Hi everyone!

Today our project coordinators surprised us and allowed us a day off of base. This was our first time off based since we had arrived. We went to a part of Okinawa called American Village. It was filled with many cute stores and boutiques. It was also right along the ocean so we had a beautiful view while we shopped. I found a store that had a fish tank in it and you could pay 5000 yen (5.00) to put your feet in it for 10 minutes and the fish eat all of the dead skin off of your feet. I am determined to do it before I leave, but I could not get the courage to do it today haha. After we returned back on base to the barracks we got ready to meet the parents of the children we will be teaching swim lessons too. There were many parents at the meeting and they all had many questions about how the program was ran. The man who ran the meeting said in the past parents have lined up outside the door for registration as early as 3:00am. The parents were all very friendly and some even brought some of their children. The children that we teach the lessons to are not allowed to know our real names. So my staff and I all picked the theme of cereal and we all came up with different names to be called by. The entire summer I will be Ms. Honey Bunches, which will be weird to get used to.
I am still struggling with jet leg, my roommate and I both woke up at 5:15am this morning, wide awake. I decided to read for a couple of hours. I get very tired around 8:00pm but I am guessing it will just take time to get used to the time change. Tomorrow we have a meeting with the military personal from 7-4 over rules and regulations.

Love,
Nat