update on my thumb

I had my appointment at 10 this morning to get my stiches out. I was nervous and sweating. My blood pressure was up and my temp was 99.9 degrees! Anyway, the doctor told me I was ready to get them out (if they take them out too early it will open back up and bleed). Fairly quick and only a little pain. He could tell I had been babying it (oh come on, I am a young married woman with no kids, I need something to baby) and told me to massage it and move it around. Kind of like thumb exercises. I also need to use it as normal. That will be hard to do, but I am working on it. The muscles in the thumb are a little tense and I am still getting feeling back into the top of my thumb, but I am doing alright. It doesn't even look that gross.

More pictures from Yokohama

These were all from Kana's camera 

Someone tell me whats wrong with me

I don't like to trouble everyone with my issues, but I just feel like I need someone to talk to and this is the best I can do, especially considering that it is only 2:30am in Washington. I really don't know how to start this, but I'll try the best I can for it all to make sense.
So, I am getting used to Danny being home then gone then home again. Obviously that is the name of the game when you're married to the military. He was gone for two weeks and after the first few hours I was fine. Lately when he was gone last weekend or tonight when he had shore patrol I have been completely useless. I stay in bed until 10 am even though I went to bed at 9 and I get nothing accomplished during the day. I didn't fold the laundry (from yesterday) , I didn't do the dishes (also from yesterday), I didn't take a shower, get dressed until two, check the mail, go to the elementary school to check on the job, eat lunch, make the bed, or even go outside. I watched tv, check my email, and completely wasted my day. When I check my email and don't have anything new, I cry about it for 10 minutes. When Danny called me to say hi and I tried to explain how I felt, I cried.
When Danny is coming home at night, I am fine. I get everything done-eventually. I did the laundry, cleaned the bathroom, did the dishes before I made a dinner that was not out of a box. I even worked out and took a shower. I even left the house to check the mail (I got the stuff from you, Tracy, and I love the picture of Danny you sent. It worked perfect in that little frame) and buy a few groceries I need for dinner.
I feel completely unmotivated and emotionally drained. I care very little about anything. If I don't want to do something I don't even if it needs to get done. Except for a little stress last night and a small lack of motivation at the end of the day, the day ended on a good note and I was fairly happy. I feel like such a waste of time and space since I accomplish nothing and I have no reason to get anything done. I know it would make me feel better if I actually did something but I don't care.
Tell me whats wrong with me. I need a psychiatrist, don't I? No, I'm not pregnant, so don't even suggest it. I wish someone could help, but I feel pretty helpless sometimes.

Yokohama V

High rise buildings and small amuzement park. I am not sure why the buildings look curved in that one picture... 

Yokohama IV

More pictures. The elevated walkway is called a circle walk. Makes sense, huh? 

Yokohama III

Food (French crape) and ice cream (I had cherry blossom and Kana had red bean). I ordered the ice cream myself in Japanese! 

Yokohama II

More pictures of the mall & Kana 

Yokohama

Candid shot of Kana. The huge ferris wheel in Yokohama and an old brick wherehouse that is now a mall.

Typhoon

I feel like ranting today...


This is super typhoon Yagi. The little yellow star is where we live. Am I just stupid, or does it not look like it is going to hit us? I've made my point.

Just writing

I am just posting something to bump the pictures down. It bothers me that the links column overlaps the pictures, but I don't know how to change it.
While I am at it, just wanted you to know that I added two more links. They are both for weather underground. One is for Yokohama, where we are living, and the other is for Yokosuka, where the base is. There is supposed to be a typhoon heading for Japan, but it doesn't look like it is going to hit.

Outside

Here are some pictures of the outside of our house.
The front
The attached unit
The side with yard and shed
From the deck to the right-- that is the elementary school
From the deck looking straight out
From the deck looking left (a baseball/soccer field)
I can't get any good ones of the backyard. It is small and fenced in. We have a small hill right behind our house.

This image is from google maps. The area outlined in red is the Negishi Heights housing area surrounded by the Japanese neighborhood. If you can see the little blue dot at the bottom, that is where our house is. The little box at the bottom right shows where we are in relation to Yokohama (it is just north of us) and the geography. You can find this by searching for Yokohama in Google Maps or Google Earth.
Oh, and I forgot to add that most of the houses around us are empty. The one connected with us and the one directly across from us are occupied, but the rest are empty. Its just not a very popular place to live.

A true story

So, I got my first real excitement in Japan this morning. I got up at 4:30 this morning with Danny and had some breakfast and then went back to bed for a few hours after he left. When I got up again, I was little hungry so I decided to make a bagel. The only plain ones they sell here are frozen. And of course I didn't thaw it out first. To make a long story short, I was trying to pry it open with a steak knife and cut my thumb. I was bleeding a lot and thought I would pass out so I went to my neighbors house. She was in the shower, so unfortunately I had to sit on the porch for about 20 minutes before she came out. She took me to the clinic here and I ended up with 4 stiches in my thumb. (Sorry if that was too much information for some people, I have to tell it like it is. Fortunately I left out the details.)
It hurts but is okay. The feeling is coming back and I am on ibuprofen. I have an appointment to get my stiches out next thursday (the 28th), but Danny is going to make dinner tonight and I really appreciate that. The bummer is that I was supposed to go to the craft store today, but I have to wait until next week now. Since my thumb is okay, thats all I care about now...
I did get a compliment today. The HM at the clinic told me that I was the only nice officer's wife he had ever met. That is sad, but I am glad it was me!

Guess what!

Hey all. Danny is home. He wants to talk to people, so email or call us. Phone # is 3603127617. If you don't call him, I am going to hog him to myself.

More pictures

These are of the inside of the house. The weather outside is gross, so I will take them later. (Especially when I get my garden better)
Bathroom. The towel are green, not brown.
Spare Bedroom. Where I am sleeping right now.
Spare Bedroom from other angle.
Master Bedroom (thats my "desk")
Our bed.
Master Bedroom from the other angle.

Office/Storage Room (for now)
The rest of the office.
Stairwell
Living Room
Living Room Bookshelf
From Living Room to front door

Cardboard forest, aka Dining Room
From dining room to kitchen
My kitchen!
The "Laundry room"
Outdoor pictures to come later.