Fort Crap!!

Well I have many unhealthy horrible things to say about Fort Campbell. But ill try to keep it as simple as possible.

We are here. Living off base in Clarksville TN. Its ghetto and scary. Even if its all military. It doesn't mean they are all good. The ones in my area are annoying, loud and ghetto. We lost alot of housing allowance by moving here. We paid alot out of pocket by moving here. way more than we should have and more then we will get reimbursed.

The electric, gas and water require a 200 deposit. which is horrible. along with rent and rental deposit. Our home is about half the size of our last place. Very tiny. Ive also heard horrible things about the schools around here.

I hope that we will be on base by the time Taylor starts school.

The locals are very mean and the drivers are the worse. "king of the road" jerks that drive like idiots. There are no sidewalks. so its impossible to go on walks here. Its very cold. Very different then VA.

Greg's work isn't far. but traffic to get on base is crazy. it takes him a half hour to get 4 miles. so we spend more on gas. We tried to apply for a substance allowance but don't qualify. we need one more person or 100 dollars less on pay check. even though the GI bill takes that 100 a month. lame. Things are tight. We are the lowest financially we have been in a while. Hopefully when we move on base things will get back.

Since Money is a problem. We cant go visit Nashville (hr away) or do anything fun yet. We don't have anything at our house yet. Not until Jan 7. long time. So we are staying on an air mattress at our friends house across the street. We are lucky to have them. But because of  all this stress. Things have been tense. With Greg going from not living with us and only worrying about himself to. Living with us and 3 other people and working and sharing a car 24/7. Has been very hard.  Challenging on our relationship. I hope things get better. Right now things are stressfull.

Riley's hormone levels came back and are very low. So again more testing for her. Good news!!! YES. finally 1 thing good! Riley is being seen ON BASE HOSPITAL!!! Meaning better care and no out of pocket expenses for me. Thank God!!! Riley will be sent to Nashville children's hospital for testing at the endrocioloy once a month. and etc. Same as in VA.

I miss my friends in VA. I don't feel like myself here. I'm trying hard to get out of the negative zone. But everyday I'm throw into it. Things here just suck. Over time they will get better. but right now. They suck. lol

Pt sucks. They have it so early in the morning. Then Greg has to drive back home and drive back to the base for work. Wasting more gas. Irritating. Greg said on base he wants to get a bike so it will help us so much saving gas in the warmer seasons. There will be alot of good things once we get over this living off base crap over with. Only 6 months to go!!!!!!!

Christmas went well. We just hung out here at our friends house. First year I didn't have a tree. sad. but its done with. Next year will be better and bigger!!! At least I did the best I could for my girls and they had a good time.

New Years 2012! You Better Be Awesome.

Boxes and Boxes

One week left here in VA.Greg's last day of school was today. He doesn't get to leave his barracks but he is done with classes. He's beginning the prep for graduation. Taylor's last day of school is tomorrow. and Riley's last appt for here is tomorrow as well.

Movers come on Wednesday, Grad Thursday and leave Friday.

We are very nervous to see where we will be living for the next 3 years and to find out when Greg deploys. But Excited to start another chapter somewhere new.

I Hate Virgina. But I love the people I have met here on Base.I hope to remain friends. I will miss them all. Being alone for the last 5 months has been hard with 2 kids in a new place. Seeing Greg once or twice a week was rough and I'm so glad i had my friends here to help me make it through.

Here we come FT CAMPBELL!!!

Where do i begin??? ok lets keep this to the point or this thing could drag out forever.

Riley is in the middle of a long week of tests. 1 Result came back and she has "Constitutional Growth Delay" Which was horrible to hear that she has a disease. But after hearing what it is and how it will effect her life. I'm not ok with it. But it could be worse.  I myself had a delay of puberty so I'm not worried about that. and as long as she stays healthy she is fine. The doctors are worried that because she is so tiny. She doesn't have any fat storage. So if she gets sick. Its going to really affect her body. Causing her to shut down. Now untill she turns 4 its going to be the hardest to keep her healthy. As she is more interactive. Hopefully the rest of the tests come back good. And her other appts keep going fine. She still has severe Asthma. and will continue to be on the machine and medication for a while.

Taylor's last day of school is Dec 9th. She is very sad about it. There are no programs at Ft Campbell and since we will be living off post for the next year she will attend the local public Kindergarden next fall. Upsetting. but at least she got alot out of this last school.

We do not have a place in KY yet to live, so for the first week we will be staying with our friends the Mueller's, I hope it only takes us a week to find a home. At least they have offered us there couch. We are on a wait list for housing on post. 8 months out.

On Friday Greg will be done with his classes. and begin his out processing.
Dec 14- Movers will come take our stuff and store it in storage for 180 days
Dec 15- Greg graduates, Final Housing Inspection, and leave VA at 7pm.
12 hr drive to Campbell
Dec 16- Check in to Campbell and begin our search for a home.

Well That's what has been going on. Please keep your fingers crossed for us. From Riley's tests-to safe drive-to finding a home for Christmas.