Horses, Drifting, and Moving

So much has happened in a week.

Well maybe not a lot of things, but maybe one extremely reckless activity and one semi fun activity and one very responsible activity.

I will report in that order...

Let me preface this post with hoping you all have it in your hearts to forgive me and Jordan. What we did will be seen as a disgrace by most and others you may just cringe and say, "What?!" We had peer pressure and the thought of YOLO (you only live once) running through our heads at the time and went for it...(hopefully you take that as enough of an excuse)

We.

Ate.

Raw........

Horse meat.

There I said it!!! We ate raw motha-fuckin horse! Sorry for my poor choice in Japanese words. ;)

We were invited to this nice Japanese restaurant. We had to take our shoes off and everything. Very traditional. The friend that invited us there is a guy Jordan met who also just got stationed here. Once we got to the restaurant, his wife asked, "Are you guys adventurous?"

To which we replied, "Yeah! I mean, we are only in Japan for a limited amount of time. We are down for anything."

Well...that was our first mistake. Haha. We meant what we said though but had NO IDEA that raw horse meat would be on the menu. She of course ordered it. It came. Every one at the table had a piece and on the count of three we ate it....

And we recorded the experience...

Notice the dude who coughs after eating it and also pay attention to the shock in Jordan's face. hahahahahaha



What's done is done and there's nothing anyone can do about it!!!

After that we had dinner. It was more raw food but all fish this time. I think it's called a sashimi platter?

Top Left: The full shrimp or whatever the hell it is. Eyes and all!!!

Top Right: Beer that came with a glass of liquor? We think? We have no idea what we ordered. We just drank the beer and left the clear glass alone. We weren't trying to get drunk. Haha.

Bottom: Sashimi platter. Not sure what it all is, but most of it was good. I don't think I'll be ordering it again though. I'm not a fan of THAT much raw food. Sushi is good cause it comes in so many ways. I can eat that for days!

Once we got home, or to our hotel room, we saw a lot of commercials with horses in it. We felt terrible! It is a "no-no" to eat what we did in America but here in Japan its all good. I asked Jordan, "So you know how sometimes you just have a craving for a cheeseburger, or ice cream, or something? You think there are people in Japan who crave horse?" I don't know. I feel like it is a valid question.

Moving on!

The day before we did that, there was a drifting demo happening on base! I only stayed for like 10 minutes because it began to downpour and not even my umbrella was keeping me dry. However, I did get a video of it!

 

Last but not least, our new home!

We moved in on the 6th of September. I couldn't be more excited to have my own pots and pans, blender, dishware, etc! We don't have everything though. When we started shipping our stuff over here we did it in two shipments. One was expedited and the other is on its way. We packed up stuff for our expedited that we knew we would need right away. Stuff like, towels, bedding, and kitchen stuff.

You might be wondering what we are sleeping on and what we have in our living room if the rest of our crap is still in transit! The Navy provides loaner furniture for you to use until your stuff arrives. I had been told a week or two ago that the stuff they give you is no better than patio furniture. Once I heard that I assumed it would be terrible.

As terrible as a particular Friends episode. Remember the one where Joey and Chandler get robbed? All they have is that god-awful entertainment center? Then they end up taking the canoe that was offered to them earlier and Joey finds rusted patio furniture to add to their décor. Hilarious!

Then we get here, do a walk through, the movers bring in our shipment and then our loaner furniture. Low and behold it is basically patio furniture NO FREAKING LIE! It is hilarious! Think bamboo and wicker with floral prints. Jordan and I are definitely thankful that the Navy does this for us and we know its only temporary but it is terribly awesome stuff. Haha.

We also have a land line. Mostly for Jordan to call home if he can and we can call anything on base or other people in housing for free. Jordan can just as easily call my phone...and we can easily call other numbers. I don't know why we have it actually. haha. Just in case we end up needing it I guess? I honestly don't think I've had a need for land line phone since 2002. That is not an exaggeration.

It is that basic of a phone...hahahaha.

I took a video of our place for you. I was going to do pictures but what the hell. Videos are cool. It's off my phone so it is nothing to write home about but you get the idea. Wait till you see the furniture...