5:30 AM…Can I Just Go Back to Sleep?

If I had been writing and keeping up with our blog over the past couple of years, I would have covered this about 10 months ago. This is not at all new, and therefore, I fear it may be a bit boring. However, for my own preservation of memories, I need…

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Going Live

First off, I want to apologize  for not being more responsive these past 2 weeks. It all started with a transition checklist John and I created right after the New Year that we made to carry ourselves through getting settled back in the States. This list had specific tasks on…

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Faint

When I was little, I had a problem with fainting. I have fainted because I lost a tooth, stubbed my toe, had my hair curled, popped a zit, to name a few. I had a good track record once I hit my teenage years. I only fainted once in high…

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Sweet Home Alabama

It’s more like Sweet Home Texas, and by home, I mean… (are you ready for our big news?!) land! That’s right, we’re property owners! We have been wanting to post this since our trip to Texas, but we wanted to be sure everything went through first. We made our first…

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It’s Moving Day (also, oops…)

I wrote this yesterday and linked people here and forgot to post the entry. Oops. Sorry! Without further ado, yesterday’s blog post: You may recall a post about a month and a half ago where we announced our request for exception to policy for a move to a different housing…

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And folks like me on the job from nine to five

Except it will be more like 7:45 to 4:45… That’s right, after 14 months of searching for a job, I got a job offer! My tentative start date is Thursday, pending completion of all the HR paperwork. It’s not a government job, but is on post with a contractor. I…

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