New Home

For everyone who has wondered what happened to the blogging... well, I got lazy and I went on leave and just this past week I moved to a new house. I moved 20 minutes closer to all my friends and Vogelweh Air Force Base and only 5 minutes farther away from work. I'm still quite frenzied and I have no internet (I'm at work right now) otherwise I'd post pictures.

A little bit about my house: It's a duplex in Hohenecken. My neighbors are all mostly middle aged Germans, but I guess there is another female LT nearby who is in Gabe's platoon or company or whereabouts. My house is one story with a basement and 1 car (very narrow) garage. I have a patio and a small yard. My house is was built in the 70's and still looks like it :). There is a fireplace, which was a huge selling point, vaulted ceilings, nice sink, new beautiful stovetop. The rest is still a little dated, the bathroom isn't great, but it has STORAGE, an unheard of concept in Germany. I have 1 master bedroom and 2 little bedrooms plus a basement bedroom. My landlord is very nice. He's in interior design so he's offered to help me paint. I'm very excited to get started on that. I need a ladder though to do the living room with the crazy high walls. I got a nice rug in pretty good condition from the previous tennant who left it on the back patio. I dunno why she left it but she said I could have it. I had Julie (my life saver who helped me move all the little stuff) unroll it with me and look it over before hauled it inside. Gabe and Shawn were my lifesavers who lent me their muscles to help me move all the big furniture. It took a Sixt van 10.5 feet deep 3 trips and 6 hours to move all the furniture... not too shabby. Right now, everything is pilled into the bedrooms and the dining room. I turn over the keys to my old house on Wednesday. So sad, I loved that house, it just wasn't economical for me to stay there....

I'm currently beginning negotiations to get myself transfered to the mother-baby unit. I'm not sure how strong my case is, but Julie advised me to go to talk to her section chief in person to get her on my side. I hope to start the transition processes around the holidays if I get things my way.

I went to Emily Jones & Ryan Stanley's wedding in September. I was very glad I got to go. Most people who read this got to see me so the story is a little redundant. But, I'll put some pictures up eventually (when I get internet again).

I did not get to go to Oktoberfest in Munich this year. I had gotten back from leave on a weekend and I worked the next weekend and I didn't want to go alone in the middle of the week. I'm deployed next year so I'll just have to make sure I go during my third year here.

LRMC has had a 60% staff turnover in the last month. It has made work a little hectic. However, we've been lucky enough that the patient census remains low. 60%!! That's crazy. It's especially crazy because it leaves ME as one of the experienced people!

Well, I'm hungry. Must eat! Pictures later.