So, after many many hours of flying, we finally arrived in Columbus, Ohio, where my grandparents picked us up. Friday seemed as if it would never end. I woke up at 6 am Guam time, and landed at 4 pm Ohio time. In all, Friday lasted around 40 hours for my mom, brother, and I.
I probably won't be posted very much the next month or so, because I don't have great access to a computer. Once I leave Ohio, I should be able to write more. So, I'm very glad to be home, but not excited about the future flight back to Guam. Not looking forward to that at all. I have a feeling summer is going to go by extremely fast...
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
Ready Or Not, Here I Come
After nearly 3 weeks of trying to get back to the states, we finally have a way of doing that. The "hop" plan has been dropped, and a commercial route has been picked up. We fly out on Friday around noon to Tokyo, Japan. From there to Detroit, Michigan, then to Columbus, Ohio. It's going to be a long, weird day. Like I said, it'll be close to noon when we leave here, but in the states it'll be that afternoon when we arrive. It'll almost be like the whole trip took a few hours. I believe the longest bit of flying will be 11 hours or so. Shorter than the ride over here if I remember correctly. I hope I get a window seat this time...
Yesterday I went to church with Megan and celebrated the Pentecost. They had a very nice service. For Sunday school, we played Apples to Apples (a sort of card game.) Unfortunately there was a cockroach behind me. Grossed me out big time. It was laying on it's back and kept moving it's antennas... Ugh...
After church, we went down to the U.S Naval Base-Guam (yes that's the name.) We're full of originality here. My old high school is named Guam High School. Seriously. Anyway, we wandered around the NEX, which stands for Naval Exchange, and it's basically a Wal-Mart. That's the best way I can explain it. Then we went to someone's house. Megan's mom needed to talk to the mother. Her daughters, Megan, and I ran down to the park while we were there and got to swing. Apparently Guam doesn't believe in swings of any kind. Oh, it's been so long since I've done that. I also didn't wear shoes. Now, when I was little, I never wore shoes. That's just the way things were. I figured it'd be just like old times. What I didn't know was that the park had a rubbery black top. It wasn't made of tire chips, I'm not sure what it was, but it was HOT. Holy moly my feet hurt. They still do. I could only stand on it for a couple seconds before I had to get off of it. It was still fun though. When we were finished there, we got lunch and headed home. All the while, I got a lot of candid pictures. I tried to get ones that showcased the pretty side of the island. Not the trash and damaged buildings. Maybe I'll get those next time...
Ok, so I was planning on uploading some of those photos to this post, but computer is being temperamental again so I'll have to put them up later. Sorry.
Continuing on then, I suppose.
After we'd be home for a while, my mom, dad, and I went to the mall. More pictures from that outing. We weren't there to shop, but I did go in the book store in hope of finding three SoGoPro book club recommendations. Surprise surprise, they didn't have any. I'll get them in the states. They'll probably be cheaper anyway. When I was done there, we headed downstairs to Denny's. My mom pointed out in the car ride home, that for such an American restaurant, it was a little ironic that we were the only white people there. So true.
Hmm, I'm trying to remember what I did when we got home... I think I listened to music for a while and went to bed. I was pretty beat. But I made up for it today. I slept late and almost burned the kitchen down. Ok, so I might be exaggerating a little. I made french toast, and I didn't know that butter could burn. I'll just say the kitchen got very smokey. Good thing we don't have a smoke alarm in that room.. But the food was awesome! In my book, that cancels out the near disaster.
I better be off. I'll post some of my pictures later.
God bless and good night.
Yesterday I went to church with Megan and celebrated the Pentecost. They had a very nice service. For Sunday school, we played Apples to Apples (a sort of card game.) Unfortunately there was a cockroach behind me. Grossed me out big time. It was laying on it's back and kept moving it's antennas... Ugh...
After church, we went down to the U.S Naval Base-Guam (yes that's the name.) We're full of originality here. My old high school is named Guam High School. Seriously. Anyway, we wandered around the NEX, which stands for Naval Exchange, and it's basically a Wal-Mart. That's the best way I can explain it. Then we went to someone's house. Megan's mom needed to talk to the mother. Her daughters, Megan, and I ran down to the park while we were there and got to swing. Apparently Guam doesn't believe in swings of any kind. Oh, it's been so long since I've done that. I also didn't wear shoes. Now, when I was little, I never wore shoes. That's just the way things were. I figured it'd be just like old times. What I didn't know was that the park had a rubbery black top. It wasn't made of tire chips, I'm not sure what it was, but it was HOT. Holy moly my feet hurt. They still do. I could only stand on it for a couple seconds before I had to get off of it. It was still fun though. When we were finished there, we got lunch and headed home. All the while, I got a lot of candid pictures. I tried to get ones that showcased the pretty side of the island. Not the trash and damaged buildings. Maybe I'll get those next time...
Ok, so I was planning on uploading some of those photos to this post, but computer is being temperamental again so I'll have to put them up later. Sorry.
Continuing on then, I suppose.
After we'd be home for a while, my mom, dad, and I went to the mall. More pictures from that outing. We weren't there to shop, but I did go in the book store in hope of finding three SoGoPro book club recommendations. Surprise surprise, they didn't have any. I'll get them in the states. They'll probably be cheaper anyway. When I was done there, we headed downstairs to Denny's. My mom pointed out in the car ride home, that for such an American restaurant, it was a little ironic that we were the only white people there. So true.
Hmm, I'm trying to remember what I did when we got home... I think I listened to music for a while and went to bed. I was pretty beat. But I made up for it today. I slept late and almost burned the kitchen down. Ok, so I might be exaggerating a little. I made french toast, and I didn't know that butter could burn. I'll just say the kitchen got very smokey. Good thing we don't have a smoke alarm in that room.. But the food was awesome! In my book, that cancels out the near disaster.
I better be off. I'll post some of my pictures later.
God bless and good night.
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