I'm leaving Sunday (hopefully - Space A, so you never really know) for the States. While I'm so excited to hit up all of the places I've been missing: Target, Starbucks, Bed Bath & Beyond, Chipotle, Chick-fil-A, anywhere that serves above USDA Choice meat, and of course home, I'm so not excited. Is that horrible? I know once I get there, once I hold my nephews, have Starbucks with my sister, drink a few brewskis with my crazy brothers, go to my 3 sibling-in-laws college graduation, see my fabulous MIL and FIL, go to Erin's wedding, and spend some time with my awesome parents it will be better, but damn!!! My thrill-o-meter is not exactly peaking right now. Chris deploys next week for 7 months, and I'm just not ready. I'm not sure how you really do get ready for that, but we decided last Friday to hit up Guam's "best resort." It was a TRIP. LeoPalace is the ultimate Japanese getaway. It was absolutely hilarious. The place was surprisingly beautiful, with sprawling grounds (it accounts for over 1% of Guam's total landmass), incredible views (it overlooks the island, including a great view of Mt. LamLam), decent restaurants (still in Guam, but there were good options at least), and my favorite: lots of recreational activities, including (drumroll) a bowling alley and private karaoke rooms. Hysterical. Turns out after 7 drinks (including one that literally tasted like a musty basement -- Chris marveled at how much basement could get into one little glass), bowling and private karaoke is a GREAT idea!! We were of course, the only non-Asians there, but that made us a bit of a novelty so we rocked it. We checked in Friday afternoon, hit one of the 4 pools, went to an Italian restaurant for dinner, and then bowled, karaoked and drank the night away. We had a blast. Saturday morning we got up, checked out the golf clubhouse, and opted on heading back to base to play a round. Even for hotel guests, it is $100 per person to golf. If we didn't suck we would consider it, because the golf course is incredible - designed by Jack Niklaus and Arnold Palmer, it's 36 holes and gorgeous. But again, we're not THAT good, so we'll try it again next year :)
Other than our big night out, it's been pretty busy. Saturday was Chris' deployment bbq, I had a volleyball tournament on Sunday that was fun, I have a ton of homework, Chris has been working non-stop trying to get ready to go, and there have been plenty of squadron events (big annual picnic tomorrow... trying to figure out what to wear - I would normally wear a skirt, but know myself well enough to know that if they need an extra player for the softball tournament I will very calmly scream "I'LL DO IT, PICK ME!") Ahh the dilemma.
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The LeoPalace grounds - several pools, tennis courts, baseball fields, stadium, dirt bike track, a running track & field, you name it. A Japanese sports haven. A Guam resident's heaven.
Our room. For Guam standards (meaning you don't mind the scratches and marks all over the walls), incredible!! The view was amazing.
The beds however, were a LITTLE tiny. Consequently, when Chris or I wanted to roll over, we both had to roll over. No bed hogging in these.
Our big beautiful windows!
Our big beautiful windows also had huge curtains. Chris found this the perfect opportunity to do "floating head." Once in Tallahassee, we went on a date to a restaurant called the Silver Slipper. We hadn't been dating more than a couple of months, and were still getting to know eachother. The restaurant was set up so that each booth had a curtain you pulled for private dining (totally weird), but Chris did floating head and I about peed I laughed so hard. Turns out later in the evening, I did have to pee, and when I came back from the restroom, I tried to do the floating head. As luck would have it, I went to the wrong booth, yelled "FLOATING HEAD!" and completely traumatized the couple sitting there. I was MORTIFIED. Chris heard the whole thing and was hunched over laughing when I got back to our booth a few seconds later.
The full floating head view
Not bad :)
Sweet waterslide at one of the pools
Pre-dinner.. Right after the basement drink.
Chris' form. I admitedly cheated (yes, no shame - I changed the numbers) and still lost.
Why is it in bowling that you think if you lean the ball will veer that way?
This is probably what I looked like to the other tourists.... lots of drunk Japanese people.
Private karaoke rooms... doesn't sound like fun until you try it... hilarious! Chris standing on the bench and rocking out to Heart.
Saturday at the golf clubhouse.
It looked like rain for about 7 minutes.
The Chapel. We could see it from our mini-balcony.
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Oh my goodness, your floating head story cracked me up! So funny!
HAHAHAHAA, the floating head story = great!!
That place looks amazing!!!! Ps: you both are so tan!!!
I'm sorry that Chris is deploying soon. Hopefully you'll have alot of contact which helps! If you need someone to talk to...you've got my email
PS: Have fun while being home!!
Wow! You sure do have a lot planned for your trip back home! Busy busy girl:p The floating head story is a definite funny! Sorry to hear about your hubby deploying soon:( Grrr, that always sucks!
First - LOVE the floating head.
Second - to answer your comment please just take my advice lightly. Deployment is definitely different for every single woman. Is this your first?
(This was my first).
For me the first 2 weeks were definitely the most difficult. Then again, I didn't have a job at the time, and I didn't know if I was going to be in Texas or moving back home to Jersey.
Allow yourself to be sad the first week. Ice cream, dinners out (do NOT do dishes), be around friends and family if you can. One thing I wish someone told me was to do alllll his laundry and pack EVERYTHING of his away so you don't have to stare at it when you come back home from saying goodbye.
Another thing is just to surround yourself around good people. But more importantly, people who KNOW you and your hubby. Without my mother and my amazing best friends I don't know how I would've survived this deployment. I like being close to people who know my husband and can share stories with me about him. It gives me a sense that he's still here and around reliving those good memories. :)
The first few weeks they are always super busy training and getting ready. Then again I'm not sure how the Navy works. Army has to go to Kuwait first before Iraq.
My only advice is to just live it day to day. When I drove away from the post after saying goodbye to my husband. I kinda felt the weight of 15 full months all on the same day. (We have a 15 month deployment). And it shouldn't be that way.
One thing that always helped me was before the deployment we were always counting down until he left, but now we were counting down until we were reunited again. :)
If you wanna email me: Bumbee214@gmail.com
We are all here for you.
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