Three more years of Army life (kind of ...)

Last week Vic enlisted in the Army Reserves. There was a spot open in a unit in Orlando, so we jumped on the opportunity to grab it before it was taken. He will switch his MOS (job) from computers to finance, so I think he will be a little happier in that regard. He'll work on weekend a month and then two weeks a year for an extended training. He also received a two-year stabilization period where he cannot be deployed for any reason, so that will be nice. It's a great deal to keep some of the benefits of the Army without all of the stress.

I was not able to see Vic get sworn in when he enlisted in 2010, so this was kind of neat!

Vic is sponsoring a new family to the unit, so we have been showing them around and trying to help them settle in. Last weekend we took the train to Nuremberg, and gave them the same tour that we've given to about a dozen other people, but we love this city so it doesn't bother us one bit.

This is Elliott and Keira playing at the base of the castle ...

Yesterday we got a group together and headed to Nuremberg again to celebrate my birthday! We ate fabulous sushi and then hung out at a little Irish bar. We got the kids together at our house with our great babysitter, Annalenna, and they had such a blast. She sent us this picture while we were at dinner. Elliott is going to miss her so much!

Vic is STILL waiting for paperwork to come through, and it's driving me crazy. I was hoping to have our house packed-up and shipped by now, so it is looking like we'll be waiting in Florida for our stuff ... in an empty house. The job search is ...going. I have had a couple bites, but they either need me home right now, or they are too far from Orlando. I'm giving myself another few weeks before I start panicking ...

I am getting questions about what to do for Christmas presents. We will, hopefully, be packed up and our stuff will be gone by December 1, so that doesn't leave the option for any packages to be shipped here ... because we would have to just ship them right back!

We are going to get Elliott a kid-friendly tablet ... mostly for our sanity on that plane ride home. It is a tablet is a Kindle through Amazon, so a gift idea for Elliott would be Amazon gift cards :) 

It looks like we'll be flying home the first week of January, so I'll keep everyone updated on news or changes!