The new man in my life

I have a new man in my life! I am very happy and excited. He's very sweet, very affectionate, loves to talk and keep me company. He's quite playful and energetic. He likes to eat everything. He moved in yesterday and made himself quite at home within hours. He's black with short hair. Have you figured out he's a cat? I got him from an Air Force family with 3 little girls, another cat, and a husband about to deploy. The youngest girl torments him and he was too much stress. They kept the sister but were giving up the brother. Here's where I came in. I took him home yesterday afternoon and he bounced around the back of my car crying out the back window the whole time. I put him in the laundry room where his litter box and food are stored and let him stay there for a few hours. I got all the things I needed for him organized (he's already spoiled with treats and toys). After a few hours of letting him be, I went and sat in the laundry room and coaxed him out with treats. Once he got himself out from behind the dryer and saw everything that was for him, he was very excited. He would meow to be petted and run for a piece of food, then come back for attention, then run back for a piece of food. Eventually, he got curious about what was beyond the laundry room and went exploring. He loves the stairs because he can see between them and feel high up. He was all over the place last night exploring and then coming back to cuddle, then exploring again. He's almost 2 years old and acts like it too. Last night, he was waking me up every few hours for some attention before he'd settle down at my feet or go off to play on his own before coming right back to wake me up for attention again. We'll see how long I put up with that. With it being his first night and the night before a chill Friday, I didn't want to shut him out, but that might change. I'm very lucky that he's front paw declawed, neutered, and up to date on his shots as of October.

It's very cold here right now. I spend time scraping my car of thick ice on most mornings. I'm also using a tank of gas a week. I filled up two days ago, and I'm 1/2 empty... I'm not even driving for recreation. I'm driving to get where I need to go and then back home. It's bad. It's almost up to $8.00 a gallon on the economy.

This week we finished our headstart class where they teach us some basic getting around German and some customs. Next week... I don't know... I've had no communication from anyone in weeks about where we're supposed to be. I've heard nothing from my unit. It's all chaos. Hopefully, I will start getting busy next week. I have to do computer training for the computer charting and I have to get my amedd outlook e-mail set up and I'm sure other trainings as well. Either way, it's about time. Not doing anything is getting frustrating. I know I really have nothing to complain about, but I've been here nearly a month and I feel like I've done nothing relevant or useful.