Well, Hell, you could'a knocked me down with a feather. The party was actually fun! And Wakana had a good time too. She met a number of the people I work with and learned that many have a smattering of Japanese. And when the captain came around doing his glad hand routine he had a long conversation with her in Japanese.

The food was good. We had a Mongolian barbeque. The food was in the house and the BBQ pits were outside. There was a long line waiting for the food to cook so we got to talk to our neighbors and pass the time. Wakana was amazed to hear the stories of the people I work with. One officer from New York is a Haitian born immigrant. He worked with our current captain back in 1995 on an assignment in Haiti. Another just came back from 6 months in the horn of Africa building schools, roads and hospitals for the Ethiopians. Apparently the Government believes that helping out poorer nations may reduce the number of people that hate us. I think it's a good plan. I hope they continue to expand it. There were Chamorros there too, including some from the canoe.

Speaking of the canoe, apparently someone has stolen our canopy. I don't know why they would want that ratty old thing but it is gone. We have a new larger canopy but we don't know if we want to put it up now. We'll talk about it tomorrow.