Life is good. Wonderful in fact. We are living in a paradise. The sun is shining, the water is warm, and all things 'moving' are going pleasantly well.
We spent our first day being very productive. We got a rental car to help us get around until we picked up my car (which we shipped here a couple of months ago). There is this wonderful company that makes reservations for military families moving onto the island at hotels, and part of their service is to also provide you with a car and cell phone free of charge!! They dropped the car off at our hotel the morning we got in, and we ran off into the unknown to get Wade checked in with his command and to see what we could see.
We picked up some maps and made our way to the Naval base to check out the NEX (Naval Exchange: basically a nice Target) and pick up a few essentials. We stopped by our friends' place who made the jump a couple of weeks ago. The husband, Tom, went through the same specialty school with Wade. I hung out with them while Wade checked in, and then we jetted over to the Housing Office to try and get the process started.
After paperwork and setting an appointment to look at some houses the next morning, we decided to call it a night. Nicholas was way too tired to go to a sit-down restaurant, but we managed to find a Wendy's....
Now, my husband and I are sitting patiently in the line waiting for the car in front of us to pull forward to the next window so we can order, and I glance up at the menu board because Wade is telling me how they have brought back a sandwich that he really liked...'New blah blah blah'.... Well, right next to this sign is another with bright red letters proudly advertising 'NEW BACON'. Yes, it's much better than that old crap bacon. I point this out to Wade, who chuckles, and it snowballs from there, as you can imagine. Well, we place our order, and as we are pulling around to the window I notice an outlet mall across the street. I start reading the names of the shops aloud, and then I stop...because their are two shops at the end that make me smile... 'Burger King' and 'Subway'. I start giggling telling Wade that I've never heard of a Burger King Outlet before....without missing a beat, he mumbles, "That must be where they ship the old bacon." I laughed SO hard, and even if you don't get our childish humor...I don't care. Life's little things like that are normally what makes me laugh the hardest.
Yesterday, we went snorkeling!! And it was amazing. The water wasn't very deep where we were so you could get really close to all the fishies. I flashed to Finding Nemo and got excited when I saw Gil's and Dori's ( no, I don't know the real names of the fish) and bright blue starfish. It was amazing. We plan on going as much as we can while we are here.
We have our house picked out, and my car picked up, and now we are relaxing at the hotel. Tomorrow we have to go and pick up our new tags for the car and my new Driver's license. Errands are so much better with a view :)
Until next time...
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