And the winner is.....

OFF BASE!

Joe and I found a place, courtesy of Central Housing/Sakura Housing in Awase Okinawa City. We will be living in "Ocean's Seven", which has a beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean! It's very close to a local restaurant; Sam's by the Sea http://www.sams-okinawa.jp/by_the_sea/en_index.html - so if you can figure out where that is, we have a 1 minute walk from our apartment to Sam's.

We'll be renting a 3 bedroom/ 2 bathroom place on the 7th of 8 floors that has waterfront views all around. We just picked up our keys and will officially move in on the 16th. Which means..... we finally get our stuff back! Yay!

It's too bad (again) that we can't post pictures yet -- our internet will be set up at the apartment in 10-14 days. So hang in there!

Other good news is that we bought our second car today! We are now owners of a cute little silver Nissan Cube. We are feeling like Okinawan's now, since it's a tiny little box car - good for navigating little streets.