Yes, I'm still around but have been either very busy and very tired or off catching up on rest. Either way I've been a poor contributer here recently. Hoping to rectify that soon.
Yesterday was Spring cleanup. I spent from about 9am until around 2:30 (off and on from noon to 2:30) doing things like mowing the lawns (couldn't just mow mine, so I mowed my neighbours also), weeded my back porch and my front area, re-did the flower bed area (although there aren't any flowers in it) and played with the weed eater. Yesterday was a gorgeous day to have done all of that. Just as well as last night it was spitting down with rain.
Woke up this morning with my legs killing me. I guess all the bending and squatting yesterday gave me a bit of exercise. The sun was out, but I don't see any indication of any sort of tan so I guess it was more warm than anything.
Booked my flights to see my parents and the prices are unbelievable. Last week when I was looking at flights for this week, it was running around 4k, so I looked at next week and they were a little over 1k. Thankfully I hadn't booked my flight as I took R to Landstuhl (talk about a long day with 4 hours on the road each way) and he has another appointment on the Monday (that I was going to fly out) and he can't drive back. I decided to get a flight leaving the Tuesday ( as week today) that was only about $30 more. Thankfully expedia let me save that itinerary because when I checked those flights again this morning, they were running about $1500. One nice thing about expedia saving my flight is that I was able to keep the price it quoted me.
I'll be on island until early July, while I know how I'm getting to the airport, I'm not sure how I'm getting home from the airport. I think flying in/out of Nürnburg helps as it is a short drive and if anything, i can take the train to Parsberg and be picked up from there. R will be deployed shortly after I leave, I'm not sure of the dates yet however.
Why am I coming back while he's gone? I have a feeling that the Army is going to want me to clear housing and move us to our next duty station while he's still deployed. I have several walls that need to be re-painted white not to mention finishing certain projects (ie scanning, scanner is on strike as we speak) before we move. Do I know where we're going yet, nothing concrete yet. We have been told there's an 80% chance of us going somewhere however we won't know anything for certain until the orders are cut. Once again we're playing the hurry up and wait game.
That's it for me in a nutshell! Will try and catch up with everyone soon.
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I vote for AZ!!!!!!
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I went for the first walk of the season in flip flops on the weekend and my feet are still killing me today. I guess its not such a great idea to wear shoes with no support. I went for another walk tonight and to say I feel like an old woman is an understatement.
Wow they don't give you much notice about where your new home will be. How long do you end up staying in each place? What do you think about moving around like that?
@Complexus - Hehehe, I know! If I end up back in AZ you're coming over to keep me company while I unpack.
@newbie2005 - Yes, after all that bending and stooping I have been walking rather gingerly. I swear my father in his wheelchair can shuffle around better than I could yesterday.
Sometimes they give you a lot more notice, and other times not. I guess it just depends on your job, rank etc. Right now one of our possible duty stations (I think there is a total of 3 stateside) is in Texas and rumour has it that when the company returns from deployment there will be less than 10 people left in that company (either due to getting out of the military or being sent to another duty station). Right now they're trying to find people to fill those slots, and while that place is at the bottom of our list, if that's where they need him, that's where we'll go. Your normal assignment to a duty station is 3 years. I don't mind the actual moving around and seeing new places, even meeting new people is great. The downside is trying to find a job, learn your way around to find the necessities, basically setting up your own support system. Right now I'm say we've been fortunate to have lived in 3 different places, and gotten to see places we otherwise might not have, met people we may not have and done some fun things.