Last Night

Well, tonight is our last night here in Vilseck. It's really pretty hard to believe. We've spent four years here, and I have honestly enjoyed them...for the most part anyway. I didn't really enjoy the year P. was in Iraq, but had a wonderful support system here to get me through. It was pretty hard to say goodbye to our house when we turned over the keys on Thursday. There are so many memories in that house. I know that we'll have the chance to make more memories at our next assignment, but I honestly don't know when we'll spend so much time in one spot as we've spent here. It's amazing to think that in almost twelve years of marriage, the place we've lived the longest was our home in Vilseck, Germany.

Yesterday we did go to the Luau. It was cold and rainy, so they had it in the hangar on the airfield. I don't know what it has been like in previous years, but I wasn't really that impressed. The food was great, and the music was good when we first got there. The kids were dying to play outside, but they're both fighting a cold and definitely didn't need to be playing out in the cold rain before we get on a flight to the States. They did get to have their faces painted, so they were pretty happy about that.

This afternoon we took them to a matinee showing of "Shaggy Dog." What a cute movie! The kids really enjoyed it, and we grownups did as well. Our best friends, who are flying out on the same flight we are, are also in the same building of the hotel we are just downstairs. We're all going stir crazy, but at least we get to go through it together. Our kids love their kids and keep each other busy. They fight with each other just like their own brothers and sisters though.

Tomorrow we move out of the guesthouse here on post and leave for Munich. We're spending the night in the airport hotel there and flying out Tuesday morning. I don't have to say goodbye to my closest friend until Atlanta, but I'm trying not to think about it. That's not going to be any fun at all. Oh well - that's the Army life. We have to take the good with the bad. Hopefully we'll have another assignment together sometime in the future.