College bound...

Quick update...still have no internet...so I'm at the Airman and Family Readiness Center...

Sad, sad UT game on Saturday...little McCluster ran all over us right UP and DOWN the field. I thought the neighbors might be knocking on the door to make sure I was okay after all of Taylor's choice words for the television...clearly they weren't helping. Although his yelling was probably nothing in comparison to the drilling from one of our neighbors. I swear to you it sounds like one of those machines you see drilling into concrete on the side of the road. I'm not sure if he's doing a home renovation or if he has a carpentry hobby...we're hoping for the renovation because it means it will eventually end!!

But in HAPPY UT news, little Kelly Belly got accepted to Tennessee this week. And not only did she get accepted to UT, she got accepted into the Nursing Program!!! I am so incredibly proud of her because that is a VERY tough thing to do! When we went to our UT visit we talked to the Nursing representative and she said they began accepting freshmen into the program last year for the first time. They had about 600 + applicants and they accepted 100. So a BIG congratulations to my baby sister on her huge accomplishment, I couldn't be more proud and excited for her!!! (As a disclaimer...I know that doesn't mean she is definitely going to UT, but the acceptance alone is something to brag about!!)

So things at home are still going well. Taylor's unaccompanied baggage arrived from Korea (I didn't realize he could fit that amount of STUFF in that little room at Osan!!!) But he got it all put away into the correct rooms and we're still waiting on the furniture to come! We finally got all the armoirs moved into our "closet" thanks to some towels, rugs, and lots of sliding across the wood floors (no scratches, don't worry)!

I've attempted some cooking and baking, so far everything I have baked has come out overdone and dry, although in my defense I have a gas oven marked in Celsius...so it's going to take some getting used to. I did make a little cheat sheet of conversions, but apparently it's still too hot, so I will have to play around with the temperature!

The CMA's were just as great as I expected on Thursday. I laughed as my prediction in my previous post played out just as I had written...I sang along into the remote and Taylor rolled his eyes at me and attempted to take my microphone away thinking it would stop the beautiful melody! The CMA's did make me a little sad...especially when Daughtry and Vince Gill were singing some sad song about Tennessee with the Tennessee state sign in the background...it may have drawn a few tears from me.

But I improved greatly on Saturday when I finally got my laptop working in the library and got to talk to my mom and dad on Skype. That was the first time I have talked to them in over 3 weeks! I feel much better! Speaking of my parents, today is my mom's birthday, so a VERY Happy Birthday to her and I hope she enjoys her special day! A young 40 years old ;)

To occupy my days I come to base to use the internet, I've ventured into San Quirino (our town) to see about the shops and restaurants we need to try, I go to the BX or Commisary almost every day to pick up items we need, I go to a kick boxing or step class at 5pm every day, and I'm anxiously awaiting prints that I ordered so I can start scrapbooking! Sounds exciting, huh? Needless to say I'm really hoping for that job option to come through! I've applied...we'll see what happens!

Tomorrow night we are having dinner with Rosario, our 83 year old neighbor. He's going out to buy pizza for us from a shop in town!! I made some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies to bring over when we go...any excuse to bake, I'll take it! And I picked a great choice too, come to find out, Taylor doesn't like oatmeal, that meant I got all the extra dough and the cookies to myself! This could be dangerous!

Anyway, that's all for now...everyone hope for furniture and a car to arrive...any time now would be juuuust great.