Quarantine/ROM Week 2

I am keeping track of what we do on a daily basis during our stay at NAF Atsugi in the Navy Lodge. Our last day of quarantine will be Monday, July 6th, well it was suppose to be. Our last day of quarantine was Saturday, July 4th. We are confined to our hotel room at the Navy Lodge. We may leave to do laundry at night from 10:30 p.m. to 5 a.m. There is a gofer who brings us food from the Galley and will go to the Commissary for us (we must provide a list and payment).

If you haven’t read week 1, here you go https://haleofajourney.travel.blog/2020/06/24/quarantine-rom-week-1/.

Monday, June 29th

Our sleep schedules are normal now. Doug and I have been in Japan for a week now. We have had Japanese snacks but no Japanese meals. We been discussing all the foods we want to eat! Yesterday was perfect ramen weather.

Food for the day

For breakfast, we had shredded steak, whole wheat waffle, bacon, tater tots, and a hard boiled egg. I gave my egg to Doug and he gave me his waffle. I love that we trade food to each other. For lunch, we had Japanese beef curry, potatoes, Japanese fried chicken (Karaage), and mixed vegetables. The Japanese beef curry was amazing! This has been my favorite lunch so far. For dinner, Doug made Kielbasa and beef rice. Doug thought he told them no dinner, but they brought it anyways. Dinner from the Galley was meatloaf, pork, mash potatoes with gravy, and mixed vegetables. That meal made its way to the trash.

I did my daily tasks in Pokemon Go and Animal Crossings. I took Gigi outside. We think she was depressed by being confined to our hotel room. Gigi enjoyed herself and was upset when I took her back to the room. She would be an outside cat if we let her. Gigi and I are going to take evening adventures outside from now on.

I tried to take Calcifer outside when I brought Gigi back in, but he didn’t want to. Calcifer is afraid of strangers. When anybody comes to the door or he hears anybody in the hallway, he runs and hides.

Tuesday, June 30th

Today we woke up and did our normal routine. I made a ‘pot’ of coffee. The coffee maker in the room can make up to 4 cups. Doug logged into YouTube and started watching the video below. Well this didn’t help our envy for Japanese food even though this is in the U.S.

The message group that Doug is in for food delivery and Commissary runs, added 20 more people in today. With more people, means more food to prepare. They warned us breakfast was running behind. No problem, well for us. There were some people who did complain.

Food for the day.

Breakfast was french toast, sausage hash, eggs, and tater tots. I love the french toast! Lunch was chicken quesadilla, a cheese enchilada, corn, and Spanish rice. It was a good lunch. I made dinner. We had hot ham and cheese sandwiches. We had ham and bread we needed to use.

It rained the majority of the day so I wasn’t able to take Gigi out for a walk. We will try tomorrow. I became invested in a new Japanese romance. It is called Coffee and Vanilla. I discovered it by looking into something for Good Morning Call. Coffee and Vanilla has an actor and actress from Good Morning Call. I figured I would look into it. I was able to watch it because I am in Japan. Season 1 has 10 episodes that are only 25 minutes long, so now I am looking into what to watch on Netflix.

Our gofer for the day was able to go to 7-Eleven for us. The 7-Eleven’s over here are amazing, from what I have heard from others. We haven’t had the chance to go yet. Doug has been asking for Melon bread and Mitsuya Cider. Well we got them! The Melonpan which is a sweet bread, was amazing. The Mitsuya Cider was amazing as well. Doug made me wait to try it until he could see my reaction. Doug visited Tokyo about 13 years ago and these snacks that he remembers. That says a lot because he doesn’t remember things well. The Tyrant Habanero rings are awesome! They look spicy but just have a kick for me. Later on, Doug opened the Gabbling Soda Float, this was new to Doug and obviously me. Its hard to pinpoint the flavor but it tastes like a vanilla float. It was great. I cannot wait for us to be able to buy more snacks at 7-Eleven.

Wednesday, July 1

I woke up to Calcifer being mouthy. I thought he needed some love, no. I thought he needed some dry cat food, that stopped him for about a three minutes. I decided to make me some coffee, Doug was still asleep. I usually wants until he gets up, but not today with mouthy Calcifer on the loose. I decided to give them tuna. That is what Calcifer wanted. Our cats are spoiled. He became a happy kitty until breakfast was delivered. Then he went to his hiding spot.

