Moving onto Yokosuka itself was uneventful. I can't remember if I talked about it last post, so I won't this time. Since we've been here though it has been the height of summer and everyone seems to be going in a different direction. Harrison, a qualified, employed life-guard has been putting up a bunch of hours. He's also swimming a lot with his coach and he is coaching a summer swim team himself. Ethan has made a ton of new friends and is playing soccer. I think he's seen every movie that has come to the theater. He spends a lot of time hanging out! Haven't gotten a call from Base Police about him so no big deal. Actually Ethan is babysitting quite often trying to scratch together enough money for his movie fix. Meanwhile Liam is Liam...he always manages to make a new friend without even trying. He must get it from his mom. Lila still has school most days and Amie is teaching her Japanese ladies, has become the new President of the swim team and is trying to keep track of everyone!
Summer time is exercise time at work, so for a good chunk of the last 2 weeks, I've been in the basement of the office manning the mid-night shift. Super-fun-good-times. Actually ran myself down pretty good that I got a chest cold that still hasn't gone away. Yesterday morning was the last of the exercise so I was pretty much on the couch all day. I finally managed to get myself off the coach, around 6:00, to start the grill. In the process I ran into another one of those huge spiders I spoke about last post. I was so tired, I didn't even jump. I just waved and said "hey". He waved back with one of his really long arms and meandered out of the yard and onto the nearby walking path.
There have been some new things...
- We ate at a Sushi-go-round. Your sushi comes around on a conveyor belt that travels right past your table! Various different sushi items come around at about 100 yen ($1) per plate. It was fun to see the plates stack up!
- Amie and Harrison went to see Gary Sinese and The LT Dan Band for the 4th of July. MWR moved the concert inside because of the wind and rain. Amie said they still had a blast! Ethan and Liam were with their friends while Lila and I hung out at the house.
- Ethan went to Disney Sea with some of his friends for his birthday while Amie, H and Lila went to Tokyo Disney.
- Amie and the kids also helped a new Navy Family from Pensacola get settled in Yokosuka by showing them around base, the train and the housing development they are going to live in. The family has kids that went to school with Liam and Lila back in the states, so it was good for the kiddos.
- And I got business cards with my name in Japanese on the back. Oh the excitement! What a summer.
So you can see we've been busy. I'll try to keep up on the posts in the future. We do have some big items coming up. We're going to climb Fuji this Thursday, and before you know it, it is the most wonderful time of the year for Amie...kids go back to school! Oh, I also have another exercise coming up! Awesome...wonder what sickness I'll get this time on the night shift!
