We are in Japan-yeah!!!!!!!!!! We left Thursday, July 2nd from Salt Lake city, flew to San Fransisco and from there flew to Tokyo. We ended up getting to Tokyo at 4:15 pm on Friday. There is a 14 hour time difference. After arriving here, we had a 2 hour bus ride to the base, so by the time we checked in it was about 8 pm--needless to say we were exhausted. I have to admit, however, that the trip over here went so well. The kids did great. I was a little worried about having to sit for 11 hours, but they were champion flyers! They hardly cried, they were happy and they even slept. It was one of the most relaxing flights I have taken with the kids--I even got to sleep and watch two movies!!
The next day, Saturday, July 4th, we went to breakfast at Chili's--there are a bunch of american restaurants on base and even a Wendy's right off base. After breakfast, we walked decided to walk around the base and head over to the grocery store. We had a nice walk, got some groceries and figured out where things are. After a long nap and doing some laundry, we decided to head out and get dinner and take it to watch the fireworks. They had a GREAT fireworks display out on the ocean. The kids loved it and were sad when it was over. So far, we are just so excited to be here and can't wait to explore more.
So, how does a two year old deal with jet-lag? The answer to that is NOT WELL!!! Friday night when we arrived, Ethan and Kailey went to bed about 10 pm and then woke up about 3, but then went back to sleep around 5 and slept for 2 more hours. Later that afternoon they took a 5 hour nap and we went to bed around 10 pm. However last night, after going to bed at 10 pm, Kailey woke up at 1 am and started to fall back asleep about 2 am, but then Ethan woke up and stayed WIDE awake until about 7:30 am. Luckily, Kailey went back to sleep and slept for another couple of hours. Needless to say, Eric and I are tired and hope the kids get this sleeping thing figured out!!!
Starting Monday, Eric has a week of orientation and the following week I do the week-long orientation. In orientation they go over cultural things, housing, you get a license to drive in Japan, how to get around by train, etc. It should be interesting and very useful.
Like I said before, I just can't believe we are here and we are just so excited to start discovering all the new things that Japan has!!
3 comments:
Woohoo! Glad you're finally there. Good luck on adjusting, and I can't wait to hear all about your experiences!
I so look forward to hearing about your advendures there. Good Luck!!
I can't believe you're in Japan now! That's so exciting. I hope the kids adjust quickly to the time change so you can get some rest!
I can't wait to hear about how life is there once things get going.
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