Today had lots of positive news. I ate half of a pizza at work. I finally donated our old TV. We had our first soccer team win today. I played soccer well today. I was told repeatedly that I'm "good at defense." I had a juicy lucy at none other than the famous local Blue Door. I received news that not one but two showings are scheduled for the house tomorrow. I cleaned the house in response to that. I finished taking pictures of everything to be shipped to Germany except for my tools. And finally, Jill decided to book a long weekend for both of us in Chicago in mid-February.
Definitely a good day today. It makes sense, considering it's 2/7/12 and "27" is the Huber magic number (my mom's side of the family). I say "magic" and not "lucky" because sometimes those big events can be deaths. It's still magical though when you consider that so much happens for that side of the family on only 12 of the 365 or 6 days of the year.
By the way, it's a leap year this year! I'll have to plan something special for that bonus day. Maybe I'll eat at a really good restaurant or bar or something. I'll have to make it a special-social-something. It only happens once every four years!
I'm still working on finishing up details for transporting the dog to Germany. Boy, will that saga ever end! I just want to know what they mean by a "non-skid mat." I could use my imagination, but I'd rather get it right the first time instead of risk not taking the dog with us. I can't complain too much though. I found out today that transporting a pet is a privilege only reserved for those going though a permanent change of station (PCS). So, they are being nice to us as it is.
It seems like every time I get the right contact information for any military office, it ends up being a dead end or the wrong department. One thing I have learned about the army and it's vast number of offices is that their emails and phone numbers have about a 30% chance of not working. It think this is in part to the DoD security they have on their emails and me being a civilian, but I also think it's in part to the rapid department change-ups they go through to keep up with continuously changing policies required by the government. Jill's right: there really does seem to be an office for every little item that can be done with the military. I suppose when you consider there are probably 1 million or more total US army soldiers, not including veterans or dependents, one would have to have tons of offices to handle the sheer volume.
Interesting side note about the sudden interest in the house. My realtor mentioned to me that she couldn't figure out why no one wanted to look at the house. She knew of at least one other house that was almost the same as ours and in the exact same neighborhood that was getting tons of visits. She noticed that suddenly after we dropped the price as scheduled, we had people wanting to see the house. She figures we're starting to hit the sweet spot in pricing. Now that we're more in the game, I'm curious to see how the next two weeks will pan out as far as selling the house goes.
Ok. Bed time. Very much looking forward to the adventures tomorrow may hold.
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