JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

Sunday September 24, 2006 [PC(7/365) W(8/365) H(16/365)]

Julian Calendar Autumn (????????????) Okinawan Autumn (????) Ryukyu Island Summer (????)

September 2006 Total:
S-sunny (4/365) C-cloudy (13/365) PC-partly cloudy (7/365)
R-rainy (3/365) SR-scattered rainshowers (2/365)
W-windy (8/365) LW-light winds (11/365) VW-very windy (1/365)
H-humid (16/365) SH-slightly humid (5/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (26/365) C-cloudy (41/365) PC-partly cloudy (47/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) R-rainy(6/365) SR-scattered rain showers (11/365)
W-windy (34/365) LW-light winds (67/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (75/365) SH-slightly humid (34/365)

I usually don’t post about anything too personal, but today is something a little different… our 32nd anniversary. Sometimes I think we amaze ourselves more than anything else. Maybe thirty-two years of marriage isn’t that big of a deal, but given that we had only seen each other but a few times prior to the first date, were engaged six weeks later, and married about six weeks after that….were both under the age of twenty-five, from different races, different cultures, and different countries….. well, surviving all those tumultuous ups and downs feels like something worth a mention….

Photo of our first date in June 1974 taken at Liebe…. now known as Hard Rock Cafe Okinawa on B.C. Street (Chuo Park Avenue) in Koza (Okinawa City).