The movers came bright and early on Tuesday AM and in 3 hours everything was moved into our place and out of the boxes... now the tough part... putting it ALL away! It took me about 2 days to find a place for everything and get somewhat settled. Everything seemed to be here... everything except our remote control... which I am pretty convinced is in storage in San Diego!!! The TV is only about 6 feet from the couch but I really don't see myself getting up every time I want to change the channel... I ordered a new one already! 
The best part was unpacking our kitchen stuff and having real plates and cups and pots and pans!!! EVERYTHING went into the dishwasher because it had a funky smell after sitting all wrapped in boxes for 5 months! It was the first time I had used the dishwasher since I had been eating off plastic plates and using "keg" cups for the past 6 weeks! Well... that didn't go so smoothly and the water backed up through our disposal and made a mess... really!?!? I haven't had a dishwasher in years and didn't grow up with one so I wasn't really sure if I somehow messed this up... I called the housing department the next morning and told them the problem and they said they would send someone over... I forgot that someone was ALSO coming in the morning to clean the dryer vents in all the units in the building. Well, the doorbell rang and this very nice Japanese man who spoke pretty much NO english was standing there. I welcomed him in and began explaining to him in very elaborate sign language the problem with the sink/disposal/dishwasher... he smiled and then walked down the hall towards the laundry room... oopsy! About an hour later another maintenance guy came and fixed the problem.
Everything is all put away now and the house feels more like a home with all of our stuff... just one thing missing and that's Damian!
I must be really bored today because I ironed all of Damian's shirts that were super wrinkly after being shoved into boxes 5 months ago... many of you know that I don't really iron and actually didn't own an iron for 4 years in San Diego... if something had a wrinkle in it I would use my hair straightener to fix the problem... true story! That killed some time!
Last night we had a beautiful sunset. I took this picture leaning over our patio looking out towards the ocean. That's about it for me! A nursing job was posted on base and I applied but won't find out for a few weeks... my guess is that there is A LOT of competition for this job! Still waiting for all my Red Cross paperwork to process! I'm going on 2 tours this weekend and am very excited! I will have lots to blog about when I get back and hopefully have some great pictures too! Japanese word of the day:
Sentaku: Laundry
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