Worst First (Day)

Well, today marked day 2 at my new job. Today was pretty boring and Uneventful compared to yesterday. So I am obviously going to cover that.

I had never driven to the base I work on before, so my boss told a girl who lives by me to meet me at Burger king at 10am. Not a problem, except I had to turn in a paper by midnight stateside and I hadn't started it. Oops. No big deal. Stayed up most of the night with a couple naps in between huge chunks of my paper.

So I was dead tired for my first day of work. No big deal. Chug a Monster. Was going to take a nap until 830, wash my hair and then get ready. 815, David calls asking me to run to the base and bring his boots. Well, husband can't work without his boots. So, no shower for me. No big deal, that's why people use deodorant and don't touch their hair and blame it on the wind. Then I do my makeup and jab myself in the eye. Makeup everywhere and no time to redo my makeup. No big deal. Wipe most of it up and get out the door.

So then I am following this girl, and trying to take notes. Hard to do with no roman alphabet. Turn left at the たば、なさ. Then turn right at theアラまさ. Fuck my fucking life. So I get to work, and realize I don't have my working verification documents. So I fill out a couple pieces of paper and my supervisor tells me I need to have fingerprints done. And she sends me home. 3 hours into my shift. Buh.

So I go to yet ANOTHER base to get my fingers all inked. Feels weird to know that they have ALL my fingerprints now. I have only normally had pointer and thumb. Never needed my hands and other prints before. I feel like I have lost a method of dropping off the face of the planet. Hard to do when you marry a government whatever.

So anyway, I got the prints and went shopping for suits. Then came home and David already started cooking.

Quotes from happy land

So here are a few things that David and I have been saying lately that made me chuckle

"you're lucky I didnt fart on my hand first (before wiping his sweaty hand on my face)"
"are you sure you didn't?"

"tell me a random story"--me
"so there I was, minding my own business when a wild Q appeared"
"dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun doo doo doot doo doo doo doo doooooo do do do do buh buh buh buh buh buh buh, buh buh duh buh" (Pokemon battle song) me
"he used 'ride around the flight line' and it was super effective."

"you know if you had the chance to be with Anne Hathaway, even if you hate her, you'd be all up on that because of her butt on the motorcycle. You'd be all for that"--David to me

"honey, what does 'Bonita' mean?"--David
"beautiful woman"
*snickering*
"did you call Q a pretty woman? That was not very nice. You shouldnt speak Spanish you don't know!"

"here in Japan they don't ask you to buy stuff, they scream at you to come in. They are like 'TRY OUR ICE CREAM IT'S DELICIOUS!!'"

"it smells like the inside of your colon"

Desirable

Everyone has one thing they want to be. You know, besides rich and powerful and beautiful. We all want to be desired.

Being wanted is the most sincere form of flattery. Imitation can suck it. In my experience, being wanted shows you have something that the other person doesn't have. Or maybe they don't have enough of it.

I got yet another job interview offer today, after being told it takes up to a year to get a job on this small island. And David and I joked about it, where David said "who would have thought you'd be so desirable."

At the end of the day, I just want to be needed. I want to be the one who is depended upon for something for once.

I am excited to start working again, because it means I can start contributing to the family instead of being the mooch.

Adjustings

So today is as good of a day as any for a change. Today I removed the ***3*** 12 packs of soda out of the fridge. And I replaced it with ONE giant thing of water.

Plus I have been cooking more and more healthy stuff, like peppers, and vegetables. Tomorrow we are having meatloaf and salad.

I am working on the whole exercise thing. Slowly. It is happening. Kinda. Ok. So that hasn't changed. BUT I feel thinner and think I look thinner so I am ok with that.

David has been fricken superman. He's been not only eating my healthy dishes, but biking like >8 miles a day. Go Husband!! I am so proud of him!!

Cupcake avengers

I have been planning on baking and cooking and making awesome desserts for a while now. I went to the store today and bought a cupcake pan and some food coloring and decided to have some fun.

I was going to just make a TON of Hulk cupcakes, because we joke around about how much David is like the Hulk. He's shy, and intelligent, until you make him angry.

But I was feeling like wasting more time. So instead I decided to make cupcakes decorated like all the avengers. I had captain America, Black Widow, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, and Iron Man. I made three batches but accidentally left the last batch in a little too long, so I didnt decorate them like avengers.

They turned out alright. I think I enjoy working with the icing and food coloring. Working with the writing pens was much more difficult. Head over to the Facebook page for a view of the best ones.

Epic life of awesomeosity

So yesterday was absolutely fantastic. Words can't describe just how much fun I had. But here it goes. We met up with our friends and went to breakfast. I got my eggs and hash browns and bacon. Then we carpooled to the aquarium about an hour and a half away.

