3 Hours at Logon Airport (October 5)
5.5 Hours flying to LAX
7 Hours at LAX (October 6)
2.5 Hours flying to Seattle
1.5 Hour at Seattle
9 Hour flight to Yokota AB (October 7)
1 Hour of going through security

Total hours of travel = 29.5 Hour

For our first week we lived in Billeting. It’s like a hotel suite. We had a living room, kitchen, dining room (all in one room) and a bedroom. We of course had a bathroom. I guess it was more like a college apartment than a hotel suite. Suites are larger. Anyway we got to move into our apartment on October 15. Furniture was provided (very minimal but good quality).

We haven’t had much chance to go off base. We have been busy every weekend since we’ve got a car (bought Oct 25). Our first weekend after we got a car we had a Halloween party on Saturday and an Annual Fall Picinic, hosted by the Tama Base (Japanese) Meteorology Squadron.

Our next weekend we received our unaccompanied baggage on that friday (Nov 5) and we spent the weekend unpacking and building furniture. We had to buy an entertainment center and a computer desk. The instructions were clear but when you only have the set of screwdrivers you bought at the 100Yen store it is very hard work. Both Sam and I have blisters on our hands. We ended up buying an electric screwdriver on the second day of building.

One thing I did do was attend a demonstration on how to make dream catchers on Saturday. I even brought the dream catchers I made. I had hoped to learn something from the expert. Well it turned out that the “expert” was someone who volunteered to do the demo which consisted of a kit with horribly written instructions that the lady was trying to follow. Needless to say, I ended up doing the demo. I had to teach the lady who was suppose to be teaching everyone else. I plan on teaching a class on how to make a dream catcher at Skills Development.

I am also taking a class in Shodo, a Japanese/Chinese calligraphy. I’ve had one class and it’s very hard. I will scan in some of my work at a later date and add it to this journal.

That is all for today. I hope to add more photos, art, etc at a future date.

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