Typhoon Weekend

This past week we had field trips everyday. On monday groups 6-8 which are the older kids were able to go to the aquarium. It was kind of stressful because I was supposed to have help from one of the staff at my center but he kind of just wandered around and didn't pay attention to the kids at all. At one point we couldn't find him anywhere and after that I had to start counting him in my ratio when I counted the kids too. It was ridiculous. Plus there were about a thousand random other people walking around the aquarium so I was counting like every 5 seconds. We didn't lose any kids though so that was good. The next day was pool for the little kids and on wednesday was pool for the older kids. We got them all ready and on the bus and as soon as we all sat down Mr. Mario said we couldn't go anymore. Apparently some kid had pooped in the pool so they had to drain the whole thing. The older kids were so mad and trouble with listening the whole rest of the day. After that were trips to the bowling alley which were fun. One mom came to the bowling alley to pick up her child though and was almost yelling at one of the SAC staff. I don't know what happened but it was right in front of all the other kids and everything.
That night Peach (Keleigh), Bowser (Annalisa), and I wanted to go to American Village for dinner. We started walking and by the time we got off base it was pouring rain on us. We ran into this store that was right on the corner and decided to wait for Mr. Jack, one of the SAC staff that we hang out with, to come and pick us up from there. It took him a super long time though to get there for some reason. That meant that I had more time to shop, which meant I found more random things that I don't really need, which meant I spent over 6000 yen :( It was worth it though and I got a lot of good souvenirs that I needed to buy for people. Especially since our trip today got cancelled and I had planned on getting many of my souvenirs on that trip.
On Saturday we had to be up at 4 in the morning to work the Tri Kids Marathon that we were volunteered for. Basically all I did was sit on the road by some cones and make sure no cars came through and ran over any of the kids that were riding on their bikes. Only one car came up to the cones. he was kind of upset and was like, "Who authorized this. You aren't allowed to just block off a road like this. I work for Gunters (the gym on base) and you can't do this." He went away eventually and we just sat around some more. After that I came back to the barracks and took a nap. Most of the Camp people went over to Ocean Breeze which is a restaurant on base with a brunch buffet. The nap was so nice but I woke up later because Keleigh and I went out with our coworker Mrs. Sondra and her husband again. They took us on a hunt for this glass factory that they had heard of and we got a little bit lost on the way. We wond up at the Okinawa Peace Park in honor of the soldiers that died in the war. It was a nice surprise since we won't be able to go today. We walked around for a bit and bought some ice cream and took pictures. The view was amazing. You could see the waves crashing against the cliffs and the water looked so dark and you could see out forever. After that we came back towards base and drove to the Zampa point where the lighthouse is. On the way there it was raining off and on but we still wanted to check it out. When we got there it was pretty cloudy but we were able to get out and take some pictures before it started down pouring on us. Within 15 seconds we were soaked. Well, our backs were soaked but our fronts were perfectly dry :) We ran back to the car and ordered food from this place called The Sauce which kind of looks like a club from the outside but is a a super cool and small restaurant. We got bbq ribs, chicken, fish, and shrimp. It was delicious, especially the fish. It came with fries and cute drinks with straws as well! We took the food back to their house and enjoyed it while watching Independence day. They let us have some German wine they had since they were stationed in Germany before and fell asleep for half of the movie we were so tired.
Today we were supposed to wake up and go on an all Camp trip to different places around Oki. We found out in the morning though that the TCORE status had changed to TCORE 1 which means that winds from the typhoon could get really fast and dangerous within like 12 hours of something. If it changes to TCORE 1C we have half an hour to get back on base until they close the gate. There is no way they were going to take us out when the status was that high. So we aren't allowed to leave base at all but Mrs. Sondra and her husband wanted to hang out with us if we weren't going on the trip so we called them up. Mrs. Sondra took me to the Commissary first to get some water and food in case the electricity and stuff goes out but after that we picked up Keleigh and drove over to their house. Mr. Rob   cooked us some french toast and bacon which was awesome and we turned on the Olympics and sat on the couch for a while. After that Cupcake Wars was on and we decided to bake some Black Bottom cupcakes. They were delicious and now we are sitting content around the tv again :) If it hits TCORE 1C anytime soon though we have to go back to our housing. Which is kind of funny because once it hits TCORE 1C Mrs. Sondra and her husband aren't allowed to drive. Lol. Technically we would be stuck. Oh well :) It's worth it in order to have some home cooked meals!