Kelly: This evening we are celebrating our last evening eating, sleeping, working, and lounging on our only piece of furniture--the air mattress. We are also grateful for the fun-filled Friday evening with our new friends. We met in Kaiserslautern and stumbled upon an authentic German restaurant www.spinnraedl.de/home/index.html. We had a great meal at a reasonable price and, the next day, found out that our dining choice was a favorite of our landlords. Our landlords, G and F, came over Saturday morning to fix the German closets (shrunks) and reprogram the furnace so that I only have to wear three layers at night instead of four. We visited Kaufland, a department store, and bumped into two people who we knew--one was a CHPPM Europe acquaintance and the other was a guy we met while looking at houses...good to know that it is a small world.
We participated in German cultural norm of a Sunday walk. We walked in regular shoes (Germans don't wear sneakers and I need to get a more comfortable pair of sneakers that don't look like sneakers) for about 1 mile out of town. It was refreshing and enjoyable. Despite not having the energy for a workout for the past week or so, I was craving a sauna. We ventured to Landstuhl and used the gym there. Matt ellipticized and I saunaed...heaven.
Today was my first real day...sort of. I still don't have an office, or a computer, or a phone, so I was a squatter in a random office. I spent about 2 hours responding to nasty-grams because I didn't have my timesheets turned in (hard to do when I don't have computer access), and I scheduled computer training. I also met with the Clinical Service Commander who wasn't thrilled to have another person with a "stove-piped" program. On the bright side, I got to sit in on an intake with a Soldier who just landed at LRMC after several months in Afghanistan...what a powerful experience. It truly made my griping seem trivial! After my short commute home (<20 minutes), Matt and I made dinner using our one pan and tupperware...yum! We walked to Edeka (a little grocery store down the street) and picked up our new favorite drink...Eis Kaffe (low-fat coffee-milk)...yumilicious.
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