In early October, Chad and I decided to venture out for the day to see what we can find. We literally feel like we've seen almost everything on this island that we ever dream of seeing. I was searching on
Okinawa Hai, which is a website full of posts about places around the island, to see if anything looked interesting. I found a couple places that were close to each other, so we headed out the door. Our first stop was the Tomori Stone Lion, which is one of the most recognizable scenes from the Battle of Okinawa. It was kind of cool to see a statue that was there during the Battle of Okinawa that still stands today. After snapping a few pictures, we headed to the Yaese Castle Ruins, which was just down the road. Here there was also a little park, which had a bunch of Cherry Blossom trees. We both agreed it would be cool to go back there during Cherry Blossom season because it'd be really pretty! That was the extent of our adventure, so then we started heading back toward base. We took a bunch of back roads, which is probably one of my favorite ways to pass time on this island. It's interesting to drive around and get lost. The thing is that you never really get lost because you eventually end up at a main road that leads you back to a base. Even though Chad and I feel like we've seen everything there is to be seen on this island, we do still have some things on our Okinawa bucket list. One of the biggest things is to visit a couple more of the outlying islands. Most of them you have to take a ferry to (and some even a plane), but they all offer beautiful scenery and new adventures!
Speaking of adventures, a couple weeks ago I took a big step out of my comfort zone. My friend, Blossom, and I went and got our nose pierced! I'm such a conservative person, I don't have any tattoos, and I don't even have anything else pierced besides my ear lobes. I would be telling a lie if I said I wasn't nervous. I was so nervous! I don't even like needles! But I have to say it was an awesome experience. We went to this guy named
Darren Harris, who was very professional and clean. He was highly recommended from people on the island, and I also recommend him to anyone wanting to get pierced here!
We just celebrated our last Halloween in Okinawa, woohoo! Blossom and I dressed up for work as 80's girls. I already had the clothes from the 80's treasure hunt that I participated in while I was home, so it was an easy choice! I had to work until 6PM, then I went home to hand out candy to the trick or treaters. Well... we didn't even get one trick or treater, how sad! We have never got a ton of trick or treaters down our street, but in the past we at least had a couple knock on our door. Later that night, I went back to work to check in the teens for the Halloween Lock-In (I work at a Teen Center). Thankfully I didn't have to stay the whole night, but kudos to my co-workers who did!
Lastly, I'll give you an update on Myah. So my last post, I said that Myah was doing better but since then she started itching again. So we took her back to the vet and this time he said she has fungus. He put her on meds for 3 weeks, which she just finished up, so we'll see what happens next. I think I'm done taking her to the vet though. I truly believe it's just this island that is causing her skin problems. We've been battling skin issues for 18 months now. I just ordered this
supplement to put in her food on Amazon that is suppose to help her skin and hair. The reviews look really good so I'm excited to try it out. I can't wait for it to get here! I can't wait to go back to the states where I can actually get Amazon Prime 2 day shipping. It takes about 10 days for a package from Amazon to get to us, so I'm patiently waiting. That's about it for this month's update, thanks for reading!
