A grand adventure is soon to begin.

As you may have guessed if you've seen me in the past month, we are embarking on a grand adventure. I have been offered a job with the Department of Defense Dependent Schools and will ship out to Okinawa, Japan in August. I cannot BELIEVE that I finally received a "call" or so to say. I did my student teaching with DoDDS in Germany in 2004 and had one of the absolute most wonderful times of my life. This was my third time applying for a job, and they finally selected me. It still really hasn't set in that we are moving to Japan.

I am a procrastinator by nature and am really trying my best not to procrastinate on our move. I complained enough about moving from Scottsburg to Leota (maybe 5 miles?) so now I am really trying not to complain, because I want this and have wanted this so much for quite a while. Three years isn't a whole lot in the scheme of life, but to me it has been quite long!

Jared and I are blogging to keep our friends and family at home updated on our lives, our friends we meet along they way a way to see how far we have come, and as a journal of our adventures in Okinawa and hopefully beyond. I am sure that I won't update as much as Jared, nor will I be as witty, but you are my friends and love me and know that about me.