Well, what happened is what I was afraid would happen.  I missed the entire month of June.  It has been SO chaotic in the Figueroa household that this blog just got lost in the shuffle. It seems that sometimes it is hard to write about your life when you are living it.

We moved out of housing in the middle of the month.  The movers were so quick that they only took one day when they were supposed to take two.  This was good and bad.  Good-to get things going and bad-we had no housing for that night.  After a few desperate calls we found an extended stay where we spent 3 cramped nights before moving into what we call our "permanent temporary lodging".  It is on base housing that most bases have available for military folks.  Some are better than others and JBMDLs is really nice.  We are in a 2 bedroom suite with a full kitchen.  Not to much to complain about other than the lack of kitchen supplies.  It is hard to make do with a medium pot, small pot, and pizza pan but military wives are ever resourceful.  I have never utilized the foil pan section at my commissary in my life.

Our next adventure is vacation.  We are flying to Georgia, picking up a car, visiting family for 36 hours  before driving to Disney World, vacationing with my sister and brother-in-law, then returning to Georgia for 10 days before heading off to Italy.  I guess we love chaos.  My husband needed to take his leave before leaving the states and being at home for me was the obvious choice.  It helps that my husband feels at home in Georgia second only to Texas, which was just not an option, so that made the choice easier.  It is hard having family in many places.  You always feel as if you are short-changing people or having to make excuses.  It is an un-winnable situation that we have stopped trying to win.  We usually just do our best and continue to try and vacation as a family as well.  I guess that is all that anyone can do-their best.

It will probably get very chaotic again and I am going to assume that I will be out of sight until arriving in Italy but I will try to write again in Georgia.  Regardless it will be either buon giorno or hey ya'll.  I can only promise that I will write again.