Finally Got My Hair Done

Before- Steph's finished work 3 1/2 hours later.

Processing- Kaiserslautern, Germany

After.........Mushroom Head! 1hour and 20minutes later

It has been 3 months and 1 week since I got my hair done last!!!! I was really nervous about going to someone else. I know that sounds silly, but when I’d been going to Steph for the last 7 years and all I had to do was sit in the chair and be still for 3-4 hours (that’s pretty challenging for me to do) and say “Do whatever you feel like doing today.” The end result was always great! I left with a smile on my face. This time, I left with tears in my eyes looking like a mushroom head! I will admit that the color turned out ok. Not as I wanted it, I wanted it to be darker, but atleast it's not purple or some crazy color. I’m just not happy with the way that she cut it, and the fact that it only took an hour and 20 minutes from start to finish. I felt like she was in a race to cut and color my hair the whole time. They probably work slower at Great Clips! I guess I’ve just been very spoiled the last 7 years. I’ve known it all along, but never thought I would ever have to pay anyone other than Stephie to do my hair. Miss ya Stephie!

Busy Lives

Life has gotten pretty hectic over here. I’m working different crazy hours every day. I get random days off here and there. When I do get a day off I’m just trying to catch up on my chores that I didn’t do on the days that I worked. I’m still trying to figure out how to balance work, chores, sleep, and play. It makes it hard when I don’t know what my schedule is going to be from day to day in advance. I think I make it harder than it needs to be. J Pointers anyone? I am proud to say that all of my Christmas shopping is done and over with. I really had to plan ahead this year to make sure I got everything in the mail in time.

There’s really not a whole lot new over here. It’s been snowing pretty frequently, but it usually melts a day or two later. Gas is dropping like crazy which I’m sure is the same in the States. We are at $2.10/gal this week. Shawn talked to his parents in California and they’re paying $1.60/gal. So we’re still paying more over here, but it’s better than nearly $5/gal. I’m happy to be able to fill my little car up with $20 again as opposed to $70.

I’ve gotten a couple of other job offers this last week. I had a job interview yesterday with the Command Chaplin and Command Chief to be their Executive Secretary. That was pretty exciting news to even get an interview. I feel like the interview went well. There are 5 other opponents (I can refer to them as that, right?) that they interviewed as well. So I will find out tomorrow, Friday, if I am accepted for the position or not. If I’m not chosen for the position, I received an email yesterday from the lodging (base hotel) General Manager offering me a job in Guest Services. At this point, I don’t really care what other job I work as long as it isn’t retail.

As for me taking online classes, that came to a halt when we found out that I wasn’t going to get any financial aid. Based on our 2007 taxes Shawn and I made to much money……..so much in fact, there was no guarantee that I would even qualify for a 100% student loan. I would have to come up with at least $3,000 out of pocket. They told me that they couldn’t give me an exact figure until I’m actually taking the classes. Even though the military will reimburse half of my schooling cost back, we decided it was not a smart financial decision right now for me to take. So far it seems to have been a good decision.

Randoms

These signs change depending on the traffic and weather conditions.
Usually the speed limit is 130.

Volgelweh is the base that I work at.

Good thing I have the Subie!

This was the weather condition one night when I came out of work.

Thanksgiving in Stuttgart

Tom, Maria, Shawn, Nicole, Coco's husband, Coco, and Maria's Mom

Shawn has a friend that he met on the RC Rock Crawler website, who also happens to live here in Germany. So, a week after I arrived here in Germany, Tom and his wife, Maria, drove up here from Stuttgart (2 hours away) and we spent the day together. They are a cool couple. Tom and Shawn have all the same interests. Maria and I get along great too. We both talk a lot and love photography. For Thanksgiving they invited us over.