Kristen: Last day of vacation

Well today is my last day of vacation and I cant believe its already here. I dont know how, but my week off flew by! Probably because I read 2 amazing 500 page books (thank you again Christina!!!), went on a tour, and got to see Justin on webcam! Ugh I dont want to go back to work tomorrow, I mean I love my job, but work is work. Only 18 more days until Justin is home though! And Im sure time is going to fly because I still have 2 more books to read to finish the Twilight series, and work will keep me busy and before I know it, I'll be standing on the pier holding another Welcome Home Bruce sign! (haha Christina he still gets props for the one we made him in San Diego. Our sign is famous! :) Justin said the other day his DIVO was introducing him to some other officers and said something to the officers like "You should have seen the sign Bruce's wife was holding when we pulled in to San Diego" haha of course it was only the most awesome sign because it was made by two of the greatest people in the whole world!)

So yesterday Sanae and I went on our bus tour. I woke up at the ungodly hour of 0445 and got ready for our long day ahead. I met Sanae and the Oppama train station at 6:00 and we started on our ride up towards Tokyo. While on the train, we passed through stations like Shibuya, Harajuku and Shnjuku. Then we got on the bus and drove through Tokyo and I got to see the famous Roppongi, which Ive only heard about but never been to. We also passed by the Tokyo Tower. The tour took us to the Tokyo Aqua Bay line, and we got to drive through a tunnel which was under water! Then we drive through Chiba Prefecture to go to Kamogawa SeaWorld, which aint got s*** on San Diego SeaWorld, and to the Mother Farm. Sanae kept comparing Chiba Prefecture to that of Ohio, or Indiana back home. It was nothing but hill and farms, the complete opposite from the tall buildings, colorful signs and crowded streets of Tokyo that we just came from! I was excited to go to the Mother Farm because on the flyer it said you could milk a cow. Dont ask me why, but all I remember when I was little was wanting to milk a cow. It was all I used to talk about, just ask my mom. Maybe she can tell you where the fascination came from, but I never did it. So I was so stoked that I was going to be able to finally live out my childhood dreams of milking a cow! Well we got there 15 minutes after the last cow milking event ended. I was sooo bummed! But instead I got an ice cream, fresh from the cow across the street who produced it! Haha it was delicious! I have never tasted ice cream so good, and so fresh in my life. Mmm. After that we headed back to the station, but this time to the Tokyo Station! We got back there around 7pm, and had a fun hour and a half ride home. To say the least, I was completely drained when I got home. I cant wait till Sanae sends me the pics. I will post them on here as soon as she does.

Justin has been in Guam for the past few days. It was so good to be able to talk to him, without having to worry about the cost of the phone card, or knowing that it was only going to be a 2 minute phone call because he'd have to go back to work. Seeing him on webcam was great too! He sent me a lot of pics, from Korea, and of him working so I'll post a few of those on here. They leave Guam tomorrow, only to head back to Yoko! Yay!