New Year, New Life

We had so much fun New Year's Eve! We decided to do the touristy type thing and do New Year's Eve in Tumon, the tourist area of Guam. We made reservations at The Palm Cafe in the Outrigger hotel and resort. We got there right on time, but there were already tons of people there.. Mostly Japanese. Ok, so here it is. I am not typically racist, nor do I stereotype people based on their race, ethnicity or culture, but good Lord!! Japanese people are so damn rude. They really think they run the world. I know that the Japanese are extremely intelligent people, and I realize that they have contributed greatly to the world. I seriously do not understand why they feel they have to be so condescending to the rest of the world.


Enough of my rant on the Japanese. They were the most represented group at the party, but we expected that. I would say that out of 300 - 400 people, only about 10% were white, and I think I only saw 3 or 4 black people. I'm just not used to seeing that.. I guess I'll just have to expand my world view :)

Anyway. We got there right at 8, and got in line for the buffet, which wasn't all that great. Neither of us were impressed with the food, but whoooo boy! The bar was fantastic! It was an open bar from 8 - 11, with Vox Vodka as the main liquor on tap. WOOHOO!! I love me some vodka. Or at least I used to. It was so funny.. Poor Jason tried so hard to get me tipsy, and I just wasn't feeling it. I haven't felt like being drunk for quite some time, really. I don't know if I'm just kind of growing up, or what. There was something super fun about drinking fruity beach drinks on New Year's Eve, though. I really loved that part.

We got bored inside with the band and the Japanese, so we went outside to explore the grounds of the resort, and the beach. We found the beach deck, and it was amazing. There were big tikki torches and waterfalls all around the pool area, and on to the deck. The deck, of course, over looked the beach. It was still pretty early, about 9:30 or so, and people were walking along the beach. After a few more fruity beach drinks, we decided to take a walk, too. We left our shoes on the deck, and took off down the beach.

I just sat there and thought about how lucky I am. I have this man that adores me, and he is someone that I can truly love and respect. I get to live, with him, on this gorgeous island and start the first years of my marriage HERE. Who gets to do this?? I am so, so blessed. Yes, I do miss my family terribly. This is the first time I've ever been away from them during the holiday season. It was rough, I have to say. But every time I got upset with my life, I thought about how much I have going for me. I always managed to pull myself out of that funk.

Back to New Year's Eve. After hanging out on the beach for a while, we went back inside to get ready for the count down. The Japanese didn't participate! I was so sad that the whole room wasn't yelling "10! 9! 8!" etc. But no matter. I got to kiss the love of my life at midnight on New Year's Eve for the first time :) I pray for many, many more.

We hung out and watched fireworks for a little while, then headed back to the hotel since Jason had duty the next morning. Poor guy. Our alarm went off at 5:30, and we had not gone to bed until almost 2 that morning. I drove him to work after picking up some donuts at Winchell's on the way. I dropped him off at the boat right before sunrise, and I stopped to get some shots of 2010's first sun on the way home.

I made the traditional pork, cabbage and black eyed peas for dinner that night and took it to the boat. The pork and cabbage were awesome, but I'm not sure how I was feeling the black eyed peas. Paula Dean's recipes are sometimes just too much.


Jason came home yesterday morning, and after I was hormonal for most of the day, we went and explored the island some. We drove around Talofofo, and it made me sad that we decided to live on Base. I could totally live on Cross Island Road. The views up there are just fantastic! We went on a date last night, and we finally found Caliente, a Mexican place we've been looking for for some time. We saw The Princess and The Frog, and then It's Complicated, both very cute movies.


This entire post has been fairly boring, but that's cool.. I'll just keep it as a reminder that I really am blessed to have this man and this life.