The aquarium was HUGE. It' easily covered a good 5 mile stretch of land. I am absolutely in love with seeing animals. I get excited when I get to see some different species. This is the first time I got to see a surgeon fish. It was also the first time I got to see a crab four feet tall. It was my first time seeing whale sharks, and I saw three! My favorite part was definitely the dolphin show. They made the dolphins sing, and I lost my shit. I was laughing so hard I was crying streams of tears.

Then we went to a Japanese/Hawaiian place and I wasn't too hungry so I got a rice bowl. Not only did I finish the bowl (an accomplishment in itself) but I ate with CHOPSTICKS!! And not only did I eat it with chopsticks, but I did so SUCCESSFULLY!!!

Then we hung out at the store with our friend after dropping his wife off at a party. And after the store we bought our second car (since I got a job [i now am employed at a financial institution on a base about 35 minutes from our house] and have to drive to a differ et base than my husband.), drove it home and went to a place called Round one.

Round One is as close to a Dave and busters as possible. But this place is better because you pay one entrance fee and you have unlimited play on all the arcade games. Imagine, three hours straight of Dance Dance Revolution. There's other items as well, and some great foreign games you'd never see in the states. They even let you rent a room for free, and you can have private Karaoke with your friends. Soo cool.

The best part was that I was the DD. I got to play games and watch drunk people play games. And David drank for the first time in a long time. I was so happy to see him loosen up, have fun, shout in Japanese, shoot skeleton knights with light sabers, and be able to come home with him.

Date night appealed to my inner nerd but I didn't care. It was absolutely the most fun I've had in a LONG time.

Opposite Day

So yesterday I got to take my driving test. It was great...spend 20 min watching a movie and take a 20 question exam where you can miss up to six and still pass. Now I am a professional driver. Lmao. 20 questiona and you are allowed to drive on the opposite side of the road. So, I spent an hour driving around base and getting lost.

So not ready to drive on my own.

Which is why David is taking tomorrow off to take me to my two interviews. Woo!

Random thoughts

Today has a rather exhausting and boring day. So, rather than have this post be two sentences long, I will share my random thoughts from throughout today.

I want a pokeball bra.

If you have to be abducted by any of the pokemon, being abducted by charizard would be the most badass one.

There is not nearly as much sex in Game of Thrones as everyone claims. Pansies.

Getting dressed at 10 when David said he'd be home in a bit was a mistake.

Albacore still stinks

Your jealousy cannot and will not change the past

8 loads of laundry is probably too much in one day.

Donating clothes is great but I didn't want to wash all these.

The world would be so much cooler if Dragons existed.

What the hell is a waxbill?

Lucky

I don't know who is luckier in our relationship, but I think I am.

My husband doesn't kiss my ass. He doesn't alway say I am right. He acknowledges when I am, whether with a smile or by yelling something random. He takes me to see sunsets. He tells everyone about me. He says things he has no idea makes my heart melt. He supports me in all of my decisions, and walks me through my mistakes.

I love the man I married. I am definitely the lucky one.

Groups Suck

When taking an online class it should be a known fact that study groups just don't work. Everyone has different schedules. Everyone has different time zones. It's next to impossible to say: all five of you should meet up and do a group paper.

Now, I am definitely at fault...I was moving across the planet. I could and should have used every spare chance I had to do my study group. But seriously? Who realistically says they are going to do homework while traveling and actually does it?

So I did my best to crank out a paper today to catch up to a study group who had literally voted me out of the group. I apparently finished the paper a half hour too late. Whatever. If I fail this class then so be it. I can always take the class over again. Hopefully with a different professor who isn't going to make us work together on a project when we are very literally a world apart.

Dream unedited

After posting I thought that the story was pretty sporadic, but my typing was just atrocious and so I will show you just how jumpy my brain is while half asleep.

Idependence day hanging from fo white house column starts to shake bc aliens are coming. Then get down and go to taco stand. Checked I'd for a chicken enchilada. Was there with girl transitioning and had eyelash surgery. Looked like dude with no eyelashes. Got complimented by him for not wearing makeup. Got food then sat by pool. Ate food and got in water. Started swimming and boy asked me how I got all ladies. Asked how I got to talk pussy. Then jumped in water to show kid how spider in water will follow. Then got my foot attacked by swarming spiders. Bites caused nose to bleed. Made way to opposite side of the pool. Found relatives. Playing game where you draw in the pool. Goal was Sunday dinner. I offered the raspberry dressing and was told to provide rolls. Couldn't do it. Jumped in and made way to edge of pool. Cleaned nose in water. Muslim girl walks by with the name of aly. Relatives forget about me saying she will be next millionaire. She's about 4 years old.

