Most of you probably didn't hear, about this but this past weekend we got hit by another typhoon, yes this is our second one since we've been on island. A typhoon is "a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific Oceans", according to WordReference.com, for those of you that did not know. But Typhoon Jelawat was a Category 5 Tropical[...]
After moving in a week and a half ago we finally have internet. We purchased our internet the same week we moved it but we couldn't get a connection, they checked the wiring and nothing was wrong; today we finally switched the modem for a new one and it worked! :) I can now have something to do all day while my husband is at work, hooray! (Ret[...]
After landing at Kadena Air Base last friday and surviving our first typhoon, we have been busy bees all week. First off, i'd like to talk about our sponsor. When you get orders overseas your active duty spouse gets assigned a sponsor from his/her command and this person is basically supposed to: pick you up at the airport, make a reservation at a hotel fo[...]
After a great night sleep we woke up early, called for a cab, got everything ready and we left our friends' house for the last time (it was really sad, knowing we wouldn't be returning for a while), then made our way to the Albert J. Ellis Airport, again for the last time (at least for now, who knows). I will miss this tiny airport We flew from Jacksonv[...]
It's been a while since i've updated on here, so here it goes. Before updating on our travels i'd like to let you all know that we are done with all the preparations for this move to Okinawa (can i get a hell yeah?). Considering we were almost going to miss our flights to Japan because we booked our flights for PCS Leave before receiving our flight inform[...]
After being home for twelve hours, my father-in-law and my husband picked me up at home and then picked up his little sister at school. We drove through countless amount of traffic and essentially made our way to Fajardo, Puerto Rico, a town at the far east side of the island where his mom was staying at this lavish five star hotel, while she worked at a C[...]