So I realize I've been writing mostly about exciting things that have happened: typhoons, moving, new adventures. But I haven't given a glimpse into what life is actually like for us right now. We have a house to live in now...yipee! It's in Okinawa City, surrounded by other houses and sugarcane fields. It's a concrete giant (everyone's house is concrete here on account of the typhoons) with three stories (we live on the bottom two), a huge second story porch and covered parking. Our neighbors are all Japanese and don't speak a lick of English. It's hard to communicate at all and I can't remember ANY of their names. The top floor of our house is occupied by a multigenerational family. They have two boys who are very loud and our covered parking area seems to be the playground for the neighborhood! Boys are always playing there (completely unsupervised, I might add)...even teenagers are coming around and hanging out, working on soccer (excuse me, football) moves. Other than the noise, we love it here...4 bedrooms (room for visitors...wink wink to ANYONE who wants to come on over) and all Japanese appliances! We've had a blast trying to figure out how to use everything.
Driving is becoming very normal. We have a Honda Fit and the driver is on the right side of the car and we drive on the left side of the road...weird, but I'm almost used to it. We take driving adventures all the time, now! In fact, our sponsor told us that we were really adventurous because we'd already seen most of the attractions she was going to recommend! I guess once we see all of Okinawa, we can move onto off island ventures (Shanghai, Tokyo...maybe Thailand?)!
Little E and I haven't gotten into a rhythm yet. We haven't gotten our stuff from the freight yet so we try not to stay in the house too much...there's nothing to do here!! We go to the beach, go to the park, go to the library, to shopping at the Commissary...go go go! Once our stuff gets here, we'll stay home more and work on potty training and behavior.
Adam's job has kind of begun. He works on a lot of paperwork and is prepping for programs he has to put together, but no student contact yet. He says his goal is to meet a new staff member everyday! His other goal is to get a bike so he can cycle to work every day...yikes!!! So far just finding a bike with a reasonable price has been a challenge!
Life is starting to settle into a state of normal...my new friend Shelley just said the other day, "You'll be surprised at how fast all of this becomes your new normal." I'm starting to understand her!
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