The Start of Something New

Hi Guys!!

Well, 6 terminals, 4 cities,  3 airplanes, 2 contients, a bus ride, and a car ride later and I have  (finally) officially made it to Japan! I was jet lagged out of my mind when I got in last night but I'm feelin fresh as a daisy so far this morning. (Sleep= good, but I think this also may be in part due to the concurrent news of the results of my NCLEX-RN exam (I passed!!)).

It was impossible saying goodbye to all my Minnesota peeps and I don't think I would have been able to ever finish saying all my goodbyes & I love yous because I literally ran out of time. I was in such a daze going through the MSP airport from lack of sleep, the night's previous activities, and the emotional rollercoaster I have been on that everything felt all floaty. But I made it on the plane A-OK and even made it through the Dallas airport in 45 minutes (super tight layover) with enough time to deal with T-Mobile! The flight to Tokyo was just as long as I remember it and I was ever so glad to finally arrive in Hiroshima. Things were starting to feel all floaty again (this time, for sure from lack of sleep), so after quick dropping off our hitchhiker (not really, just a guy who needed a ride back to base too) and some Japanese fast food in the form of Hotto Motto, we arrived at our house!

Nick has been hard at work finding a house off base for us to live and the timing couldn't have been mroe perfect because Friday night was the first night the house was officially ours! It's...cute. Ha. What I mean to say is that it's not exactly as Nick described but it's a house and it's ours (well, technically we're borrowing it), and it's just SO Japanese! I will exapnd on that more later and illistrate it with some photos. Nick had had some furniture brought up from base forus so we have an American bed, and table, and some plates- pretty much just the bare neccessities. It was very thoughtful of Nick to get that all ready for us, even though he did overlook a few things- like blankets for the bed! Luckily it's summer and hot and muggy so the towels and sweatshirts we pooled from our luggage was enough to keep us warm. But honestly, I was ready to sleep just about anywhere at that point so we called it a night.

Today will be a day of running errands to get a few more of the essentials for the house. Let's see how long this well rested feeling will last!