tokyo weekend" with my beautiful Niigata neighbor in two short weeks, CAN'T WAIT!!!
I could probably come up with a few more things I'm really loving right now, but this is a good start! Gotta go tuck my pumpkin into bed, tomorrow starts a four-day weekend for us, Monday is Memorial Day in the U.S. and the military usually denotes the Friday before a Monday holiday as a "Family Day", but I'm going into work for a little while, and E will be going to daycare (because he loves it and always has a good time).
SDGH&GL
(this sign-off was shamelessly stolen from GW, but I changed her "QL" (quiet living) to "GL" (grateful living))
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Happy Birthday Gabi!
Proper post w/ pix in the works, but for now:
HAPPY 17TH (crap!!) BIRTHDAY GABRIELLE!
Gabi is spending this very busy birthday weekend in Tokyo (what a life!). Tonight is her school's prom, on her birthday, how awesome is that? At the New Sanno, no less! Gabi is on the prom committee, and they left for the hotel straight from school yesterday to start decorating. Also today were the Kanto Plains Track & Field Finals in Haneda, so she was on the train bright and early this morning from Hiro-o to get to the meet, then rushed back to the hotel to get ready for the dance. She'll spend tomorrow cleaning up and be home after lunch. This is her first birthday we've ever been apart, but I know it will probably be one of her best birthday's ever. Have a great weekend Hootie, you deserve it! I'm so incredibly proud of the woman you are becoming, I honestly couldn't ask for better kid, you're a wonderful daughter and such a great big sister. Meg, Ethan and I love you!!!
Friday, April 1, 2011
No mojo
No desire to blog at all. Work? Stress? Worry? Don't know, don't really care at the moment. I went to Guam on the 22nd because G and E's accommodations weren't working out as I'd hoped, and I didn't want them back in Japan yet. We stayed until the 28th, until I was out of vacation days and out of money. We're all back in Japan, but I'm not happy about it.
Things seem stable at the moment on the nuke front, but I only believe about half of what TEPCO and the GOJ are saying and I'd feel so much better if there were viable alternative for getting the kids out of here that I could live with. Things are stable physically as well, I haven't felt a single tremor since we returned. Gas and food/water were never in short supply on base and although rolling blackouts have been scheduled nearly every day, they've all been cancelled and we've never lost power. So, other than the fear of my future grandchildren being born with two heads, things are okay. Bleh.
Things seem stable at the moment on the nuke front, but I only believe about half of what TEPCO and the GOJ are saying and I'd feel so much better if there were viable alternative for getting the kids out of here that I could live with. Things are stable physically as well, I haven't felt a single tremor since we returned. Gas and food/water were never in short supply on base and although rolling blackouts have been scheduled nearly every day, they've all been cancelled and we've never lost power. So, other than the fear of my future grandchildren being born with two heads, things are okay. Bleh.
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