Konichiwa!!!

Hello from Okinawa!!! 

The time here is currently 7:15 a.m. and I have been awake for about an hour and a half so we KNOW I haven't adjusted yet...because truthfully, I can't even get up by 7:30 for work everyday...my allergies are acting up and well, lets be honest, my body doesn't adjust well to anything. My throat is itching and my eyes won't stop watering..but I bet by the time I leave here I'll be just fine.  LOL

This is such a crazy experience.  The picture (above) is of my monitor on the plane. It was hecka high tech!!! They had like a choice of 10 movies, games, news channels, music, a map showing you how far/long until your destination. Insane.  I didn't even need my iPod! For having been in either an airport or on a plane for 21 hours, it went pretty quick. I pretty much did the baby thing...ate, slept, played solitare and brick attack, watched a movie, slept, ate some more.  I was kinda disappointed that the Tokyo airport is distant from the actual city, but I saw the tall buildings and lights from a distance...

When I got to Tokyo I tried asking the security guy how to get to currency exchange so that I could get money to buy a phone card and it was so frustrating! HAHA. I kept saying "currency exchange" and he kept pointing down, but there was no stupid escalator to go down, only one to come up! So finally some kid helped translate for me and he told him the same thing, so I was like, "I understand that its down, but how do I get there?" and the security guy just took my passport and my arm and took me some back way and I was like woah woah woah but I had to just trust him or I was never gunna call home to tell my mom I got there safe haha...Then I go to this little restaurant/souvenier shop and try to pay for something and the girl is like trying to have a conversation with me in Japanese! I just kept saying I don't speak Japanese, in English cuz I couldn't pull my little "I know Japanese" helper book out quick enough...but she just kept on going...so I just paid and then said "Arigato!" and walked away haha...By the way, United should warn you that planes that go from Sacramento to San Francisco are little "express" commuter planes, much like private jets, that you will have to walk out to them in the rain, and that there is no way in hell that you're carry-on luggage is going to fit in the overhead compartment, unless all your carry-on is is a fanny pack.

By the way, my cousin is crazy...she was so excited to see me that 27 hours after delivery, she was at the airport picking me up! Haha gotta love the cuzzo.

 

I'm so excited to be here!!! My nephew is ADORABLE!! To me he seems tiny but I guess he's bigger than my goddaughter was at birth...regardless, any baby who fits into pre-mature clothes is super little to me.  He does this cute little face scrunch thing when hes not happy, and hes tough for a little guy! I got to experience his first "waterfall" during a diaper change hahaha...everyone say hello to baby Michael Patrick!

 

 

Now my goddaughter, she is BEAUTIFUL. Like literally. We go to stores and everyone says your baby is so cute! I don't even tell them shes my goddaughter, I just smile and take the credit hahaha. I thought it would take her a while to adjust to me and during the car ride back from the airport she did kind of shoot me some stern looks but now she loves me! She can't quite grasp 
"nina" so I either get called "nana" or "MOMMYYYYY!" haha. And shes so good with her brother! When he cries she comes out of her room in a hurry and goes "brudder?" and one time she even pinched Leti (my cousin) because she thought she was hurting him lol.

 
 

We're trying to take it easy for a few days because after all my cousin did just have a baby, so we've been doing a few things, but only on base.  Japanese people are so sanitary and we did go to McDonalds off base and they dress up! Like the men are in polos and slacks and the women in button-ups and pencil skirts...AT MCDONALDS! Everyone drives Scion looking cars because I guess the parking is super compact off base and there are Skylines everywhere...only reason I know what those are is because my brother always talks about how fast they are and how they are illegal in the states..

eveyone drives on the wrong side of the road, steering wheel is on the right side (passenger) of the car, and even escalators go to your left (whereas we go up on our rights and down on our rights when walking up stairs...)

Oh my gosh! At Burger King yesterday, my cousin said "Hi can I get a number one" the lady said "with cheese?" and my cousin said "hi. I need an order of chicken tenders.." and I'm like "No, wait, she wants to know if you have cheese!!! Waiiittttt! Do you want cheese?!?!" and by this time I was like leaning over her, screaming...and she was like "I know!" but I still hadn't heard her respond so I was confused and just thought..what the heck?? Wellllll Hi is Yes in Japanese!!! HAHHAHAHAH So she said yes and because I just heard hi again I was like..what the hell shes trippin...lol...so funny, we were like in tears laughing...

Alright gotta go. Peace out...Arigato Gosamiazu or whatever they say out here. Miss my family, cuzzy, and the boo-ness. Luff you guys!

<3