Made it!

Well, doubtless you are wondering whether or not we made it across the ocean to Okinawa. Praise God, we did! It is amazing what 48 hours can hold.

Monday night we went to Ted's Bulletin for a last hurrah of DC food. In case you were wondering, they have a Monday night pasta special where they bring out a red checkered tablecloth, light a candle, and you eat pasta to your heart's content. We opted out of pasta night. As we were sitting there, Brent lamented that he hadn't gotten a haircut yet and would have to go into the office out of regulation if he didn't get one that evening. Lo and behold two marines from 8th and I walked into the restaurant at that moment! Brent decides to ask them if there are any barber shops open late on a Monday night. He comes to find out that while there are no barbershops open, he has stumbled upon Marines from only platoon that is allowed to cut their own hair, and the roommate of the only Marine in that platoon who is allowed to cut hair. Not only that, but the Marine Brent talked to is happy to volunteer his roommate to cut Brent's hair. So Brent was able to get his haircut and Amanda had her first experience in the barracks.

We had an early start the next morning (after a late night of packing... who's really surprised?), and to our great delight, four of our five checked bags had less than 50 lbs each, and the last one (the MONSTER - seriously, three small children could fit into it) could easily be brought down to 70 lbs.

Most of our flights were without much incident, although on the last flight somehow Amanda was issued a child's ticket (not completely sure how that's different than an adult seat...), so my seat got changed for the last flight from Narita to Okinawa.

Brent went off to work the morning after we returned to Okinawa, only to be sent home about an hour later, due to an approaching typhoon. It has now been going on for over two days, and we're still in the thick of it. For a while, the winds were so intense that they were pushing water and air in past the seals around the doors and windows. Thankfully, Brent is well-prepared with many towels and several mops, so we have been able to stave off the water, keeping our apartment dry. It's been great to have an extra few days added to our honeymoon, though!

The weather has prevented running errands like ... buying groceries (praise God for Brent being well prepared with frozen bread, meat, crackers, PB&J, etc). We also haven't been able to go out and look at getting me a car or a cell phone, but... I couldn't use either of those right now anyway, since there's a typhoon outside our front door.

Well, that's all for now!
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