Harry, Kathleen, Sydney and Julia Watts have moved to Yokosuka, Japan. Here is how our life as a Gaijin (Japanese for foreigner) has been developing.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Let the wild ride start!!

We are so happy that we received Orders on May 14th! Harry had them sitting at his desk when he arrived at work, and we couldn't be happier. We have sent a special thank you to Congressman Schock and his office for there help. The orders say Harry has to be separated from the Navy no later than June 30th. We couldn't be happier to finally have a date. We immediately went to Personal Property on base to set up our move. They needed 12 business days so we did just that. Our move is scheduled for June 4th and 5th. We are then moving into the Navy Lodge, cleaning our house and checking out of it, then turning over the keys to our car. We are so happy to be going home but it is definitely bittersweet. We will miss all our good friends here in Japan and just life in general in Japan. We will not miss mayo on our pizza though. Luckily for me my good friend Diane has been planning on leaving for the past couple of months, so I have been doing things with her for our last time. We went to Tokyo Disney, the Anpanman Museum again, the beach and shopping in Kamakura. I feel like we have done a lot in Japan and will really miss living in this wonderful country! Thank you Japan for being an excellent host to our family for 3 years but we can't wait to be home!!!

1 comment:

Diane said...

We are so glad you have your orders and they are what you expected. I have enjoyed our last trips and adventures together in Japan, but they won't be our last adventures together!