We have been at Ft. Drum now about 3 months. We are mostly settled in to our house and I say mostly because we are still waiting on our stuff from Washington to get here. My dad and step mother and driving it up here in Sept. I can't wait to have ALL my belongings in one spot. We have a routine down for the most part and my precious girl has started taking ballet. We've settled into life. There is just one problem. I am having a terrible time making friends. I've met a few that were very nice, but didn't seem to interested in being friends. The other problem I have is that my husband and I are older than most of the guys in his rank and so there is a big maturity difference. I've never had such a hard time making friends before. Is this what happens when you get older? I refuse to give up though and I have found a few ladies that I'd like to meet in person. Hopefully we can get the ball rolling. I love my family but I need a girls night! Lord knows my husband won't go with me to see Magic Mike! Until then I'll keep myself busy with the kids, hubby and a house that still needs a little sprucing.
BJ's work seems to be going OK. I say just OK because he found out today that there is a pathfinder class opening up soon and he wants to do it. The problem is his Commander won't allow anyone to do anything if there PT score isn't at least 280. Keep in mind that the Army only requires you to pass the test which I think it like a 200. Its frustrating because BJ is above that score, but not at 280. The max you can get is 300 so they want them close to maxing out. Its like this for anything including going to school. Although I can understand it a little, it annoys me. You are stopping your soldiers from becoming better soldiers cause they can't run 2 miles in under 13 minutes, or can't do 75 push ups in two minutes. That's seems silly to me. Now BJ is spending ever chance he has at the gym in hopes of increasing his sit ups and run time. I know he can do it, but I wish he didn't have to jump through so many hoops. Guess I better get used to it.
On a happy note here is a picture of buggy on her first day of ballet!
BJ's work seems to be going OK. I say just OK because he found out today that there is a pathfinder class opening up soon and he wants to do it. The problem is his Commander won't allow anyone to do anything if there PT score isn't at least 280. Keep in mind that the Army only requires you to pass the test which I think it like a 200. Its frustrating because BJ is above that score, but not at 280. The max you can get is 300 so they want them close to maxing out. Its like this for anything including going to school. Although I can understand it a little, it annoys me. You are stopping your soldiers from becoming better soldiers cause they can't run 2 miles in under 13 minutes, or can't do 75 push ups in two minutes. That's seems silly to me. Now BJ is spending ever chance he has at the gym in hopes of increasing his sit ups and run time. I know he can do it, but I wish he didn't have to jump through so many hoops. Guess I better get used to it.
On a happy note here is a picture of buggy on her first day of ballet!
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