Saturday

So far the highlight of the day was finding a Handy Manny DVD at the NEX.  Noah's eyes got big and he snached it out of my hands and held it tight against his chest.  He then reached back and put it in the cart and said buy or bye...either way he wanted to take it home with him!  Noah is still struggeling taking a nap and wakes up around 2:30 until 4ish everynight so far.  However the sun starts coming up around 2:30-3 in the morning here so he wants to get up and eat breakfast.  On the flip side it starts getting dark here around 6ish or so each evening.  He then realizes that he's still tired and crawls back into his bed and goes back to sleep.  Everyday is a tad better than the one before and I am sure that we'll get there as he adjusts.  I spoke with mom, dad, and kristen today and we all had a clearn connection on both of our sides so that's a plus.  They asked me a few questions and I thought I would share...I looked at my stats and had 32 views yesterday...so you my 4 followers and the rest of you closet readers...please feel free to ask a question or comment either here or on fb!

Crime:
Crime in Japan is pretty much nill and then crime here on base is even less.  This is mostly due to the Japanese culture.

Humidity:
It is humid here...but not like IN or VA...it's more like tropical humidity.

Disaster:
I have not seen or heard anyone talking about it or the radiation.  The only things is the power conservation....the power company has made a contract with the base promising them so much power.  If however the base goes over that power allowance there will be blackouts.  The base and everyone living here are trying to conserve power anywhere possible...the lights on vending machines are turned off and simple things like that...that also use even small amounts of power.  The Navy has mandated the homes/offices/the hospital...everything must be set at 77 degrees.  No laundry during the day during the weekday.  The base was under thier limit by only 3GW last cycle...so there has been a big push for more conservation.  Also because of the disaster many shipments to the base were cancelled because they come by ship.  The NEX is pretty bare because the summer shipment of items there was cancelled...so this is why they have no maternity shorts...especially the clothing section is from the Spring and picked over.  I have heard that the fall shipment is due soon.  The commissary has also not recovered from the stop shipment.  When the shipments resumed they still contained the regular amount of items...so all of these places are trying to play catch-up with the stock.

Japanese People:
Most base taxi drivers are Japanese and a huge amount of the Lodge workers, hospital, NEX, commissary and all of that are all civilian employed by the military.  I have not met a single rude or unfriendly Japanese person...much the opposite always want to play with Noah and talk to him in both English and Japanese...super friendly and helpful(as long as they can understand you).  Not everyone speaks English and if you speak to them they wave their hands in front and say no, no, no!  They speak so fast and then also speak English pretty fast...so I've been told that I need to master the smile and nod! LOL