To the boy who is getting me through this deployment!

Basil Bruno Johnson. :). Deployment has been rough, especially being a newly wed and on this island. This dog though, he's my rock. He gets me through the bad nights when all I want to do is cry, and the boring days by making tons of messes for me to clean up.


I never feel completely lonesome, because I know that he's always down to play fetch and go on walks with me. He is absolutely crazy, especially with other people around, but it's ok. He's a 6 month old beagle, what do you expect?!

We didn't really think we'd get another puppy after our first one here passed away from a virus, but when I got a call saying he was ready to get a home... I just couldn't say no. And now I don't know what I'd do without him. He's annoying, messy, mischievous, and all around too hyper... But he's also part of our little family And I'd never give him up now.

Harry Potter, Japan Style!

Soooo, I finally saw Harry Potter Part II and I love it! Now that it's all over I'm kind of sad. It's like... I started reading the books and watching the movies when I was really young, and now it's all over. Kind of like how my youth is all over too. Irony I tell ya...


But anyways, the theater we went to is in "American Village", kind of a huge mall. It's got a lot of clothing stores and food places. And this HUGE ferris wheel that lights up at night.


The tickets were 1,100Y, soo about $15 or so... But so worth it. Thankfully the refreshments were cheap so I got caramel popcorn and melon soda. This is so opposite from the theaters on-base. The tickets on-base are so cheat and the food and drinks are so expensive.


Since it was off-base there were Japanese sub-titles at the bottom of the screen the whole time. Which kinda made me take my focus off the actual movie and on the symbols, ha.


I've decided that I like the off-base theaters more than the ones on base. It feels more like a theater than the military theaters do for some reason. I must go again! I don't think I'll ever get over these amazing movies and pieces of literature, which I feel is really symbolic of my childhood. Nothing wrong with a little magic though!

Last three pictures were taken from Marion, the wonderful friend that picked me up on Foster so I could experience the magical and magnificent HP!   http://classymassie87.blogspot.com/

Let's do a little bit of catching up!

I got here in March, and of course I've already done some things.

Ben and I went to the aquarium the first couple weeks I got here. I've been to some pretty amazing aquariums but this one was HUGE. It took us a total of like 3 hours just to go through the inside, outside there is dolphins, whales, sea turtles, and string-rays. It was pretty cold when we went so we didn't stay outside for too long.

The next we went to Pineapple World with some friends. It is exactly how it sounds... a Pineapple World. We got into these little pineapple looking golf-carts and rode around in this cart through the "park". The lady was on a speaker explaining the history and everything, but it was all in Japanese. I learned that pineapples can grow out of the ground, and that pineapple wine is the nastiest thing ever! At the end we got to try all the wines, candies, and different food they had for sale. It was a cute little adventure.

Some of you may be saying, "Why are you putting a pizza on your blog?"... Well this is not an ordinary pizza; This is the best pizza I've ever had. [Mount Pleasant people, this pizza was 10000x better than Breadoux!] It's at a place called "Pizza in the Sky". If someone asked me how to get there, they would be out of luck because I have no idea how we got there. Alli, who had been there before tried to give Ben directions and we got so lost. The countryside here is just as boring looking as Iowa's. But... the difference here is that you can still find random juice machines in the countryside here! This pizza consisted of all the normal pizza stuff plus: CORN! Absolutely amazing. I'd go back anyday, if only it wasn't so expensive and hard to find haha.


OH! Zip-lining! This is during the time period when all I did was sit at home and be miserable because Ben had just left for deployment. It was the scariest thing I've ever done, but one of the best! This was the "Tarzan Jump", and I almost didn't do it... Until I saw a 10 year old girl do it. It was SO hot when we went and Chelsea and I decided it'd be smart to wear jeans. Our choice of wardrobe was WAY wrong. Other than me totally biffing a landing and hurting my already messed up ankle more, it was worth the drive, money, and heat! 


Wow, another evening we went to one of Ben's supervisor's BBQ's and I thought it would be everyone sitting around and visiting. Nope, my husband decided it'd be more fun to play around with the hostesses kid's toys. He may be older than me, but he's young at heart! :). Oh by the way, He'll be home in 78 days!  


Of course there are many of things I've done that I haven't wrote about, but these were my favorite so far.