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Week 15: The Last Week of Summer

We had a great last week of summer vacation! It was a pretty quiet week and we spent the time getting caught up on rest after our busy weekend before. On Wednesday, Matt had his first day of school. He is attending UMGC that has a campus on base and his first class was online.Continue reading “Week 15: The Last Week of Summer”

Week 14: Our First Visitors!

We can’t believe another week has passed us by! I needed to attend a training for work from 3pm-midnight each day so I had the mornings and early afternoons off each day. We hit two new pools this week. On Tuesday, the Holzergerlingen Pool and on Thursday, the Böblingen Pool. Tuesday, we had a groupContinue reading “Week 14: Our First Visitors!”

Week 13: A Nice Week

We had a relatively quiet week; there is really nothing to report for the first half. I guess it is a sign that things are really starting to settle down for us. Thursday, we left for a long weekend in Nice, France. We were originally supposed to go over the weekend of Ryan’s birthday inContinue reading “Week 13: A Nice Week”

Week 12: We Have Internet!

I can’t believe another week has flown by! We had a relatively quiet week. The most exciting thing to happen is that we finally got internet at our house and it almost didn’t happen. After all of the delays in getting a tech to come out to the house to run the line to theContinue reading “Week 12: We Have Internet!”

Week 11: Ryan’s Birthday and a Mini Roadtrip

We started out the week celebrating Ryan’s 11th birthday and ended it with a mini, 3-day roadtrip to Salzburg, Austria and Lake Bled, Slovenia. On Monday, Ryan turned 11. We woke Ryan up by surprising him with a huge pile of his favorite snacks; Pringles, popcorn, Cheeze-Its, and Fudge Stripe Cookies. Because of our ongoingContinue reading “Week 11: Ryan’s Birthday and a Mini Roadtrip”

Week 10: Unpacking, Heidelberg, and Bad Wildbad

We are still unpacking and purging our stuff! We are making a lot of progress but still have a ways to go. Monday, I had the day off as part of my in-processing to continue the unpacking process and we all spent the whole day shifting items around and putting stuff away. We were supposedContinue reading “Week 10: Unpacking, Heidelberg, and Bad Wildbad”

Week 9: We Have Our Stuff!

We finally have our stuff! I am actually able to write this while sitting at my own table, drinking wine from my own glass, instead of sitting on the floor and drinking out of a disposable cup. It is so nice after being in transit pretty much since January. We got back from Mallorca superContinue reading “Week 9: We Have Our Stuff!”

Week 8: Moving and Mallorca

We are a little behind but just wrapped another fast-moving week! Monday we had our move-in inspection for our new house. A few days prior, Matt and I had come by the house and talked with the previous tenants about the quirks of the house and certain issues they had. Thanks to that, the move-inContinue reading “Week 8: Moving and Mallorca”

Week 7: Out of Quarantine!

The kids are finally out of quarantine and we have been busy running back and forth to appointments and doing some exploring in between. Even though Germany ended its quarantine requirements for travelers from the U.S. the prior weekend, the base did not update their own quarantine policies in time for the kids to makeContinue reading “Week 7: Out of Quarantine!”

Week 6: Everyone Is Here!

Everyone is finally here! Matt and the kids left last Monday night. I had been filled with so much anxiety in the days leading up to their departure. Mostly about the dogs. Currently, United is not flying dogs in cargo “due to Covid-19,” so their only option was to be in-cabin pets. Daisy is wellContinue reading “Week 6: Everyone Is Here!”