Food for the Day

For breakfast, french toast, a hash brown, sausage, eggs, and turkey bacon. It was all delicious except for the turkey bacon. My turkey bacon was well done. I decided to give some to Gigi but she didn’t want it either. If Gigi doesn’t eat something, I find it suspicious because she eats EVERYTHING! For lunch, a cheeseburger, chicken nuggets, fries, and mixed vegetables. It was good. For dinner, we made nachos again!

I wasn’t able to take Gigi out for a walk. It rained all day! I played Animal Crossings: New Horizons. I sold my turnips and made a profit of 324,000 bells (currency in the game). I played Pokemon Go. I am trying to catch a certain amount of Pokemon before Monday. We shall if I make it! There are regional Pokemon and I have a couple of them due to past events. I was able to get two more last night. I was staying up to do laundry and while waiting, I played for a bit. I walked down the hallway and found the ice machine. I thought it was pretty neat since it has penguins on it (I love penguins) and is in Japanese.

Thursday, July 2nd

This is suppose to be the nicest day of the week. I woke up to the sun shining and hardly any clouds. My plan is to take Gigi out this morning and this evening. She was upset when I left the room to do laundry last night.

Food for the Day

For breakfast, English muffin with cheese, bacon, and egg. There was also chicken, tater tots, and a waffle. Doug said this is his least favorite breakfast. I think its due to the English muffin. For lunch, we had a pulled pork sandwich, corned beef, potatoes, and mixed vegetables. For dinner, we ordered Pizza Hut. Doug ordered more than we would eat so we have leftovers for tomorrow.

I took Gigi for a walk several times because its suppose to rain the rest of the week. She cracks me up. As soon as we made it downstairs, she runs to the back. She loves being outside.

Daily tasks. I worked on organizing my house in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I just had too much clutter and it was driving me insane. In Pokemon Go, I used an incense to catch Pokemon. There are no spawns where I am at. I even went to the Pokestops, no spawns. What is really weird is, you have a nearby that locates what Pokemon are near you. On my nearby, I only have Pokemon that are located off base. Which is fine because I cannot really go anywhere. I can sneak to the other end of the hallway to reach the Pokestops. Sometimes I drift while in the room and if I cannot I just to where the elevator is in the hallway.

I almost forgot! Doug asked the gofer is they could go to 7-Eleven for snacks. Our gofer did! Doug asked for all the snacks we got the other day, then asked if she could bring back some snacks she likes. She is one of my favorite gofers! She brought back a few extra things. The pictures below are of the new snacks. I enjoyed them all. She did not disappoint.

What I watched today.

I finished watching Aletier (Underwear), it is about a lingerie brand, Emotion, in Ginza (shopping district south of Tokyo). In the first episode I was getting Devil’s Wear Prada vibes. The show is about a young female, fresh-out-of-college, Mayuko, who goes to work at Emotion. Mayuko is very strong willed and butts head with her boss, Mayumi. Aletier discusses how most women don’t fell sexy in beautiful lingerie and how Japan hides it sexual promiscuity. Mayuko goes through the show trying to figure out how she can embody Emotion’s brand and how it fits with her sexuality.

I started and finished Netflix’s Unsolved Mysteries. I loved watching Unsolved Mysteries hosted by Robert Stacks. How does the Netflix show compare? Well, it keeps with the same format and has the more information needed at the end. I love how they kept the music the same and didn’t try to change it. There was one episode that was slow to start but I still watched it. Overall, it was nice to watch.

I started watching Netflix’s Well-Intended Love, it is a Chinese show about a contract marriage. I just started it last night with hopes of finishing it tomorrow. What I know so far is Xia Lin (female lead) is aspiring to be an award winning actress but finds out she has Leukemia. Xia Lin matches with a donor but the donor refuses to help her. Xia Lin peaks at the documents and learns who her donor is Ling Yi Zhou. Ling Yi Zhou is the CEO of some company and he refuses to help her. Xia Lin ends of stalking Ling Yi Zhou to get him to help her. Ling Yi Zhou agrees to help her Xia Lin if she marries him. Xia Lin agrees and they arrange a two year contract. Xia Lin wants to build her career as an actress and doesn’t want the relationship to go public. Ling Yi Zhou agrees. I am at the part of the show where they are start to fall for each other. I predict, they will be in love by the end and will want to stay married. At some point, they will go public with their relationship.

