Whew! What a long eventful day!

This week Zach and I are attending the base orientation.  It's got an acronym that is 6 letters long, but it's just an orientation not only to the base, but to Japan as well.  Great fun, boring times and most importantly, kid free time:)  The boys are in the CDC (Child Development Center aka childcare for military kiddos) so this gives Zachary and I time to talk.  The problem is, that we talk mostly about our two rambunctious little boys!  We've been able to learn quite a bit and are now starting the Japanese day tomorrow.  They will teach us more about their culture and basic language.  Tomorrow we get to take a field trip to Kamakora which is supposed to be amazing.  Friday is the driving test (please pray for us, because I am beyond nervous at this point).  Lots of fun to be had.  After class today, we walked back and stopped in at our friendly Personal Property Office (the people who are in charge of our stuff) and found out that our Unaccompanied Baggage aka Stuff sent from Florida is here!  It will be delivered the day we move into our house.  That means we'll have our own sheets and computer and other great stuff.  Woohoo!  Still no word about our Household Goods which is our furniture and other stuff we shipped from Great Mistakes, I mean Great Lakes.  So one step at a time.  Hopefully it will be here by July.

After that fabulous news, we headed out on an adventure.  A guy from Zach's division is in class with us and they just found out that they're moving to Ikego...3 houses down!  They have 2 little boys, one is 4 the other is 16 months.  Our boys all clicked instantly.  So we hopped on the train to Ikego, a feat with 4 adults and 4 children.  I was the only one who had been there before, not to mention that Zach and I were the ones who had used the train before.  We made it on the first try!  Today was a great day, clear sky until we got off the train station at Ikego.  So we walked a little bit in the rain and stopped in at the Mini Mart and got some umbrellas.  Went to the post office and got our address!  (Will post it below)  Then we walked around base.  Saw where Jack's school will be next year and all the playgrounds.  Then we saw our house.  We have a very tiny yard, but there is a large area right outside our fence.  Plus there is a playground spitting distance from our front door!  Where we're located there's a bunch of families around, but it seems very quiet.  So excited that I wanted to move in today.  Alas, we have to wait til Monday to get the keys.  Tuesday our loaner furniture and unaccompanied baggage will be arriving. 

I've been a busy bee meeting some great people.  I've befriended 3 amazing women who have been so incredibly nice.  2 I'm trudging through the unknown with and 1 has gone above and beyond.  Met her on the train and it just clicked.  Things are starting to look up, just need to get settled in a bit and everything will work itself out.  Boys are still acting out, especially Jack.  It's like some bad little boy is possessing his body.  I'm sure once things settle, we have our own house he'll get back to himself.  It's just such a challenge because I'm trying to find my footing too.  Oh well, we'll make it.  I'm loving Japan so far and can see why so many stay over here for several tours.  Very family friendly, safe and just a wonderful place to be.

Our address:
PSC 474 Box 5202
FPO AP 96351-9998