splended weekend.

Sunday afternoons are my favorite part of the week. No matter what happens during the week or weekend.. Sunday afternoons are always just us.

This weekend has been one of the best we've had lately.. other than our "wedding" weekend last weekend! Friday night we hung out with Jery's friends and then called it an early night..

Saturday I went to work.. my LAST day at sylvan.. *a post to come later about that..* after work I went to lunch with my friend Michelle.. Famous Daves. yum. and then we prepared for the first NASCAR race of the year.. Jery is slightly obsessed and NASCAR as become a serious activity around our house.. So to begin the season we had a bunch of people over to watch the race.. which Jr conveniently went from first to last.. and then to being wrecked out. Once the race was over we introduced several of our guests to the Wii.. a gaming system EVERYONE should play and/or own. *this coming from a girl who couldn't play ANYTHING above Super Nintendo until the Wii* We had a great time and were grateful to spend our last Bud Shootout in Texas with friends!

Today we have been lazy around the house.. Jery's work on his ribbon rack *attempting to get his blues in order for the wedding*.. and I've worked on homework.. we ran a few errands and have completely enjoyed being in Abilene and hanging out with friends.

Tonight we are going to the Rawlings house for pizza and a movie.. oh how I will miss our friends in Abilene when we move.. but for now we're off to enjoy our friends.

friday.

I am not sure why this has been such a long week, but it's ALMOST over!

and we're having a dane play date at the park!

joy and peace.

I posted a blog a while back about how I wanted to focus on peace and joy this semester. So far I think I've failed in my efforts to stay at peace with everything while having the joy of the Lord. I am refocusing on what is important, and staying joyfully at peace with life!

oh blog.

I am thankful for you. You make keeping people updated simple.

humpday.

It's humpday!! Always a wonderful day of the week.

Things are going great.. officially began the process of PCSing on Monday.. boy do we have plenty of paperwork to keep us busy.. *and I'm afraid this is only the beginning.. Jery will have more to do when we get closer!!* It's making it all seem real and exciting though!!

As for the dogs we have decided we can take them... we just don't know how much it will cost and they will most likely not be able to go on the plane we go on.. But since they have to go into quarantine in England for about a month *depending on what day we leave* it should work out just fine!

Ok - I have to take a shower and get ready for the day.. I'm SO ready for the weekend!!!!

blah.

They are asking me to work another week.

My phone hates me.

annoyed.

This was going to be a happy and exciting post.. but somewhere between leaving base and writing this post I have become annoyed. My apartment complex is stupid and ridiculous.. I would take the things they say to me and responses they give me seriously if they could keep any one person employed for longer than a month. I am so ready to have a house of my own and not live in this annoying place any longer. *A side note to anyone in Abilene - do NOT choose to live in the Grove* and oh.. for some reason turning in my two weeks makes going to work even more difficult.. I feel so pointless on most nights and am currently annoyed that I have to go to work tonight.

I am attempting to put aside my annoyances and carry on with my day! I "officially" became a military wife today!.. I am boggled by the amount of paperwork that has to be completed and the 18 different offices that we had to go into.. but am very thankful to have gotten almost everything done in one afternoon!

However - there was one part of my day that I was seconds from sobbing. We went into the travel office to fill out some paperwork.. *sounds simple right*.. well one lady helps us and is informing us on details about our flight and about taking the dogs.. we walk to the other side of the room and another lady decides to casually announce that we won't be able to take Samson.. *most of you know this but i'm gonna add another side note here - Samson has quickly become my favorite and our "good" dog.. he's the sweetest thing in the world and parting with him brings tears to my eyes as I write this* Basically she gives us a whole bunch of confusing information that makes no since nor does it add up with the information we have gotten from the base vet in England. She is attempting to tell us that England is very strict about pets coming in *which hello - we've known that.. we have done all kinds of paper work and shots for them already* and that because of that American Airlines *which apparently is what we will be flying* won't fly them. And on top of that.. they have a 150 weight limit that they *so she says* WILL NOT budge on. The problem here is that this does not add up with anything anyone else has told us. I would think that somewhere between emailing the vet in England, having several phone calls with the vet on Dyess, and a visit with the vet on Dyess.. SOMEONE would have said something to us about taking Samson *clearly A GREAT DANE*. Our other concern is that he might come under the 150 weight limit when we leave.. but there is a HUGE possibility that he will be much heavier than that when we come home..

Ok I am rambling on and on in circles.. I'm going to walk my great dane and pray that we can find a way to take him with us.