It's getting closer and closer to us leaving Washington. Here we have 2 weeks lefts and Devin and I don't even have a list of things we want to do before we leave. For instance, when we were in Korea, we wanted to see so many things and when it got down to the end of our time we were rushed trying to squeeze it all in. Now we are in WA and we have seen the Space Needle, Pike's Place Market, Salmon ladder, The Locks, UW, Puget Sound, Mt. Rainier,Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, and we went to visit my cousin John in Seattle. We had a good time here minus the horrible weather all the time. Our landlord was amazing! She was so nice and understanding. Being in the military, things change all the time. Fortunately for us, she understood each time things changed.
So with Christmas around the corner, and my birthday even closer ( wink wink ), I thought I might share a little tid bit of how the past few days have been for us.
On Monday, we had to take my car to get its 15,000 mile service. Devin had the day off so we went into town together. We met some people from his work for lunch. We ate a place that reminded me of cracker barrel except they didn't have the store in the front. Anyways, since the people from work were in uniform, anyone that saw them said "Thank you for your service." I think it's so nice when someone does that. The men and women go through so much crap that what they do 24/7 is definitely appreciated. There were some older people who stopped to say thank you. When they say thank you a story of how they were in the military comes along with it. I love it. I think it's so cute.
Tuesday, Devin gets a call from the dealer saying that they put the wrong type of oil in my car. He goes over to get it fixed. Since he was at work, he was in uniform.While he was waiting, a man came up to and thanked him for his service. They began talking and the man told Devin how he served in the military for a number of years and he was a helicopter pilot. He even made a reference to the movie Act of Valor. He said in real life that was him flying in the front helicopter during one of the take down scenes. He began to tell Devin about his adventures and tragedies he faced throughout his career. The man has PTSD and goes to counseling often due to him witnessing his co-pilot die in flight and witnessing many others get killed as well. I thank that man for his service.
Wednesday was just like any other day. Devin went to work. I stayed home. Ya know cleaned up around the house and did some homework.
Thursday I didn't have work so I decided to go to work with Devin. He had a few appointments and stuff like that to get done due to him getting out of the army. When it was lunch, we went to go grab a bag of chips and drinks because I forgot to bring them. Since we had some time for lunch, since the places Devin had to go were closed for lunch, we went off post to grab a bag of chips and some drinks. There was this lady in front of us at the store who had two little girls. She was so nice. She was friendly to the cashier and you could tell this lady was just such a sweet heart. She checks out and before she leaves she turns to Devin and I and thanks both of us for the sacrifices we have made.
I was so touched. No one had ever thanked me too.
Now it's Friday. I am home obviously. I have my math final on Monday so I should be studying but I am currently writing this again obviously. Today the moving company is coming over to do a walk through on the house to see how many boxes and what not they are going to need to bring. It's all becoming more real!
I have enrolled for the Spring Semester. Devin is enrolled for MMI in April. I'm looking for a job that pays pretty good and is flexible with my school schedule. I'm hoping to find something that I don't have to work on the weekends, but we will see.
Well since I have work today and the moving company is coming today I better go so I can get as much studying in as possible.
Y'all have a great weekend!!
P.S. God has answered many prayers of mine, but one of the BIG ones was freeing one of my mom's good friends, Roxanna Yanez, of cancer. I know my mom is being not only our guardian angel but her's too. God is definitely watching over the Yanez and Monaco/Nakayama family.
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