This has been such a Busy, busy week. J came home early from the field (yea!!), and after a day to ourselves, it was back to running around like crazy. I did manage to get done what I wanted while he was gone with the rearranging and such.

There's so much paperwork involved in my being over here and in J being able to legally stay off post in our apartment with me. There's a nationwide curfew for U.S. forces over here, so he actually needs a special pass in order to live with me. BUT, before he can get the pass, there are about a kazillion things that need to be done and papers to fill out. And as it always is with the military, it's a game of hurry-up-and-wait. I get up early in the morning and get on post...and sit...and wait. Between sitting in offices all day and going to meetings with the Family Readiness Groups and some volunteering and running errands and trying to make friends and--oh, yeah, trying to see J when he has a few minutes during the day...I've just not gotten around to posting this week.

Luckily, I think the paperwork is about done. I should have my new visa with its SOFA (Status Of Forces Agreement) stamp in it tomorrow. The NEO (Noncombatant Evacuation Operation) packet is taken care of. I have my permanent ration card. I have my gas mask. I'm registered with ACS, Red Cross, and Tricare (health insurance). I'm entered into the new DBIDS system which records the finger print and photo of everyone entering post. What else? I don't know. There's plenty more. But it's almost all done. Yea!!

The only bad thing is that I still have a couple of boxes floating around out in the mail. One of them contains the cables to connect my camera to the computer so that I can download and post all my pictures. I tried to find one over here, but I haven't been able to find one to fit my camera yet. But there will be many pictures to follow.

That's it for now. I should have some time tomorrow to post a bit about...well, stuff.

THANK YOU to everyone who has been looking for me and asked about me. I can't tell you what it means to know that there are people out there thinking about me. I've made some of the most amazing friends through blogging, and I'm just honored as all heck that you guys think of me, too. Love to everyone, and more to follow....