Feeling Accomplished

I did it! I managed to drive around the backwards island of Okinawa and not only successfully get to where I needed to be without getting lost, but I came home without one scratch on this van of Matt's!  I have to say, now that I got the initial shock of the roads out of the way, I feel it can only get better from here. I can breath a big ol' sigh of relief. Is it sad that I feel a sense of accomplishment??

Matt got home late last night (around 10pm or so) and we immediately set out to practice the routes I would be driving today (that included driving towards Matt's work so I can drop him off in the morning and then the route to Kadena Air Force Base to meet the girls for lunch). Last night was pretty intimidating. First of all, I don't see that well at night while driving. The bright lights of the cars and the street lamps and the buildings..it all gets very distracting and very glare-y (that can be a word, right?). Well, anyway, I got the hang of it pretty quick. Matt was very impressed at how well I took to driving, assuming I would be freaking out (I realized that I'm the sort of person who gets a quiet calm focus when I'm faced with a really intense situation. Focus now, freak out later).  Today was much easier, I feel.  It was a gorgeous, sunny day, the traffic wasn't too bad, and I am thrilled to know that there are only a couple "main highways" I need to know how to get to in order to get to the important places.  Once I get those burned into my memory I can start venturing onto the side streets and getting a better lay of the land.  I'm happy to report I didn't have to use my iPhone map once while driving!  Matt did a great job of giving me the short play-by-play of how to get here and there.

Lunch today was great, by the way! The girls were super nice. We went to this pizza place called Bella Napoli over by the sea wall. It was on the second floor and our table was right next to a window wall that looked out over the gorgeous water. I wish I thought to take my phone out to snap a picture. Oh well, next time I will!  Food was good, convo was good...I only wish I wasn't so darn shy! I hate it. Some people who know me may not realize that I'm really shy, but I am and it takes a lot for me to open up and keep up with a conversation the first few times of getting to know someone.  I just hope no one thinks I'm rude or boring if I'm not asking a bunch of questions and talking up a storm. Ah well...that's for another post. Until then,  I'm going to go back to watching Mobsters and open up a bottle of red while I wait for my husband to come home :)