ChanomiTalk

Back when I used to drink everyday, My answer for everything was, “Drink a Beer.” And I had this theory. I’d drink even when I was sick.I would tell others the same. For instance, if someone told me they weren’t feeling well I’d say, “Drink a beer. That’s what Dr. Rizzo prescribes. It’ll disinfect you from the inside.” Did it really work? Probably not. Did I feel better? Eeeehhhh….I didn’t feel sick. 🙂

ジェラートは、イタリアのアイスクリームです。
私は、今、ジェラートに、はまっています！！

最近の私の休憩場所は、ノードストロムの２階にある、このお店です。
ひとりで抹茶アイスクリームを楽しんでいます。

ロザリンさん、ハンナさん、教えてくださってありがとう！！

今、ライラックの花は真っ盛り。
一種類一本主義の私は、何本ものライラックを植え、生け垣にしているお宅をみるとつくづく感心します。

今日はすごい天気でしたね。
どわーーーっと雨が降り、びゆーーーっと
風が吹き、建物もガタガタ震え、
道端にバケツの蓋が転がっている１日。
利用者さんとこに行くまでに濡れてしもた。
ホンマに長靴が必要な感じ。

先日行ってた東京も交通機関が大混乱してるとニュースでやってた。利用してたＪＲ京葉線が止まり、眺めたレインボーブリッジも通行止め、楽しんだディズニーリゾートも屋根のあるところに逃げ込むお客さんたちの姿…。今日の天気は大変だぁ。

Here is a picture of me graduating the Chief Petty Officer Academy in March. I was in a class with 74 other people and after spending 5 weeks with them, I could not wait to get away from them. But now I miss them. We all had a really great experience and I hope to see some of them again in the future.

My heart will always be in San Francisco. Beautiful city, two great sports teams, and tons of things to do there. However, I often like to tell people, “great place to visit but I couldn’t live there.” That city’s pace of life isn’t for me. And like most major cities some areas are a little slummy. Maybe you are wondering why I am fond of San Francisco? Well, both of my parents were born and raised there. All of my extended family lives there. In particular, my cousins Erik, Kako, and my Uncle Wille. I miss those guys.

My younger sister came to visit last weekend. On Saturday I picked her up from the airport, and we went to Annapolis, the capital of Maryland. There we walked around the historic part of Annapolis. It rained on us, and we had to go into a drug store to buy a poncho for the baby so she wouldn’t get wet. We grabbed a bite to eat at a local restaurant. Maryland is famous for its crab so we ordered a crab dip for my sister to try. It was delicious. When we were done with dinner we went home because my sister was really tired from her trip. On Sunday we headed out to Washington D.C. to watch a Chinese musical. The show is called Shen Yun, and it comes to town every year. The show tells the story of Chinese history going back thousands of years. The choreography was fantastic, and the costumes were beautiful.  I wished they would have allowed us to take pictures with the cast, but that’s ok. My sister and I still really enjoyed the musical. After the show we stopped by the Cherry Blossom festival. The cherry blossoms bloomed a little early this year due to the warm weather we’ve been having, but we still managed to catch some trees with their flowers on them. We also walked by a flower garden which had very colorful flowers. We took a couple of pictures then we grabbed some hot dogs and headed back home. On Monday we went up to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. We spent most of our day there just walking around browsing the stores. I bought an outfit for the baby and my sister bought a couple of souvenirs to take back to Texas. I invited her to dinner at a sushi restaurant on the harbor. We ate some tako, tempura, soba, and two different types of sushi rolls. The food was good, but I don’t really think my sister liked that they put ikura (roe) atop the sushi rolls. My sister went home on Tuesday but not before we grabbed some lunch at an Afghani kabob place. She didn’t want to eat Afghani food at first. However, once she tried the steak kabobs she really liked it. I was sad to say goodbye but am glad she came to visit.