A Sentimenal Season

 

Geofferson (my camera) made me proud today :}  Hah I finally figured out how to use all of his epic zooming capabilities.

But yes.  Today I spent a little while wandering around Plaza housing, stopping by some of the places that I used to love so much in years past.  It made me kind of sad... like I've been neglecting the tiny little base that I've called home for so long.  Though small, in my opinion, Plaza is a magical place. It's full of forests and hills and children and creatures and I find that every time I go looking, I manage to find a new adventure within these gates.

I also visited this little piece of art again.

It also made me remember the first few weeks we were here.  I was a lonely soul, dragged here on Christmas eve from everything I knew and loved.  I had only one friend for the first few weeks, and that was Alicia.  I remember we spent all day every day together, wandering around plaza, talking about everything under the sun.

It took off so quickly and so naturally.  Whoodda thunk she'd still be one of my best friends almost 3 years later.

Winter break is a time full of emotion and memory for me.  This was the time when I was forced to leave my favorite duty station before this one.  This was the time when I was thrown into a foreign country for the first time after never living outside of Southern California.  This has always been the time the world mainly celebrates the birth of Christ and the new year.  This was the time when I made my first friend on Okinawa.  This was the time when I had my first real taste of childhood freedom and adventure.

This was the time when my life changed forever.