Dream

So I know I have told you all my dreams once before. I thought I would share this morning's dream. See, I woke up long enough for David to cuddle and then head to his work out. I told him to let me know when he was coming home and he said he'd be back in an hour and a half. I could leave all that information out but I thought I should add it because it shows you just how quickly our brains think and get accomplished when we are sleeping. Or at least my brain. The following was written immediately after waking up, without moving from my present position (I feel as that makes the dream more accurate). The only editing I am going to do to it is correct spelling and complete the phrases from sentence fragments. Enjoy my insanity.

It was Independence day and I was hanging from a foam white house column when it starts to shake because aliens are coming. Then I get down and go to taco stand. The girl checked my ID for a chicken enchilada. I was there with girl transitioning into a guy and he had eyelash surgery. Afterward he looked like dude with no eyelashes. I got complimented by him for not wearing makeup. I got my food then sat by a nearby pool. I ate food and got in water knee deep. Started swimming and boy asked me how I got all ladies. He specifically asked how I pussytalk. Then jumped in water to show kid how spider in water will follow as a metaphor for pussytalking. Then got my foot attacked by swarming spiders. The bites caused my nose to bleed. Made way to opposite side of the pool. There I found some relatives. We all started playing a game where you draw in the pool. The goal was Sunday dinner. I offered the raspberry dressing because of my bleeding nose and was told to provide rolls. Couldn't do it. Jumped in and made way to edge of pool. I cleaned my nose in the water. Muslim girl walks by with the name of Aly. Relatives forget about me saying she will be next millionaire. She's about 4 years old.

Demonslayer!!

Blast to my past. Today I felt like a 12 year old. David went back to work today (boo) so I had the whole house to myself. With nothing to do. Except play video games. And do chores.

So that's what I did all day. I mean I didn't have anything in the house for lunch to I literally sprinkled cheese on lunch meat. I used to do the same thing ten years ago.

And just like when I was 12, I would do all the fun stuff first and start the boring (read: adult) stuff about 3pm, giving me just enough time to finish my chores (and have dinner [mostly] ready) by the time David came home.

I made stuffed red peppers and he liked it. Best yet, I made enough for leftovers so I didn't have to worry about what I am eating for lunch tomorrow. Wooo!!!

But he was tired and promptly went to bed after dinner, leaving me time to play Diablo 3 again. This one is fun, but certain things I miss about the original ones.

I got to slay some demons, make the husband happy, and be a little productive. Good enough for me.

Honey, I'm Home!

Today started out pretty rough. Long story short, Pickles has problems, My intestines have problems, and my confidence has problems. I won't go into detail about any of those, but reassure you that my dinner with David made it all better.

I was going to make Stuffed Red Peppers for dinner, but the beef wasn't defrosted enough to make it. Oops. So David took me to this restaurant located in the Marina on the island.

It wasn't very expensive, $18 for two people after tips, and the view was outstanding.

I actually feel at home, Readers. All I have to do is cook for David, or eat dinner with him, or buy stuff for the house, or go on double dates with him. As cheesy and corny (what's with all the food references, Fatty) as it sounds, I found what I was missing this whole time.

I feel at home when I am with him. :)

How do you title awesome?

I went to bed last night around 1am. Jet lag woke me up at 6am. David didn't want to get out of bed. However, I was wide awake so I got up and made us eggs.

Apparently two clicks of pepper is too much for David. In his words "can I get some eggs with the pepper next time?" har.

So we got dressed, and got me in processed. Then we got to eat lunch and we ate at some place where they cook the food in front of you. I've never been to Shogun in the states but I've seen it in Japan. Sucker punch!

After that we ran more errands including getting me a phone. The data plans are WEIRD here. They charge you by the time. Every thirty seconds I get charged 18 Yen. Also, the calling plan is backwards. It's free from 1am to 9pm. Then I get charged 10.5Yen per 30sec as well. But I have a feeling I can make it work.

After that we came home and watched "Game of Thrones" and relaxed. What a great day.

Mazeltov

So I made it safely to Okinawa last night. Immediately the humidity and the heat hit me, and I got in at 9pm local time. Now, I was wearing a pretty slutty blue dress, made of a layer of cotton thinner than most of my tshirts. Luckily, my inner "I am not a tramp" kicked in and I kept pulling down my dress. But I still was walking down to the baggage claim the most awkwardly

So I get my bags, and walk out. There is Dave with a bouquet of flowers: lilies, roses, and some third flower I don't remember. Boy knows me well. (I recently got a huge side tattoo with a rose and a lily. We make out appropriately, and head out to the car.

I promptly go to the drivers side since its on the passenger side of a normal car. David laughs at me because EVERYONE does that. We start driving home and David asks me if it freaks me out that everyone is driving backwards. It didnt, because we were following other cars so I felt safe. It was when we turned into the left side of the street I minorly freaked out.

