And we'll have Halloween on Christmas..

Wow!

I am so not used to this weather! It is my first chilly day/evening in Baumholder. My Texan senses are telling me that it is entirely not normal to be running around in long pants and a hoody outside in the middle of July. I am starting to feel the first pangs of homesickness. At least for my big, open, and beautiful Texas skies and sunshine. I even almost miss the heat.

John was given a 4 day weekend this week due to the change of command. Meaning...it won't be until the middle of next week before we hear anything about the command sponsorship. There has been no news about it, yet no news is good news at times so it's just staying patient and crossing our fingers. We really have no set plans yet as to how we are going to spend the time however. Right now, we are just enjoying spending our first weekend together in each others company. We accomplished some errands today though. John needed a haircut for Monday, to make the best of impressions on his return to the Scouts. Also, he needed some uniform stuff as well. So we walked up to post and first paid a visit to the Clothing Sales, before following up with a trip to the barber. We had Taco Bell for lunch (Ah!!!! A taste of good ol' home and Tex Mex).

The ceremony Wednesday was long. I felt bad for them standing at attention and parade rest for almost 2 hours with the sun on their faces. Like all military ceremonies, this one was no different. Every officer it seemed had something 'important' to say and to contribute, but really wasn't saying much of anything. There were cannons involved, which thrilled my red neck side to death. However, later on when I talked to John afterwards he mentioned that they had made no comments about there being cannons involved. He said that the guys were like 'Oh god, artillary' upon first reaction...and most jumped. Typical military. Mix cannons and vets who have just came back from Iraq...without warning. That would have been entirely too easy. Haha.

John has another 4 day weekend coming up next weekend, which is amazing. I am getting far too spoiled with him getting off of work early and all of these long weekends. Next week though, its a trip for us to the place where they test for German drivers licenses. He's already failed once, so we will see how this one goes for both of us. Walking isn't so bad here, as long as it isn't raining, but we both need a drivers license.

To answer some of the questions from last time...

-Yoga, is amazing Deb. You really should try it.

-I got the nickname of Baby Squid by my love of the Navy. Sailors are called squids, and I wasn't fully enlisted, so hence...baby squid.

I really appreciate the comments and feed back from everyone. I will try to get those pictures uploaded Monday when John is back at work. Until then, we miss and love everyone.