Quarantine – Diamond Princess Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Quarantine – Travel to Lackland Air Force Base Day 14 Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Day 19 Day 20 Day 21 Day 22 Day 23 Day 24 Day 25 Day 26 Day 27 Day 28 Journey home + Integration back into society Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Quick update Cruise interview...
Hey y’all, it’s been a few days and I just wanted to give a brief update on our lives! It’s been fairly busy getting back into the groove of things. Rachel cleared occupational health, had orientation, and starts her first job as a Pediatric Occupational Therapist on Monday! My hospital is preparing for the impending covid-19 cases that will surely...
Local time: 2/7/2020 08:08 What seems to be a military truck showed up on port? Will update here as I can. There are men in camo that are port side. 09:00 We got fresh towels! To those on the ship, just call your attendant periodically. They are washing towels every now and again and can offer fresh ones. 09:41 Interviewed with a Japanese...
First day apart in 51 days! Our lives are starting to return to a sense of normalcy as Tyler went back to work today. Being a nurse, he works 12 hour shifts (which usually results in him being gone at LEAST 14 hours) so I had a lot of time on my hands. Thus, I (Rachel) am hijacking his blog for the day! The day started with our normal workday routine- I drug...
3/7/2020 Let’s cook breakfast together! Yet another good day! We cooked together, stayed home to watch Netflix, walked the dog, and caught up with our favorite place – home. Rachel and I had a tradition while we were engaged – panini making. Why not start with breakfast? See, we’ve been obsessed with this panini press ever since we bought it...
3/6/2020 Returning to a degree of normalcy. Today was a great day! We had plans to visit with friends nearly the entire day. We woke up, and chose to divide and conquer. I worked on getting Remy taken care of, and Rachel went to Wal Mart for grocery pickup. She uses curbside pickup (not because she wanted to avoid stigma, but because she hates playing grocery store...
Honeymoon cruise! Day 3 of our honeymoon was slow-going. Sleep, food, and sculpting! While in Tokyo, I hid in the bathroom and ordered the honeymooner’s breakfast package for tomorrow, as it was a sea day, and we had a balcony. This is probably the first time I’ve successfully kept a secret – I’m similar to a “Nick Miller” from...
3/5/2020 What a day (in a good way)! We had a lot on the agenda today! Cleaning like maniacs, two in person interviews (CBS11/NBC5) at our apartment, one live skype interview (Yahoo! Finance), and one recorded interview (CNBC). We were to pick up Rachel’s car from the shop, clear occupational health, and lastly head to our bible study for adults with special...
3/4/2020 What a day. Today was an interesting one. Our plan was to wake up, clean the apartment, and for me to get a hair cut. We then would have two interviews within our home with a lunch break in between. Once finished, we were going to split up. Rachel would go off to visit a friend, I would go to visit my brother. Except that’s not how the day played out...
3/2/2020This next bit, Rachel and I kept under wrap as we did not want anyone to know at the time being – we were unsure what would happen with the local declarations once we left. We were fully cleared by the CDC. 23:44 After a lot of discussion, Rachel and I decided that we should try to make it home tonight. We didn’t know what things would look like in...