Well, Scooter took it upon himself to tell you about our little vacation. I noticed that Scooter didn't decide to share his gastronomical adventures with you. When we moved out of Schweinfurt, Scooter was a little disappointed because there wasn't trash in his back yard. Which meant less of a chance for him sneaking a tasty morsel from the ground, as he was able to do on our walks around the old housing area in Schweinfurt. Well, someone decided to make Scooter's day and dropped something into our back yard that was irresistable to a certain pug. It was so tasty that he didn't mind injesting a whole bunch of mulchy wood chips. Which have been making their way through him for the last several days! I think I saw the last of it on our walk this morning. But the first day we were at the hotel, we left him in the room for a little bit and returned to find it decorated in spots of puggy woody vomit! It was a little gross. And I felt a lot bad for him. He seems to be doing much better now and I plan to investigate that spot in our back yard as soon as we return.
So here I am on vacation. Initially, we thought Jerry was going to have to come for the week and he'd be staying in barracks. Which would have meant a week apart. And that would have been less than desirable given the fact that there will be a whole year spent apart in just a matter of weeks. When plans changed to allow for him to stay at a hotel and Scooter and I to accompany him, we were all pretty happy. But so far, it's a lot of hard work for Jerry and a lot of lonely for me. Jerry works long days and comes home exhausted. Last night he was asleep around 9:00. And I don't even get my night-time snuggling. The double bed is really two twin beds together, not uncommon in German hotels. Sometimes the beds come together pretty smoothly, but in this room there's a section of wood running through the middle of the bed....not good for getting all snuggly.
So what have I been doing with all this time? Interestingly, I've gone to the gym. Interesting because I haven't made it to the gym once since the move, despite all of the free time I've had. It felt really good, though I definitely felt pretty sore afterwards! I plan on going again at least a few more times this week and am looking forward to getting it back into my routine in general. I've also been walking Scooter a lot. Something that I haven't been doing much of since we gained a fenced in back yard! That's also felt good and I think I need to make time to do that even though we have the yard. Army Wives has also been occupying my time. I've watched several episodes in the last few days and just finished the first season. This was my mom's bright idea. I think that she may be crazy. I'm not sure why she thought a show about the trials of army life would be a good thing for someone to see whose husband is just about to deploy. The impending deployment already has me on an emotional roller coaster and this television show really tapped into that emotion and opened up the floodgates! At least there was no one here to witness the meltdown!
Last week, I ended up having two interviews at the PX. I was offered a job this morning. I'm pretty excited about it because I really have been needing something that not only will take up some time, but something that is mine. I'll be working in customer service, which I think is a great fit for me. While it's not my dream job, I think that I'll get a lot of enjoyment out of it. And it will put me in a position to meet more people and interact with people more regularly, both important things when Jerry deploys.
If Jerry gets off of work at a reasonable hour tonight, we're hoping to have dinner with our Schweinfurt friends at one of our favorite dining establishments, the place with the giant Schnitzel!
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