August is Here, 2009

Apparently I used the same title for a post last August ;-)

This has been a crazy week! I bought a car! I bought a 2005 VW Jetta, and I LOVE it. It's so much fun to drive. Particularly because it doesn't die, like it's sister our BMW. It's still not registered under my name though, because the military vehicle reg people are jerks. In the states we would have a real DMV with real people. Argh, I'm not even going to get into it.

Chris put on Staff Sergeant today! 4 stripes in 4 years, his 4 year "militarversary" was July 26. I can't wait to see him. He's supposed to come home in 5 weeks or so. 7 months down, 1 to go. Thank goodness it has gone by fast. We booked a Mediterranean cruise for when he comes home! It will be so great. We can't wait.

I also enrolled in a Master's program! I'm getting my Master of Human Relations through the University of Oklahoma. My first class is at the end of September, so I ordered my books so I can read them in August before Chris comes home. I'm really excited about my classes, the syllabi show good things in store.

This is a big month for the bank, we're moving into our brand new sparkling pristine "crown jewel of Community Bank" branch in the new KMCC at Ramstein. It's going to be so nice! All the CSR's actually have glass cubicle/offices, and I'm really excited about the host station to greet customers as they enter the bank (a few months ago our sign-in sheet was removed and thus we have mass chaos among the customers). I can't tell you how sick I am of people asking "where is your sign-in sheet?" or "do you have a sign-in sheet?" Every time I'm asked I think to myself "we got rid of it, you just have to fend for yourself." I am extra excited about the air conditioning in the new building! It has been so so hot in the branch, and the fans just aren't cutting it. Keeping the windows closed with air conditioning will also reduce the bee population, they're fond of bankers apparently.

So here we are, in August. I made it through the short dark days of January and February, Texas in March, the Netherlands and Spain in April, Istanbul in May, traveling all over with Mom and Dad in June, Chris and Gennie in July, and now I'm in August. I think I'll take a break from traveling this month, plus I'm working all the time anyway with all the big changes going on. Little does Chris know, when he returns I have many more travel plans! My list is still very long, and we only have 24 months left! It's been hard, really hard with him gone. But I'm starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel.