Make new friends...

    Everyone remembers that song from childhood right? Make new friends but keep the old... Its funny how true that is. I know I'm cheesy, but whenever you move you realize how great you had it at the old place. I think we all take for granted the cities that we live in. Isaac and I used to talk about how much we hated Jacksonville and that we loved Yuma when we first moved. At the end, right before the move we got the slap in the face of.... Jacksonville was our HOME and we weren't ready to leave. I had my teaching job, great friends, and our dogs! Wow did we have it good!! Now we are far away from our friends, (I might have a teaching job), and our doggies are in Texas. A lot has changed! But of course as the song goes, we have to make new friends! Lol i know i know.... cheesy! So far we haven't met many people but we will once things have settled. Thankfully we have friends from Jacksonville that moved here a month before us. They have been kind enough to drive us around and show us the ropes. Thanks Ticia and Greg, y'all are awesome!! I went on a run with the women's running group yesterday and I met some great girls.They run every Tuesday evening. It was great to be able to get out of the room and meet some new people.

    Speaking of getting out of the room. We were able to go out in town this weekend! We drove by the Kintai bridge. I'm sorry I wasnt able to get a good picture, I will this weekend. It is a beautiful wooden bridge that was built in the early 1700's with no nails!! Look it up, it is absolutely beautiful! We worked up an appetite after that of course and went to a cool little restaurant.

    

    Look at that yummy food! This is a yakatori restaurant. You order what you want and they bring it out seasoned, then you cook it. The Korean beef was my favorite, it was delicious! We also had soba noodles, they were served in the stone bowls. It was delicious!!!

  

   After eating we headed back to base and I got a shot of the beautiful sunset! Look at those mountains! We cant wait to climb them.

    Sunday our friends were running errands around and we of course went along to have something to do. We went to the Walmart type store of Japan and look what I found...

Kids in the states keep hermit crabs, kids in Japan keep these?? So gross!

    I hope this isn't the palmetto bug of Japan! If your from Florida then you know what I'm talking about. It's basically what Floridians call big cockroaches because they are trying to sugar coat it! I'm hoping not to find this in our future home! Eeeeek!!!!

    We finished off the day with a visit to CoCo's Curry. Anyone who has been to Japan brags about this place, Isaac used to talk about it all the time. I was very excited to try it.

    The first bite I didn't like it, then I kept eating and loved it, and the last bite I hated it! Does that make sense? Not really, but I will go back again! The Naan bread was amazing! I think next time I might not get the chicken cutlet. My friend Riki will probably kill me for my explanation of it! Sorry Riki!

    We are still looking for a car. Not much luck lately, but we are still looking. Yesterday we went to the 7-day store and found this parked outside. Isaac was beyond excited and had to look at every detail. Too bad its not for sale ;0) He looked at it for a solid 15 minutes so I had to take a picture.

    Before I leave I have some exciting news... There is a fourth grade position open at the school here on the base!! There are only 3 other certified teachers on base so I have a chance at the job! Please send prayers and keep your fingers crossed that I get the call!!!