Life Update
Sooooooo it's been a hot minute y'all. And that hot minute has been a long, stressful, overwhelming 4 months. I am going to do my best to give you a summary without dragging on. So I've been living in Okinawa for 4 months. Annnddddddd it hasn't quite been all the hype that I was hoping it'd be. Between starting a new job when school had already started and trying to enjoy the island while under tight restrictions, it hasn't quite been smooth sailing. Going back allllll the way to having arrived on island my in-processing hit some roadblocks. I had some issues with my CAC ID (government ID) that prevented me from having access to encrypted emails, that was one trip to the CAC office, then issues with my ID showing restricted access to base. This resulted in a back and forth with security forces with my sponsor/coworker/work mom that did end up giving us fun memories. Within my first 3(?) weeks of being here, I already made acquaintances with our Chief of Staff ...