We arrived in Fort Hood on a Thursday night and checked into the hotel. The drive had been pretty smooth, barring traffic in Dallas (but I think that's just the natural state of Dallas. So glad we don't live there!) We pretty much went straight to bed and we slept in Friday morning. Josiah didn't have to check in until late Friday night, so when we woke up, I started looking into housing once again and we used the day to drive around and explore a little bit.
On Saturday we stopped in at a couple rental agencies and went on a couple of tours. The first house we stopped in at was a 2 bedroom 2 bathroom duplex. And it was super tiny. It was nice, but it was actually smaller than our apartment in Virginia had been, and I just couldn't do it. The second house was also a duplex, with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. We basically walked in and said, "Yep, this is it." We turned in our application that evening, and were approved on Monday. We signed the lease on Tuesday and then moved in a couple days later. Our household goods didn't arrive until July 4th, so we had a couple days in the house with no furniture (except a really crappy air mattress that my parent loaned us.) It wasn't the most comfortable, but we made it.
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| Here is but a small portion of our boxes waiting to be unpacked. Thankfully, nothing has been broken or misplaced so far. |
The 4th was pretty relaxed. Fort Hood was putting on a massive fireworks show and a free Andy Grammar concert, but Josiah and I decided that we didn't particularly want to prove the crowds or the heat (it's way to damn hot here..) so after our household goods were delivered, we headed over to my Aunt Shelby's house, who only lives about an hour and a half away. Yep, I have family near by! Which has been amazing; I've seen Aunt Shelby more in the past month than I have in the last 10 years probably. She's actually planning on coming over again on Saturday to help me out with a couple of projects. And we don't have a lawnmower yet (haha, we have a lawn to mow!!) so my wonderful cousins are going to come mow my lawn for me. They're the best.
Then, last week on Tuesday, my parents and grandparents came down to deliver Peter back to me. He had stayed with my parents for the couple weeks since our visit to Missouri, because I didn't want to have to have Peter all cooped up in the hotel. Mom was kind enough to send me periodical updates on how he was doing, and he seemed really attached to Dad, but I think everyone is very happy that he's settled back home with me.
Peter wasn't the only reason my parents came down though; On Wednesday, we all (minus Josiah, because of work) headed down to San Antonio to visit my brother and support him as he graduated from Air Force Basic Military Training, which he excelled at. It was great to see him, but he seemed so different to me when I saw him in his uniform. My little brother is all grown up now, and is an actual real adult. We were able to spend the weekend with him, visited the Alamo (Remember the Alamo, y'all), went to the movies, and played the family-favorite game of Phase-10. On Sunday evening he headed out to Mississippi for the next phase in his training.
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| Here he is, lookin' sharp, front and center |
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| Robert and I won, in case you were wondering. |
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| 3 generations of Airmen here |
And now I'm just sitting at home doing nothing for the next two weeks. Josiah is busy with work right now, so I'm on my own. I have a few small projects and errands to do, but for the most part I'm just getting the house in order. I'm hopeful that our washer and dryer (which I ordered 3 AND A HALF weeks ago) will arrive within the next two weeks, because laundromats suck. Wish me luck.
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