I was just thinking

I was just thinking how strange my life has turned out to be.  You know in sch0ol when you have to think of where you think you'll be in 5 years and 10 years??  I never in my life would have seen myself here.  It is Wednesday and I am changing the sheets like I do every Wednesday, but tonight I am listening to the info on TV about a tsunami warning.  I am listening to warnings for people on the coast to evacuate and they are talking about tidal waves.  How strange.  And what is stranger is that even though I live like 5 minutes from the Ocean I am not worried and I go about making the bed like normal. 

Here is a list of strange things that seem 'normal' to me:

• earthquakes
  
• fish on a stick ( i don't eat them)
  
• LOTS of orange earplugs in Dave's pockets
  
• Holiday Dinners for two
  
• fish markets in the malls
  
• emptying my ice into a special drain at McDonald's before throwing away my cup
  
• using chopsticks
  
• spending weeks at a time apart from Dave
  
• seeing my family once a year
  
• lots of male cross-dressers on TV
  
• eating rice without soy sauce (its so good on its own)
  
• Stopping for a jet crossing on my way to the Post Office
  
• Getting five thousand yen from the ATM ( the minimum allowed for withdrawal)

I know there are so many other things that I can't think of right now.  I guess it doesn't matter how "strange" my life seems at times.  I have so many things to be grateful for.