Its been a few weeks, Hectic and fast. Taylor is loving school. Greg is 1/2 way done with school. Ive gotten really used to this military life style now. i think its growing on me. threre's so many benefit's that out weigh the negative right now.
I have gotten sick. started with migraines that progressed into a something more. I am on antibiotics and pain meds right now. I am getting a CT scan in the middle of Oct. so we'll find out more then. of course Riley had her first check up and even though i brought all her medical records showing that even with her size she is healthy and OK, its not enough. she has blood work and another Hormone growth test and a IGF-1. in Oct as well.
So sick of the weather here. seems like every time I'm watching a good show on TV a tornado alert warning is flashing. the rain the thunder lightening 100 degree heat with humidity is the worse ever. I swear i never want to come back here again. this weather so so unpridictable.
Greg's graduation date went up a month, instead of Jan 24th its now Dec 16th. as most of you know that means we will be moving during the Christmas week. not so great with the roads, weather and unavailable hotel options. but we will figure it out. I'm happy to get of of VA. we will find out where we will be living for the next 2 years and when Greg will be deploying in a few weeks. That's right Greg will definitely be deploying. I'm getting OK with the idea right now, but when its time who knows what ill be going through then.
For everyone who doesn't know, Sunday night my cousin Garrett Fant. born in Napa. grew up in Lake Tahoe. was killed in Afghanistan by an enemy IED. (land mine) his body is back here in the states and his mom is in the process of funeral arrangements. He was a 3 year infantry US Army soldier. Stationed out of Ft Riley KS. He was only 21 years old. Due to the recent change for me. i feel that its best for me and my girls to not attend his funeral in Tahoe. But this has definitely done some emotional damage for me and Greg.
Greg starting this last weekend now officially has gold pass. which if you don't know allows him to stay the night on Friday and Sat. which if you don't know i see him only for 4 usually. We are very happy to have him around more. it sure gets lonely all week without him.
I have luckily stayed busy with my new friends here. I have met many wives that are helpful, kind and funny. And fun to be around. It will be sad when i move, but on the bright side ill meet new ones.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Mixed, tossed, and trown into what they call the ARMY
Well its been a while. Its now been a whole month since I've been here in Virgina. And a crazy month it has been. When i first got here the house the army put me in was a disaster. Everything was broken, cockroaches, and the ceiling came through with a busted pipe into the kitchen. I was mentally unprepared for that. But i quickly gained control. I within the first week moved to the other side of the base to the more "retirement" area. I love my house. and so do my kids. Its newly remodeled 3 bedroom home. Perfect for my family.
Not being able to live with Greg is hard. and barley seeing him is worse. Theres been a few days when i get no contact at all. and those days are hard to get through. So far Virgina is not the place i wanna live. Its extremely expensive, take every item you buy and add .50 cents. it doesn't sound like much. but when you add it all up. Your shopping bill is a lot larger. and right now we are living pay check to pay check, and to think we are moving again in 4 1/2 months sucks. considering we pay all up front for moving costs.
Another part that was horrible was not having anything when i got here. I had to go buy towels, a blanket and the little things you don't realize you need until your in an empty house for a month without anything. Nothing.... we slept on the floor for 22 days. The worse part was cooking with nothing and when Taylor or Riley would have a pee accident and I would have to go to the laundry mat. Entertaining the girls with nothing wasn't easy. We hung out at the library everyday. But the next move we are driving together and i have made a list of all the items i have needed when i first got here. so i will be packing these the car with us.
Finally the week that my stuff got here, i was so excited. but of course that changed quickly when i saw how my stuff arrived. My couch lining on the back was totally ripped off. staples and all. Riley's new crib that she used was warped. and Taylor's bed well it never came. I am missing 4 kitchen boxes, which contains my blender, pans, cups, baking sheets. Rugs are missing, All the outside stuff is missing. The cups i did get were broken. my washer is broken. and some other small issues. Hopefully i get some of these replaced soon. In this week i also got to experience my first Earthquake. it was actually pretty intense. i was in the bathroom upstairs and when the shaking started knocking my perfume bottle to the ground, i then realized what it was and ran to my girls. It lasted a good 15 seconds. A few days later hurricane Irene hit. The worse thing that has ever happened. I was prepare for anything. but at the same time. not even knowing what to expect or even seen a hurricane before was scary. A little flooding occurred in the house. damage to the side of the house outside and trees down in the front was all that happened to me. Power was back on the next day. Thank god i live on a base!!!!! and 2 days later Greg was able to see us.
