It's official!
Because I made my own reservations through my favorite travel agency here (H.I.S.) and Cliff had to have the military make his, we were not able to get on the same flight headed back to Okinawa. Luckily, we left within a couple of hours of each other, though...so we headed to the Tokyo Handeda Airport together, and I got off the monorail at one terminal for my airline, and Cliff headed to the other terminal for his. I got to Okinawa with plenty of time to eat some taco rice and do some shopping. Our friends, the Coulters, had volunteered to bring our kids down to the airport, and they appeared right on time for Cliff's arrival...only the kids didn't bring the signs they'd made. Evidently, they weren't perfect enough. Teenagers!
Here's the scene unfolding:
Here he comes...
Closer...
He sees us!
Yes!
Hugs all around...
Is he taller than me yet?
Together again, at last! Now it's time to really let our adventure begin!
A bit grayer around the muzzle, and not quite as spry...but just as happy to see her master as she was 5 years ago!
Just in case you were thinking things went too smoothly...we arrived home to find our A/C frozen over. It was nearly 90 degrees in our house. Luckily, maintenance came out right away. Then, while the house cooled back down, we went to get something to eat...with a van borrowed from friends, since ours died a month into Cliff's deployment, and since the law says one car per licensed driver (and the van was in Cliff's name) we had to make do with O'Malley this whole time.
Next order of business...van shopping!
Because I made my own reservations through my favorite travel agency here (H.I.S.) and Cliff had to have the military make his, we were not able to get on the same flight headed back to Okinawa. Luckily, we left within a couple of hours of each other, though...so we headed to the Tokyo Handeda Airport together, and I got off the monorail at one terminal for my airline, and Cliff headed to the other terminal for his. I got to Okinawa with plenty of time to eat some taco rice and do some shopping. Our friends, the Coulters, had volunteered to bring our kids down to the airport, and they appeared right on time for Cliff's arrival...only the kids didn't bring the signs they'd made. Evidently, they weren't perfect enough. Teenagers!
Here's the scene unfolding:
Here he comes...
Closer...
He sees us!
Yes!
Hugs all around...
Is he taller than me yet?
Together again, at last! Now it's time to really let our adventure begin!
A bit grayer around the muzzle, and not quite as spry...but just as happy to see her master as she was 5 years ago!
Just in case you were thinking things went too smoothly...we arrived home to find our A/C frozen over. It was nearly 90 degrees in our house. Luckily, maintenance came out right away. Then, while the house cooled back down, we went to get something to eat...with a van borrowed from friends, since ours died a month into Cliff's deployment, and since the law says one car per licensed driver (and the van was in Cliff's name) we had to make do with O'Malley this whole time.
Next order of business...van shopping!
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