Monday, August 31st I am on my own until tomorrow evening. Doug has watch today and will be home tomorrow night. I took Doug to work and he had to take two trips to the car to the ship. He is making sure all his stuff is on the ship before he leaves. I am …
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Monday, August 24th I woke up to Calcifer and Gigi sunbathing. I ate breakfast and slowly got ready. I wanted to straighten my hair and wear my hair down for an interview. I was smart and thought ahead to pack dresses and shoes to wear for interviews. I got ready and took a selfie because …
Monday, August 10th We were on a Storm Watch as a Tropical Depressions goes by. It is just creating rough waters out in the harbor and for Sasebo River. I went to the bank to get the rest of our savings out to exchange the currency for when we find a place. Doug picked me …
Well, the best we can do during Covid-19. Monday, August 3rd Today Doug and I had some errands to do around base. We had to go to the health clinic to transfer our Tricare and get access to use the health clinic. Covid-19 has made everything different. There is only one way to get in …
Monday, July 27th It was a rainy day. I decided I wanted to try out a ramen place close to by, Toride. I decided on Toride because it had the best reviews on Google. Toride has the best ramen and gyoza I have had so far. I cannot wait to go back with Doug. I …
We earned the privilege to leave our hotel room and the base Tuesday, July 21st. We were excited and happy to get outside of the room and leave the base. Our first adventure was to go to Sasebo GoBanGai (5th Avenue) mall. There we looked at some places and got food. Wednesday, July 22nd Doug …
We were finally set free to roam the base today. We cannot leave base until they send our certificate that we finished our seven hour videos. Doug had to go check-in with some office because his ship is under weigh. I got up and did my normal routine. I just made coffee and starting to …
This is it! Our last week of quarantine/ROM!! I was looking into what is around us. Doug and I are making a list of places we want to go when we can leave base. It mostly includes food, like sushi, takoyaki (octopus balls), gyoza (pork dumplings) and ramen. There is a mall just across the …
Different place, more ROM. We made it to Sasebo! We have to ROM again due to being on a commercial flight. The only way we could get the cats to Sasebo was to take a commercial flight. Military flights were not allowing pets on board. Wednesday, July 8th Today we needed to find more information …
Yesterday, Tuesday, July 7th, we left NAF Atsugi for Commander Fleet Activities (CFA) Sasebo. Our adventure began at 6:30 a.m., when we woke up to finish packing up and to clean up the cats litter box. We then headed to the lobby to check out and to wait for our ride. On our way to …
Hale of a Journey 