Finally Greg got a 4 day weekend and was able to spend the night! The weekend was crazy packed with activities. We went to Busch Gardens, Yorktown, Williamsburg. & The zoo. It was so nice to have him all to myself with no time limit, no rules. Just us again. After a month it was so great and relaxing. i slept the best i have in 6 months. just knowing in my head that he was there, That i didn't have to do it all alone for 4 days. god it was amazing. But it ended and I'm alone again.
Now we are in a routine. We see Greg on some weekends for a couple hrs and an hr or so on some weekdays after hes out of school.
Taylor started school today, it was a long process to get her accepted. But it was well worth it. She started 2 days after the rest of the school. not bad! she will attend till we move. Its a very different thing for her. its all day which is new. 730-300. Theres 900 kids that attend her school. Its a very large school. very different from her 20 kids old school in Tahoe. She has a desk and a cafeteria. which she didn't have before. She gets to ride the school bus. She is so happy about that. The school is 1 mile away, which is so awesome. In Tahoe it was all the way at the Y, which if you know Tahoe you know there are alot of stop lights to get there. and if it was a Holiday weekend or snowing, it sucked. and alot of gas. The bus stop is also wonderful, its right outside my front door. Its hard to leave anywhere in the morning. And its very loud with all the kids outside. But its great for me on these raining fall days. Taylor and Riley went to their first dentist appt. Riley did freaking awesome, They will go to their first pediatrician here tomorrow at the on base medical center.
Not being able to live with Greg is hard. and barley seeing him is worse. Theres been a few days when i get no contact at all. and those days are hard to get through. So far Virgina is not the place i wanna live. Its extremely expensive, take every item you buy and add .50 cents. it doesn't sound like much. but when you add it all up. Your shopping bill is a lot larger. and right now we are living pay check to pay check, and to think we are moving again in 4 1/2 months sucks. considering we pay all up front for moving costs.
Another part that was horrible was not having anything when i got here. I had to go buy towels, a blanket and the little things you don't realize you need until your in an empty house for a month without anything. Nothing.... we slept on the floor for 22 days. The worse part was cooking with nothing and when Taylor or Riley would have a pee accident and I would have to go to the laundry mat. Entertaining the girls with nothing wasn't easy. We hung out at the library everyday. But the next move we are driving together and i have made a list of all the items i have needed when i first got here. so i will be packing these the car with us.
Finally the week that my stuff got here, i was so excited. but of course that changed quickly when i saw how my stuff arrived. My couch lining on the back was totally ripped off. staples and all. Riley's new crib that she used was warped. and Taylor's bed well it never came. I am missing 4 kitchen boxes, which contains my blender, pans, cups, baking sheets. Rugs are missing, All the outside stuff is missing. The cups i did get were broken. my washer is broken. and some other small issues. Hopefully i get some of these replaced soon. In this week i also got to experience my first Earthquake. it was actually pretty intense. i was in the bathroom upstairs and when the shaking started knocking my perfume bottle to the ground, i then realized what it was and ran to my girls. It lasted a good 15 seconds. A few days later hurricane Irene hit. The worse thing that has ever happened. I was prepare for anything. but at the same time. not even knowing what to expect or even seen a hurricane before was scary. A little flooding occurred in the house. damage to the side of the house outside and trees down in the front was all that happened to me. Power was back on the next day. Thank god i live on a base!!!!! and 2 days later Greg was able to see us.
Finally Greg got a 4 day weekend and was able to spend the night! The weekend was crazy packed with activities. We went to Busch Gardens, Yorktown, Williamsburg. & The zoo. It was so nice to have him all to myself with no time limit, no rules. Just us again. After a month it was so great and relaxing. i slept the best i have in 6 months. just knowing in my head that he was there, That i didn't have to do it all alone for 4 days. god it was amazing. But it ended and I'm alone again.
Now we are in a routine. We see Greg on some weekends for a couple hrs and an hr or so on some weekdays after hes out of school.
Taylor started school today, it was a long process to get her accepted. But it was well worth it. She started 2 days after the rest of the school. not bad! she will attend till we move. Its a very different thing for her. its all day which is new. 730-300. Theres 900 kids that attend her school. Its a very large school. very different from her 20 kids old school in Tahoe. She has a desk and a cafeteria. which she didn't have before. She gets to ride the school bus. She is so happy about that. The school is 1 mile away, which is so awesome. In Tahoe it was all the way at the Y, which if you know Tahoe you know there are alot of stop lights to get there. and if it was a Holiday weekend or snowing, it sucked. and alot of gas. The bus stop is also wonderful, its right outside my front door. Its hard to leave anywhere in the morning. And its very loud with all the kids outside. But its great for me on these raining fall days. Taylor and Riley went to their first dentist appt. Riley did freaking awesome, They will go to their first pediatrician here tomorrow at the on base medical center.
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