We get home and reacquaint ourselves then I shower because I was GROSS from the traveling and airport running.

Internet, I live in a MANSION of an apartment. Three bedrooms of awesomeocity. I'll go into depth on that in a future post.

I feel MARRIED. I mean, sure I was married in April. But now I actually feel it. I have a house with my husband, and a car with my husband, and little else but it is all with my HUSBAND! Makes me SOOO happy. I think I fell asleep smiling.

Airport Sightings

So far today, I have woken up, and changed, and was dropped off at the airport. Kid you not, I have only been here 48 min and here is what I have seen.
1: uncle sam's shoes
2: jumpsuit from the 90's
3: a gorgeous sunrise
4: someone lost a cell phone
5: a near heart attack because of her obesity and she couldn't make it up the ramp.

I haven't even boarded. Keep tuned for an updated list.

6: golden gate bridge at 10,000 feet
7: man poundin the door because his flight's gate doors were closed

Made it to Tokyo.
8: customs line that took me a good half hour to get through.
9: an Asian couple who didn't have a clue what personal space was
10: a family with two small kids who cried the entire 10 hour flight
11: Tokyo security has a nifty machine where you put your water bottle in it and it tells the security agents whether or not your water is dangerous and can blow up the plane.
12: airport fountain water sets this machine off

The Home Stretch

So it is less than 24 hours until I board that plane to see my husband. I was discussing this with Sarah With A H, and here is what I told her.

The hardest part about being this close to being reunited with someone is that all you want to do the day before is sleep, because it passes the time.

But then you know you can't.

And the hard part about being separated this long and being so close to being reunited is that you start to miss the small things. Holding hands. Smiling at each other randomly. Waking up to their face. Smelling the smell of them leaving the shower. Deciding what to do for lunch.

I am so excited to be able to just hug him again.

Waiting.

So I had the opportunity to be with David by now. Now that it's only 2 days until I see him, I am glad I didn't leave yet. I mean, I miss him so much right now, but I am glad I waited. Here's why.

1: I got to see Cuzzo get married. I spent the whole day filled with complete joy for him and his bride.
2: I got to see my great grandfather every day of my trip to Wisconsin
3: I celebrated my great grandfather's 90th birthday. he's been looking forward to this birthday since he turne 83.
4: there is a small chance I may never see him again, especially if his leg never heals.
5: I got to see my Great Aunt, and she is getting old as well, and isn't in the best of health. I may never see her again either.
6: I got to meet one of Dave's friends who I hear about occasionally, and who has helped me get through a rough patch with my parents.
7: I got to come spend 4th of July with my cousins
8: Sold Pickles. Found out he had more wrong with him than I originally thought.
9: I got more out of Pickles than I thought I was going to get.
10: I got to drink with cousins I had talked about drinking with since before I moved back to the US

So David has been complaining (and understandably so) that I could be in Japan by now, but because of all those reasons I am glad I didn't leave on the 4th. Especially since I was originally going to be there on the 14th. I may not be there 10 days early, but I am still arriving a week earlier. In the grand scheme of a lifetime, three days won't make a huge difference. Sarah With A H told me that one and I think she's right.

4th of July

Happy Birthday America!

Although to be fair, I never really understood why we celebrated our independence on the 4th of July. Yes, that's when the Declaration was signed. Yes, it started the Revolutionary War. But the war didn't end until September 3, 1781, a full 7 years later.

That's 7 years of fighting for our freedom, but we don't celebrate on the 3rd of September. Sure, the 4th of July is nice because that is right in the start of summer...and fireworks and barbecuing is much better in the summer.

In fact, there are speculations that the document itself wasn't signed on the 4th.

I am all for a random day off. But I just never got why we would celebrate the start of the war. However, take this day and thank a veteran or active soldier. It's because of them back in 1776 we get to have our freedom.

Things I've learned on my trip

1: you cannot pack the morning of
2: kids will always lose SOMETHING
3: never take Benedryl at 1am and expect to be functioning properly at 5am
4: your brain can correct itself 4 times and still not get it right
5: cherry pitters are questionable items for TSA
6: you need food in your stomach to fly. Or take Benedryl.
7: Minneapolis has a tram
8: it also has a HUGE parking garage
9: moving sidewalks are just as much fun as escalators to a five year old.
10: my husband reads my blog daily, and harasses me when I don't update. This one's for you David.

Damn Birds

My poor feet, Internet. My poor poor feet. The state birds got ahold of my right foot, and had their feast. I have 10 bites on my right foot. And one on my left. And I guess I am still allergic to them. In fact, I squeezed a fair amount of juice out of one, and the swelling therefore has gone down just a little for that bite.

The mindless, repetitive squeezing took my mind off the itch, if at least for a few minutes.

I hate Mosquitos.