Hi everyone
It seems so crazy that I'm as far from home as I am. Laura is sure glad I'm here. (and Eric is too, I hope!) Laura is doing a lot better. She's still on pain medication, but each day she seems a little stronger. She and Eric took a 20 min. walk tonight, so that was really good. She has to go slow, but at least she can start to exercise and get some strength back. Her appetite has been good---she's a true Neary---not even a surgery stands in the way of enjoying a good meal. Friends have brought in 4 meals, and the one last night was so good---this person would make Martha Stewart look like an amateur.
On Sunday we went for a little drive along the ocean. It was really pretty. The Japanese houses are interesting to me. They're almost all apartment buildings, made of cement, with flat roofs, no yards, and clothes hanging somewhere. The Japanese people don't have dryers...and I have no idea how their clothes dry with the humidity. A lot of the houses don't have air conditioning either...and it gets extremely hot and humid here. That's probably why they don't notice that their freshly laundered clothes are not dry---because they're all sticky themselves!
The Air Force base is big...it looks like an American town with lots of houses that look alike. I'm pretty sure all of Emmetsburg would fit in the base...it's probably more like the size of Spencer or slightly bigger. Again, the houses are made of cement block walls...I guess they must be sturdy that way for typhoons. The Navy has a big base here, and Marines do too. They're very strict when you come and go off the base, and I have to show my passport and pass every time we come back on.
Next weekend if Laura is feeling up to it, we're going to one of her adult Japanese student's house for a party. This woman is wealthier and has her own single dwelling house. I'm anxious to see what it looks like. I think I'll make sure I eat a peanut butter/jelly sandwich before I go...as I'm not a big fish eater or eater of anything that swims in the water! No, I mainly like the 4-legged animals that walk around in mud or worse. :)
Speaking of 4 legged animals, you should see Barkley. He seriously looks like one of Joe's yearling steers with short legs. He has a much cuter face though. I've never seen a dog so happy to lay around all day. When he goes outside in the morning, he stays out about 5 mins., then comes back in, and assumes his natural position of sprawling out. Eric takes him for a walk at night, but sometimes Barkley acts like, "Are you crazy? It's hot out there." It takes alot of coaxing to get him up and out the door. :)
Well, it's about time for me to go to bed. It's crazy but I haven't really had jet lag. I lost a whole day in there somewhere, but when I got here, I went to bed, slept well that night, and have slept fine since. Laura keeps saying, "I can't believe you aren't tired." I can't believe it either. I'm sure I won't be that lucky when I get home. I'll probably still be groggy when we're painting the farm house on the weekend of the 20th. I'm looking forward to having a fun Neary weekend.
More later from Japan!
Terry
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Glad to know everything is going great! Don't forget to take a few pictures:)
Good to hear that Laura is getting stronger. I'm sure it helps tons that her mom is there to take care of her. My girls always say they want their mom (still) when they don't feel well.
Jim got the drapes re-hung in the living room so they don't drag on the floor and he got the bathroom ones hung. But was reluctant to do the bedroom one because he had no idea how you wanted to hang the drapes and didn't want to put holes in the new window frames and then find out they were in the wrong place.
Megan loved all the new changes. She just kept saying, "Wow, this looks great." Joe said he wished you could hear that, so I'm telling you now.
You'll have to take notes and tell me what to take on my trip to Japan. I'm glad you went ahead of me.
Well, hi to Laura and Eric. Glad she's doing well.
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