Itching to DIY

We have been at the Fort Drum Inn now for almost 3 weeks.  I can't say its been totally horrible because I haven't had to cook every night, but it really puts a damper on the DIY projects that I'd like to get finished.  I have a list of stuff I started before we left Georgia plus a bunch of other stuff I have now decided to do since moving here and I can't do any of it.   So I'll patiently wait the two more weeks we have until our house is ready to move into and then I'll DIY myself to death! 

BJ is settling into his unit and has found out that they pretty much do nothing all the time.  The only time they work is when an Apache breaks and it takes more than an hour to fix.  Apparently that hasn't happened since December.  So they'll wait for another to break and in the mean time he gets to work on getting his PT score above 250.  I have a feeling he's already there. We will know by Monday of next week when he takes his first PT test.

On a positive note, I have met a few ladies. They seem pretty nice and hopefully I can cultivate a friendship here and there. One of them I'm not to sure about. She was nice, but a bit aggressive when it came to letting me know about how crappy the women on this post are and how crappy the FRG for my husband's unit is.  I appreciate the heads up, but I'm more the type to find things out for myself.  I am of course wiry based on a few of the Fort Drum Wives websites I've seen, but I'm going in with and open mind.

Have I mentioned my kids are driving me nuts?  I guess for me that nothing new, but this hotel room is getting to them as well.  They are into everything, messing with everything, touching everything.  They have become those kids at the store that you look at and think wow their parents have done a crappy job with discipline.  Poor Jaden has been grounded from TV a total of 2 weeks of the 3 weeks we have been here lol.  Time out seems to be her new best friend as well as " front leaning position"  I'm not sure about asking a 4 year old to sit in the push up position as punishment, but my husband does it any way and ironically it seems to get her to chill out and stop her crazy ways at least for a bit.  Yet another reason I can't wait to get into our house and get them back into their routine.  14 days and counting :)

Here is a few pictures from out stay. ENJOY!

Fort Drum I hope your ready for the LIttle's

We have officially been at Ft. Drum for 10 days.  The post is beautiful and we've seen plenty of deer and even wild turkeys. Billy spent most of his first week in processing which even involved the kids and I doing stuff.  Its been interesting.  I think we are pretty much done with all of that thankfully.  Currently we are staying at the illustrious Ft. Drum Inn. Let me tell you I haven't stayed in this crappy of a hotel in years!  I know it sounds mean, but I really do hate it. The wall paper is old and peeling off the walls.  The linoleum in the bathroom is also peelings off the floor.  We have a small "butlers pantry" not even a kitchen.  We are here in total 35 days. I was told by the housekeeper that I am not allowed to cook using anything they haven't provided.  So no crock pot or steamer.  You can bet I just wait to start cooking until after she has cleaned the room.  How can they honestly charge me 65 bucks a day and then tell me I'm not allowed to cook for my family.  Your taking all our money I can't afford to go out to eat for every meal!  I guess to be fair they do provide breakfast and dishes to microwave food.  I think maybe that is how they make the breakfast as it seriously doesn't resemble food.  The kids are pretty much having cereal every morning and I have a bagel and cream cheese.  Beyond the horrible living conditions the post is nice and its so nice to have my hubby with us.  JJ is in daddy heaven.  All you ever hear out of her mouth is daddy play with me daddy play with me! 

We found out a few days ago we will be living in a 3 bedroom townhouse on post.  It only took two weeks to get offered which is really good. We move in on the 14th of June.  I can't tell you how excited I am to have my own house again.  We've actually bought furniture for this one and really want to make it a home.   So only 22 more days and I can officially settle into our new life.  I will post pictures soon!

AIT Graduation and the longest drive home!

Finally BJ has graduated AIT and his home!  We are getting all packed up and ready to go.  I can't believe its finally come.  I'm so excited to get up to New York and get settled. We found out Friday that we are only number 4 on the wait list.  Hopefully we will be getting a call soon for a house on post. 

Graduation was fun. We got there on Tuesday afternoon and I was able to find a cute dress.  I hate dresses so the fact that I found one I liked was a miracle.  I'm a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl.  Lucky for us we were able to pick BJ up that evening and he didn't have to be back on Post until 5am the next morning.  My parents decided at the last minute they wanted to come and so they met us that evening for dinner.  We had a good time. Some of us more than others as BJ ended up drinking a little more than he should.  By the end of dinner at Texas Road House they had him on a saddle as they congratulated him on "graduating AIT for helicopter thingy repair" lol.  It was a blast, until we got back to the hotel and reality set in for him.  Lets just say he spent a good majority of his evening in the bathroom!  Poor guy woke up the next morning still sick and having to hide it as much as possible from his Sergeants.  He blamed it on some bad meat ha ha.  Graduation thankfully was quick.  BJ graduated with honors which was really exciting for him and for us.  I was so proud to watch them place his wings on his uniform. 

Out processing took a good 3 hours and then we were able to pick him up for good.  After 2 months of BCT and 5 months of AIT he was finally finished.  We decided to spend one more night in Virginia before the long drive home.  I have to just say the Embassy Suites in Hampton was AWESOME!  Any Embassy suites is nice to stay at but this one was newer and so nice. 

The next morning we began our long drive home.  Keep in mind that I have now driven from Georgia to Virginia and back 3 times.  I have a system that works well for me.  I explained this to my husband, but apparently he didn't understand the fundamentals of this plan.  I stop only when I have to which means when the gas tank is empty you better be ready to pee and eat cause we aren't making any additional stops.  It takes me 9 hours to get from Georgia to Virginia with just me and the kids.  With my husband it took us I'm not kidding you 12.5 hours.  I wanted to kill him. We stopped 4 times in North Carolina alone.  By the end of the night I wanted to kill him.  He just kept saying I hate being in the car.  I kept yelling " then lets not stop eight thousand times so we can get home and not have to be in it anymore"  I also noticed I spend a bunch more money when he is traveling with us.  UGGhhh.  I guess I shouldn't complain he is home and we are adjusting to being a family again which honestly is a whole other post in itself.  5 days until we leave for New York.  We will be driving separately as we have decided to do a DITY move. He will be in the uhaul and I will be in the car with the kids.  I have a feeling he's going to be left behind because I refuse to stop eight million times.  We'll see what happens :)