at the hotel

We just woke up- our first night in the hotel on base. It's officially the beginning of the end. Two more days here: a few activities planned with friends and then we're winging our way to Osaka and to our final destination (for a month) Chicago.
The flights shouldn't be too bad (keep your fingers crossed for us) since we have the short hop at the beginning when we still have the energy for it and we're done for good after the long haul.
The hotel is complete with playroom down the hall and so i think we'll be happy here.
We're fresh in from another Oura Wan get-away. Frolicking in the sand and splashing all day in the water with the McCawley's. It was a great time and we finished off with a stop at the butterfly garden...the kids were pretty wiped out by that point but what could i do??? it was our absolute last chance to see the butterfly garden!
in summary we are totally fed up with fast food, suntanned but not burnt, doing all our oki stuff for the last time, billie is getting a little weepy "but how can i leave all my friends?" and also antsy to get started on our next big adventure. Bill is honing in on some final job offers and we might have a final decision on the horizon here.
Mad love! i'll try to get by the library and add a few photos here soon.