OIC? Already?

A few tidbits for you all.  This time more military oriented.

As I may or may not have mentioned, we are presently in "PCS Season."  "PCS" is short for permanent change of station.  Whenever someone is stationed at a base for around a year or more on orders, typically he or she is "permanently" stationed there.  There are other acronyms for temporary stationing and deployment, but that is a subject for another post.

Due to PCS Season, J's chief and commanding officers are getting rotated out and new ones are rotating in.  In the interim, she is presently acting OIC (officer in charge) for her group.  Really, I think the only thing she does differently right now is sign leave papers.  She's already signed one:)  However, I still think it's a neat little thing to have happen so soon, even if it's only temporary.

Her new OIC is now in town and we got to drive her around a little bit this morning.  Her husband is a Major in the JAG Corps just as she is and they also have a baby they have brought along.  Of the little time I got to chat with her, she seems to be quite nice.  I feel like she and J will get along well.

We also got to see two new-born babies yesterday.  As part of a little volunteer program J's group did, J made a dinner for two families.  The food she made was, of course, amazing.  They two little ones were so cute, and both small...6lbs and change at birth each!

On the work front, I now walk a dog daily for pay.  He's a cutie...an 8 month old golden retriever.  Loves to fetch, be petted, and go for strolls.  It works well as his owner is one of J's co-workers who works late frequently, I could use the cash, and it is actually a job I enjoy...probably the first job I've ever had that I actually enjoy going to do.  It's also something that I do everyday anyway.  They are also located right by where J works, which makes it all the easier.  We're thinking that if I can get a few more gigs like this, I could bring in a significant amount of money.  J already knows another co-worker who has already expressed interest.

I went to a career fair last week.  It was interesting how it was formatted a little differently because of the environment.  Almost all of the booths were very eagerly looking for hires and were taking lots of resumes.  It was also interesting how the location was a big part of things.  Some booths were looking for people PCS-ing back to the states whereas others were looking for people who would be staying in Germany for a while.  The focus was also narrower than I anticipated.  Most jobs were only looking for computer-, intelligence-, or mechanically-skilled individuals.  I actually felt like I had a bit of an edge with my background.  However, most of the booths were specifically looking for military service members.  We'll see if I get further fallout from it.  I've already received an email from one company and a phone call from another.  I'll keep hopeful.

J's really picking up on embroidery as a craft/hobby, so if any of you have any little things you'd like to send her, please do!  She likes the more advanced embroidery items.