catch up!

i'm a weekend behind.. time to catch up!
last week at school, leo informed me that he saw me at the beach when i was with laura doing water sports with noa BUT he was too shy to say hello!! so after school one of the days, i told leo's mom that they should go to the beach again and i would hang out with them. leo got excited about this and kept talking about it the rest of the week haha. so on saturday, i got to the beach early and laid out waiting for them, and laura and eric was going to join too. i spotted leo's family in the distance, and after laura and eric found me, laura and i walked down the beach to make sure it was leo and his family. i went up to his mom and she yelled at leo who was in the ocean (playing with his dad and a friend from the pre-k class). he looked up and he froze with his mouth hanging open hahaha.. it was SO funny!! he kept asking his mom if i was coming, but once i got there, he was shy :) but he wasn't for long haha. then at one o'clock, ayana and her family came! and THEN noa stopped by to play (she was hanging out at her dad's marine sports area).. it was basically a first grade beach party! :) it was a lot of fun hanging out with the parents and first graders outside of school BUT the sun definitely wore me out.. i was there for 5 1/2 hours!!!
that night was dinner and karaoke with laura, eric, and the adult english class students. i could hardly keep my eyes open once midnight hit. it was a lot of fun though. there was one karaoke room that was vip.. it was HUGE. and on our way out about 30 or so japanese people were in it! i went up to the door and danced in front of it (there was a big window) and the guys opened the door for me to come in and dance. laura and i had fun dancing with them to a japanese song.. they got so into it!! if only i was more awake haha.. i would have stayed longer!
sunday laura and i decided to have another beach day after we slept in (i spent the night at her house) at hamahiga island, which is connected to okinawa by a bridge. this is probably one of my favorite beaches here.. it is beautiful and not a lot of americans (aka military) know about it, so it makes you feel like you are actually in japan. on our way there, the van in front of us was turning (had the signal on!) and a guy on a moped ran right into the van!! it was CRAZY. luckily the dude had a helmet on. i almost peed myself.. it was so unexpected! besides that crazy incident, it was a very relaxing sunday.
so basically my weekend was the beach haha.. i'm definitely not complaining!! :)