Happy Birthday to me!!!

I started off the day at Cocok's getting my nails done with Raquel and Liz. Then we headed to lunch at the Rocker since neither of us eat breakfast. Later that night we headed out to dinner at Captain's Inn. It was nice having friends celebrate with since Alex was not able to be there with me. After dinner we headed to to club for a few drinks and cake. I have such great friends that they got the club reserved just for me(Saturday no one goes to the club). I did get to talk to to Alex before I went to bed.

New Adventure

We have been waiting for this day to come. Alex and I are heading back to the states to Creech AFB, Indian Springs, Nevada. Creech is about an hour drive northwest of Las Vegas. Almost everyone assigned to Creech lives in Las Vegas. Alex will be changing air frames. He will no longer be a tanker pilot but a UAV pilot.

Alex and I are very excited to start this new chapter of our lives. This means both of us are going back to school. I'm applying to an Occupational Therapy program while Alex is going for his MBA.

We are also planning on buying our first house. This is another milestone we had to put off for 3 years while we live here in Japan. I have already started looking for houses and we will have a extra room for guests.

Army Ball

Since Alex says he will never go to an Air Force Ball, I decided to go to the Army Ball with my friend Liz. It was a fun getting all dress up and having our hair and make-up. It was an enjoyable evening with friends and learning about the Army.

SHES 2009-2010

Today was the last day of school for 09-10 year. It has been an interesting year with its up and downs. I moved into a new position, PSCD Aide. Special needs preschoolers, enough said. I'm happy and sad to see some of them go off to kindergarten next year. But I will get to see them again when I take my kids out to the playground.

We have alot of teachers and aides that are leaving or have left the school. SHES will not be the same without you.

Alex's "vacation"

Alex left for an all expenses paid by the air force "vacation" so it's just me and the cats this summer. Alex has just been upgraded to AC. He is now the most experienced person on the plane and is calling the shots. This is a good time for him to go since we are leaving Okinawa by the end of the year and the extra money will help with the down payment on a house. He will be gone for a few months nothing compared to a year long deployment.

909th Dining Out

Alex took me to the 909th Dinning Out, it might of been by threat. We got all dressed up to have an evening of laughter and drinking from the grog bowl. Alex did not have to visit the grog so he was on his best behavior. After the dinning out we headed to the club and Alex let his hair down. He was the dancing king of the floor.

Dragon Boat 2010

I did dragon boat again this year. It will be my last year since we are to be leaving Okinawa before the end of the year. I again rowed for the Army team since Liz and Raquel were on the team. We practiced 3 days a week for about 10 weeks in both the ocean and pool as well as two boat practices down in Naha. This year we again rowed against Navy and Marines. The Air Force team rowed in a separate race. Overall we came in third of the services.