Summer Time

Summer is here, and you can see that I haven't been spending much of my time blogging.  We really don't have a lot going on here right now.  Patrick finished a week of basketball camp on Friday, and Matthew is doing swimming lessons.  Patrick still does his Taekwondo every week, but Matthew gave up on Karate.  I signed him up for the month of June, but he went one time and didn't want to go back.  Maybe he is just too young for something as intense as Karate.  

Brian is working some longer hours these days- it is summer time, and there is a lot of activity with the submarines in the Asian Pacific I guess.  Last week there was a change of command, which means the old Admiral left, and now they have a new Admiral in charge.  I think the change will be a good thing in the long run.  We both leave for different places on July 10.  Brian goes to the tiny island of Diego Garcia (still not sure where it is) and the boys and I head out on our 14 hour adventure back to states.  There is just no point in staying here if Brian will be gone.  We'll both be gone for about four weeks.  Once we get back in August,  I am going to try something  I have never done before.  I am going to try to MAC (military flight- which is FREE) to Singapore with the boys.   Everyone has said how easy it is,  and how great it is to get on the flight and see the amount of money that you have saved by not going commercial.   There is supposedly lots of things to do with kids in Singapore, and they speak English there.  Brian can't go with us because he won't be able to take leave until the Fall.  I think it will be an adventure, and I just hope we are able to get on the flight.  We will be flying Space Available!  

This summer we also must start to think about what lies ahead in the future for us.  By this I mean...is the Navy in our future, or will Brian get out of the military and look for a job elsewhere.  We have so much to think about - yet again, we find ourselves at the "crossroads" and must weigh the positives and negatives of both.   Regardless, we have one year left here in Japan, so we are going to take advantage of the experience and continue to travel and experience everything that Japan has to offer.