Wild Blue Yonder

24 hours after John got home he's off again. This time to an exercise in Arizona. I'm hoping he had a good sleep last night, all this traveling isn't healthy especially back to back trips like this.

Yesterday was very busy. I headed to the Embassy at around 11...my employment contract was ready and I planned to finally see my husband for lunch! I picked up my employment package, very exciting but the wage was relatively disappointing. They explained that the position paid the highest of all the EFM (Eligible Family Member) jobs. It's the same salary as I was making over 10 years ago in Pensacola. Oh, well, the job will be fun!

John and I had lunch then looked over the paint colours I'd chosen for the house. I grabbed a taxi home and fiddled on the computer before driving over to meet John at the house to drop off our colour choices. Unfortunately, the project manager wasn't there so I'll have to get them to him on Monday.

From the house, we drove over and picked up a bed for Dominga. It's not much of a bed, more like a futon but much better than the rug she keeps offering to sleep on!

We then picked up Carlene and John's driver took Carlene and I to the birthday party we were going to. It was at an Argentine Attache spouse's home and we had a really good time. Everyone is exceptionally patient with my Spanish and when I'm completely at a loss Carlene acts as my interpreter. We sat with a bunch of Brazilian Attache spouses and the Ecuadorian Attache spouse. They're awesome!

Directly from the birthday party I met my family at the school for Lisette's Music Concert. It was the High School and Middle School band and chorus concert. Most acts were good to very good and the few that weren't so hot were either blissfully short or overtly funny.

Nicole went to a sleepover from the concert, Jake had Manny come home with us and Lisette went straight upstairs to begin studying for her exams in a few weeks. We had some of the dinner Dominga had prepared and left warm for us.

The "boys" and I decorated our Christmas tree but the lights were a bust. Looks like I'll be buying some treelights here in the next few days.

At around 9, John and I crossed the street to the Marine House to participate in the farewell party of one of the Marines. We didn't stay long, partly because John still needed to repack for his trip and partly because I was wiped. When we move, I'm going to miss the ease of which we get to the Marine House festivities they so often have!