(Almost) Three Months In

In four days, Alan and I will have lived in Japan for three months. We are still figuring things out and tell ourselves everyday: "I want to learn to read Japanese". Recently we explored a grocery store off base to find the ingredients to make a beef bowl and udon soup (udon are think noodles). We looked up the kanji (Japanese symbols) for our ingredients and headed out for the store. We walked up and down aisle after aisle trying to find the section for our ingredients and then we tried to match up the kanji we found to what we could see. To further explain this experience, imagine looking for a needle in a haystack, a contact on the bathroom floor, or an earring backing on the sidewalk. Needless to say, we did not find our ingredients.

This month, I started going to gym classes regularly and Alan has begun studying to further advance his Naval career. We keep ourselves busy running (or should I say walking) everyday errands and filling free time reading on our Kindles and watching movies.

The theatre on base plays movies every night and charges $3. We watch a movie about two times a month, sometimes more. So far we have seen Red, Megamind, Little Fockers, Due Date, and last night, Morning Glory. We are going again this Tuesday to see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. It released here while Alan was on the boat and luckily it's playing again so he can see it.

Also this month we have started a new diet in hopes of becoming healthier. It's a sensible diet, we're not cutting out any food groups, just moderating our intake of the less healthy ones. I think it will be a successful journey and hope to have pleasant results soon!