Hello!

I appologize for my absence. I have been in a rut and having a hard time getting out of it. We moved into our apartment on Friday, October 31st. Our furniture and other household goods were to be delivered on that same day. The delivery truck arrived, however, they were delivering the wrong stuff. It was our stuff alright, but not the furniture and household goods. They shipped our permanent storage items (stuff we wanted left in America)!!

Needless to say, I lost my mind. Not sure I have found it yet. Our first night in our beautiful apartment was spend in misery and on an inflatable air matress!! We had to go out the next day and purchase a pot, pan, some dishes, you know, minimal things for us to survive on. We purchased a bed to sleep on. This is be our guest bed once our own arrives. We were planning on buying one anyway. We also got a loveseat to sit on. It will go in my office eventually. Oh, did I also mention that all of our winter clothes were with our shipment that didn't get here? It is so cold here. We had to go and buy some winter clothes to hold us up until our stuff gets here. They expedited our shipment. So instead of the normal 10-12 months it takes for the stuff to arrive, ours will take ONLY 4 weeks! They refused to air freight it!

In addition to all that, I had such a hard time getting my allergy shot on time. I am allergic to Drake and have to take shots. The clinic on post refused to give me the shot without the proper testing (which I had already had in the past). My chart has that I have been taking the shot everymonth for almost the past 3 years!! It took huge puffy eyes and a rash all over my body and a visit to the emergency room until they finally gave me that dang thing!!

On the brighter side, Andrew's deployment has been postponed till the end of January. We are both very thankful for the extra time. I haven't started working yet. I am having to have all this security clearance stuff before they will let me set foot in the office. That has me down as well.

Our DSL finally got activated today! It took them forever to get it connected. Same thing with our phone. I feel much better now that I am connected to the world again.

The truck arrived last week and we are glad to have something familiar to us again. We are both just anxious to get settled in and have our OWN stuff. We had been on temporary duty for a few months in AZ. Seperated from our things and living in furnished apartments and suitcases. We are still in that boat and it has gotten pretty old.

I appologive for the complaints in my post. Draker is doing great. He loves it here. He loves it anywhere. He is a happy go lucky kid! He is always there to give me kisses and furry hugs and comfort me in my times of need. What would I do without him.

Here are a few pictures of Draker at the park near our house.


Drake sniffing a doggy buddy's butt!


Drake checking out the ducks in the distance.


Drake and Andrew near the pond.