That last paragraph took me an hour to get down. I feel like one of those screen saver balls bouncing around the screen, aimlessly plowing straight as an arrow to the other side of the box. I have the feeling of being purpose driven, but the mission hasn't been revealed to me. Time seems to slip right through my fingers, but it can't move fast enough.
We just got our vehicle two days ago. One caveat**: It's been sitting in the Embassy Motor Pool parking lot since the first week of October, but two days ago was when all the paper pushing & money shuffling was done. Here she is:
Baby Beluga asks: Does this driveway make my butt look big?It feels so good to be up above the crowd again. I really only feel comfortable driving the biggest outfit on the road. I've felt like I was in a roller skate these last 3 months; surfing right along the asphalt. She is huge; Spence shaved the paint off the right door handle parking her the first night. But I don't mind. Within 12 hours of receiving Ellie (our 4-runner we drove in Egypt), I backed up & scraped a nice Morse code along the passenger side door with a metal pole. Then we remained unscathed (through any fault of our own) for the rest of our 4 years. So maybe this is a good omen.
I promise to compose & post. I really really really want to get them up. We had a fun weekend; the older girls & I toured the USS Harry S. Truman, an aircraft carrier, actually a supercarrier! I got a picture of the refrigerated pork & beans! And . . . I made tortillas from scratch. Yep, it's been an eventful time. Also, we have a tentative arrival date of two weeks for our long awaited household goods. *phew* I'm going to go take a nap.
**Ooh, caveat. Another word you can type with one hand!
6 comments:
You drove in Cairo?! WOW! That's brave beyond words. I'm uber impressed. *bows*
Wow! I feel the way you describe in the beginning of this post.
I'm so glad your car is there and I hope your HHE comes sooner than that and definitely not later! It's taking forever! (Yeah, like I have to tell you that...)
Good luck! *hugs*
What happened to your van? That was cute. Of course, Beluga looks very practical and fortified! We rented the Ford version this summer and were able to carry two families around very comfortably! We still have the Explorer we drove in Cairo for 5 years. I've thought about getting it painted, but removing all of the Cairo 'kisses' would cost us all our street cred. (we did get the AC fixed the summer of our PCS!)
We had been on the fence about 'moving on up' and a great deal fell into our lap and we couldn't say no. Lots more growing room. Kids get bigger & they'll still fit in the back.
Writer's cramp ... Thinker's block ... Brain clog ... it's all a state of mind.
:)
a minor attempt at humor ... if you don't mind.
:D
Hang in there Sweety!!!
I remember being there for the scrape; I was just telling someone in the branch about it the other day. And I still feel bad. Sorry.
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