Friday, July 3rd

I woke up to Gigi sleeping next to me. She usually sleeps at my feet and I usually kick her. I got up to make coffee and then laid back down. Calcifer decided to join me and went under the blankets. He heard something out in the hallway, and then ran away.

Food for the Day

For breakfast, we had bacon, sausage links, eggs, a hash brown, and a waffle. For lunch, we had a corn dog, sweet and spicy chicken, onion rings, and mixed vegetables. Doug was unsure if he was going to like the chicken but he did. I enjoyed lunch today. For dinner, we had left over pizza from Pizza Hut.

I finished season one of Netflix’s Well-Intended Love. I don’t want to spoil anything but yes, Xia Lin and Ling Yi Zhou fall in love. This show takes you on an adventure of love, revenge from the past, and some interesting twists. I started season two last night. Man oh man! At the start of season 2 they changed the time when Xia Lin and Ling Yi Zhou meet. Its two years later than season 1 and Xia Lin is a well-known actress with advertisement deals and a show. Ling Yi Zhou is still the CEO of a company. I am only three episodes into season two but its been interesting to see the differences and some similarities.

Saturday, July 4th

Happy Fourth of July! There won’t be any fireworks today. The base did fireworks on July 2nd and we couldn’t see them because are room faced the opposite way. That is okay, because Doug doesn’t care for them and Calcifer hid. I spent the whole time trying to console him. Gigi, she didn’t care. She was actually looking out the window, because you could see the light reflect from them off the roof next to us.

Food for the Day

For breakfast, we had a waffle, shredded beef, a hashbrown, and a hard boiled egg. For lunch, we had a grilled cheese, a chicken breast, sweet potato fries, and mixed vegetables. Doug didn’t want his lunch so I ate his grilled cheese. The grilled cheese was the best part of the meal. I only at the grilled cheese and sweet potato fries. I gave Gigi some of the chicken. For dinner, we ordered Popeye’s.

I spent the majority of the day finishing Well-Intended Love season two. It wasn’t as thrilling as season one, but I think its because they use the same themes and you kinda expect certain things. I was able to do about six raids in Pokemon Go. I only do the Legendary raids with my Remote Raid Passes. I was able to complete the special research for the fourth anniversary of Pokemon Go being released.

Sunday, July 5th

Yesterday was our last day of quarantine and we got the all clear to leave the room. We get to leave the room today, but we have to stay on base. On base, there are some things to do, but we really only want to go get some food. We are very food motivated!

Doug and I made a list of things we needed and then started out on a mini adventure around base. We decided to head to the NEX first, then the Commissary, and then 7-Eleven. At the NEX, we were looking for toothpaste, cat food, a small broom and dust pan. We got toothpaste and the small broom but no cat food. They only had the big bags. I found some Bath and Body Works hand sanitizer. I was wanting some extras to have in Japan but the store in Richmond, KY didn’t open up until after we left. I also didn’t feel like going to Lexington, KY for some either. The NEX does carry some Bath and Body Works products! This makes me happy because I left my stash with my mom.

At the Commissary we bought some tuna for the cats and another retractable leash. Then off to find 7-Eleven. At first, we were weary as to where it was because it was in a gray building, but we went in. I have been looking forward to go to 7-Eleven because I have heard how awesome the food is. I am in love. I took several pictures and we spent 3,040 yen ($30) on snacks.

We were both glad to leave the room and just roam the base for a little while. I have been looking forward to seeing the vending machines and 7-Eleven. I really don’t know why the vending machines fascinate me, but they do. I think its because they are different. 7-Eleven. 7-ELEVEN! 7-Eleven just completed the mini adventure and I cannot wait to go to one out in town.

I am looking forward to all the amazing adventures we will be on in Japan.

This is just the beginning.