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prosodicI got quite a few text messages last night on my new phone...even one from Germany! (Thanks, Sarah!) I texted my brother in Los Angeles and he called me right back. Welcome me to the 21st century! *grin*
Anyway, obviously we got phones yesterday. We went to the Verizon just outside the base, and Lance was in uniform, and the saleswoman (who was awesome) is (was?) also military (or a military spouse)...she said she was stationed at Wiesbaden. So she gave us tremendous service and a military discount and a really good deal. I even have a bluetooth headset! Lance got free activation on his phone, although we had to pay for activation on mine. He didn't mind too much though.
I have a pretty burgundy phone. Lance's is dark gray. We played with them most of the day yesterday.
So yesterday was made of win. Lance got a lot of his inprocessing accomplished, and I didn't do much but follow him around as he went from office to office and sat and read a book while he took care of business. We worked our way toward a cafe called Cafe Lancelatte (HAHAHA) so I stopped there and got beverages while he took care of some more business.
(As an aside...oh my God,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
emmabovary - the woman working at this cafe could've been the long lost sister of your boyfriend. The entire cafe was a shrine to Prince, and she had purple fingernails with Prince's symbol painted on them and a Prince symbol tattoo).
We went to the medical center and visited Flight Medicine and Tricare. Guess what?! I AM ALLOWED TO SEE A CIVILIAN DOCTOR!!!!!!! Woohoo! A Tricare rep. helped me pick out a local FEMALE doctor near our house. I already knew I had a civilian dentist, but knowing I don't have to drive all the way down to McChord for medical care is just awesome.
We had our final walk-through yesterday. The only damage from the severe rainstorms almost 2 weeks ago was that one of the boards on the privacy fence snapped in half...an easy fix. This was the first time we saw the house without furnishings...and we went around and checked all the windows to see if they opened. Only one is stuck and won't open. But it seems that the lady who lived there never opened the windows at all, and there is all manner of gross things between the windows and the screens when you open them up.
At one point, I was talking to our agent's assistant (we are working with a team of 3 people from the realty) and she asked me what the purpose was of the big opening in the wall between the kitchen and the living room, which is located above our kitchen cabinets up to the ceiling. We were contemplating it, and then I got this absolutely amazing, brilliant idea. I can get a stained glass piece and hang it in that opening. With the light we get in the house, it would be gorgeous, and it would be a real focal point, both in the kitchen and in the living room. So now I need to find something that works, although that's not a big priority at the moment. And I'm sure it'll be expensive.
We went to Home Depot last night, looking at the washer and dryer we picked out. The washer is smaller than we expected, so Lance has serious doubts about getting it, but there are very few washers and dryers that fit in the tiny space that was designated for the laundry room. So we're going to check out Lowe's and Sears. While we were there, I picked out a color for the kitchen...a gorgeous sage green.
Our stuff is here! All of our stuff...and Lance's truck, which arrived yesterday. While we can pick up his truck right now if we want, our stuff can't be delivered to the house until the 20th. It was either that or the 12th, and the house isn't ours until the 14th. I hate that we have to wait that long, and it means we can't live in the house until then. Our hotel is only booked through the 19th, so we may have to buy an air mattress and sleep at the new house overnight on the 19th. But we won't have any furniture or anything.
Oh...and we checked out Winco last night, which is amazing price-wise, as far as the local grocery stores go. We got some stuff to make skillet meals here at the hotel for the next few nights. I think we're both sick of eating out. Still, we went to Subway for dinner last night, and they only slightly burned my personal pizza, and offered to make me a new one, but really, the pizza was fine. And they gave me two free cookies to apologize!
We're invited to Lance's office Christmas party on the 22nd. I'm supposed to bring a dessert. Heh. That'll be an interesting trick. I'm thinking I'll end up making something no bake...maybe my Mom's cherry stuff recipe, which is basically no-bake cherry cheesecake.
By the way, this is night #3 of severe jetlag. And I'm looking very rough since we got here...big dark circles under my eyes and splotchy skin. I need to get some sleep!
