The Housewives of Misawa

Konnichiwa! 

There are a group of pilot's wives here on base who have the luxury of getting to stay home with their kiddos or who have a flexible job like volunteering or subbing. I am currently in the process of applying to substitute at the schools on base. The whole applying to be a sub is a long process here, not like the states, and I am patiently waiting for all the background checks and paperwork to go through. Though I cannot start subbing just yet, I do get to enjoy the perks of being a Misawa housewife. This has given me the luxury of going to the spouses' luncheons on Tuesday afternoons and also visiting the local sites of Northern Japan during the week with other wives. It will also give me the ability to travel with my husband when he goes TDY. Hopefully, I will be visiting Guam, Singapore, and Alaska in my future. But the biggest bonus of having a flexible job is getting to visit family and friends at home at the drop of a hat. 

I think all these horses do is eat. 

These past couple weeks me and the wives have been planning one day out of the week to go visit local sites in and around Misawa, Japan. We actually even have a travel book, made by a fellow wife, that gives us a map and written out directions to places 3 hours or less from our current location. One of these sights we visited in the past couple weeks is called the Wild Horses. We drove two hours away to the most northern point on the main island of Japan to visit these horses. The horses live right next to the beach where there is a beautiful lighthouse at the point and heavily wooded areas next to the sandy beaches.  Though there were no black beauties in this bunch it was amazing to go up close and be able to pet the momma horses and their baby calves. 

We also were able to go visit a site called Shipwreck beach. It was a place, where I think mostly Americans visit, to go see a skeleton of a ship which has washed up on shore. Another fun little tid bit of this beach is that people go to collect sea glass. Growing up near a beach my whole life I can say that I have never seen so much sea glass before. I collected a good amount to use for some decor in my home. We also tried to make a second stop on this trip to a local donut shop near by but unfortunately it was a monday and lots of Japanese businesses are closed on Mondays. It's kind of like our Sundays back home. Instead of the donut shop we just stopped at a local convenient store and picked up some frozen treats instead. 

As you may know, Dennis and I are big crossfit people and attend the classes on base here in Misawa. This past weekend we took part in a team Crossfit competition. Though we did not place we did have a ton of fun. We both set some PR's (personal records) for ourselves in Deadlift and Shoulders to Overhead which was very exciting. We had a great time and were happy to help raise some money for our crossfit gym on base.

I am about to head to the new Starbucks with a bunch of the wives. Should be another fun little adventure that I am sure I will blog about. Enjoy your week!

Soredewa mata,
Breanna