Weekend Update

Kelly: This weekend was filled with more home organizing and many thwarted trips to the BX (Base exchange...sort of like a Wal-mart on steroids). We are realizing that we need many converters so that our 110 volt lights and computers will work with the 220 volt system, and even though the converter bins were running over when we arrived, they are dry now. So, we shuttle the three converters back and forth among computers and lights.

We had a really fun night out on Saturday. We invited our three friends over for drinks and then we all walked to the Korean restaurant for sushi. We didn't entertain much in MD, probably because Matt worked long hours and had a long commute and I had a long commute and had three jobs. In fact, most of our entertaining was done in the months leading up to our departure! We are breaking that pattern here...we aren't even unpacked and decided to be social! We laughed a lot...very fun. Today we continued our Sunday walk tradition (if doing something for two weeks can make it a tradition) of walking in a new location. Today, we walked in the residential and commercial sections of Landstuhl. The weather was brisk but sunny...perfect for a stroll. I was inspired to use our new island that we purchased from Ikea on Saturday morning (after I had realized that I had left my CAC at work and we had to go through the hoops to get accesss to get it, but that's another story), and I made my favorite Lentil soup...yum! Then, Matt spent way too long moving all of our internet gear up to his office only to realize that the signal isn't good on the first floor. ugh. We'll leave it like this until he has more energy for moving it all back to the living room...not a good subject in our home right now. We experienced a bit of German culture by attending a craft fair at the cultural center in town...lots of beaded necklaces.

I was feeling stressed about work...expected to have some action plan in place by next Tuesday's meeting but realizing that I'm in formal training 3 days this week and probably still have another day or two of computer trainings to go. Mialley must have sensed it, because she jumped up on my legs and promptly fell asleep. So, my heart melted and I proceded to pet her for a while until my anxiety peaked and I moved her gently to the side and proceeded to create a powerpoint presentation on the COSR program organization and way ahead.