Anyway, obviously we got phones yesterday. We went to the Verizon just outside the base, and Lance was in uniform, and the saleswoman (who was awesome) is (was?) also military (or a military spouse)...she said she was stationed at Wiesbaden. So she gave us tremendous service and a military discount and a really good deal. I even have a bluetooth headset! Lance got free activation on his phone, although we had to pay for activation on mine. He didn't mind too much though.
I have a pretty burgundy phone. Lance's is dark gray. We played with them most of the day yesterday.
So yesterday was made of win. Lance got a lot of his inprocessing accomplished, and I didn't do much but follow him around as he went from office to office and sat and read a book while he took care of business. We worked our way toward a cafe called Cafe Lancelatte (HAHAHA) so I stopped there and got beverages while he took care of some more business.
(As an aside...oh my God,
emmabovary - the woman working at this cafe could've been the long lost sister of your boyfriend. The entire cafe was a shrine to Prince, and she had purple fingernails with Prince's symbol painted on them and a Prince symbol tattoo).We went to the medical center and visited Flight Medicine and Tricare. Guess what?! I AM ALLOWED TO SEE A CIVILIAN DOCTOR!!!!!!! Woohoo! A Tricare rep. helped me pick out a local FEMALE doctor near our house. I already knew I had a civilian dentist, but knowing I don't have to drive all the way down to McChord for medical care is just awesome.
We had our final walk-through yesterday. The only damage from the severe rainstorms almost 2 weeks ago was that one of the boards on the privacy fence snapped in half...an easy fix. This was the first time we saw the house without furnishings...and we went around and checked all the windows to see if they opened. Only one is stuck and won't open. But it seems that the lady who lived there never opened the windows at all, and there is all manner of gross things between the windows and the screens when you open them up.
At one point, I was talking to our agent's assistant (we are working with a team of 3 people from the realty) and she asked me what the purpose was of the big opening in the wall between the kitchen and the living room, which is located above our kitchen cabinets up to the ceiling. We were contemplating it, and then I got this absolutely amazing, brilliant idea. I can get a stained glass piece and hang it in that opening. With the light we get in the house, it would be gorgeous, and it would be a real focal point, both in the kitchen and in the living room. So now I need to find something that works, although that's not a big priority at the moment. And I'm sure it'll be expensive.
We went to Home Depot last night, looking at the washer and dryer we picked out. The washer is smaller than we expected, so Lance has serious doubts about getting it, but there are very few washers and dryers that fit in the tiny space that was designated for the laundry room. So we're going to check out Lowe's and Sears. While we were there, I picked out a color for the kitchen...a gorgeous sage green.
Our stuff is here! All of our stuff...and Lance's truck, which arrived yesterday. While we can pick up his truck right now if we want, our stuff can't be delivered to the house until the 20th. It was either that or the 12th, and the house isn't ours until the 14th. I hate that we have to wait that long, and it means we can't live in the house until then. Our hotel is only booked through the 19th, so we may have to buy an air mattress and sleep at the new house overnight on the 19th. But we won't have any furniture or anything.
Oh...and we checked out Winco last night, which is amazing price-wise, as far as the local grocery stores go. We got some stuff to make skillet meals here at the hotel for the next few nights. I think we're both sick of eating out. Still, we went to Subway for dinner last night, and they only slightly burned my personal pizza, and offered to make me a new one, but really, the pizza was fine. And they gave me two free cookies to apologize!
We're invited to Lance's office Christmas party on the 22nd. I'm supposed to bring a dessert. Heh. That'll be an interesting trick. I'm thinking I'll end up making something no bake...maybe my Mom's cherry stuff recipe, which is basically no-bake cherry cheesecake.
By the way, this is night #3 of severe jetlag. And I'm looking very rough since we got here...big dark circles under my eyes and splotchy skin. I need to get some sleep!
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Date: 2007-12-12 03:18 pm (UTC)Good luck with the jet lag, but all in all it sounds like your re entry is going well. Welcome back to the land of easy consumerism!
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Date: 2007-12-13 12:31 am (UTC)I just woke up from a very deep 3 hour sleep. Not good to sleep during the day, but my jetlag is such that I'm not sleeping during the night anyway.