I am in Mississippi. Columbus AFB to be exact. It is okay. Josh and Amanda have a duplex, it is pretty nice. Three bedrooms, 1 and 1/2 bath, a kitchen, laundry room, family room and dinning room (it is really a great room, but they have it set up pretty separate).
Anyway, it is exciting to be here I guess. There isn't much to do, but I am still just totally content with seeing them. Josh is out polishing his boots. He has late week, so he will spend the mornings with us. It will be nice I think. Amanda and I will probably drive into Columbus sometime and see Pride and Prejudice. That will be our big event for the week I think. Which isn't to say we aren't doing other stuff. Today we went to the commissary, woo. We needed chips, and I got a notebook from the other store right next to the commissary. And then we went over to the gas station thing right there, and bout Guinness in the store. Amanda actually had to buy my notebook for me because they won't let you buy anything unless you have military id.
Gas is more expensive here. About ten cents more. When we were driving we found some majorly low prices. One, in Mousiri (I have no idea how to spell that) was at $1.99, yeah, I took a picture on my dad's new camera phone. so there, I have proof. The lowest we say was $1.93, it was pretty insane.
The background on my bro's computer is a picture of me and him last Thanksgiving. We stayed at a friend's house up in Frasier, or thereabouts. They were visiting fam, and left the house to us. It's a picture of us after we got back from snowshoeing. Josh is all bundled up in a mask and everything. I have a beanie, scarf and the old rugby sweatshirt. Yeah, it was a little chilly at first, but let me tell ya, snowshoeing is hard work. I was sweating by the end of that trek.
Amanda is knitting a sweater. It's very pretty. I think I will learn how to knit. You can't make useful things like sweaters when you crochet. I mean, you can, but they ar emore big bulky cardigan kind of things, all in loose seams. Not very practical. She is going to enroll at the Mississipi University for Women next semeseter. They tell me I should go to school there, and I could commute with her. It would be fun. But they are only stationed here until Josh is done with flight school, next October. The campus is pretty and oldish looking, but I couldn't come here if they weren't going to be stationed here. Depending on what plane Josh ends up flying, they may get stationed in Washington. That would be cool, because SPU is one of my top choices. It's one of two colleges I applied to.
I may be starting a new story. It's a vey different style, I have a lot of things planned out from when we were driving. The drive... yeah, that was a long 20 hours. But it wasn't bad. I got all my homework done except for reading some of Richard III, and Killer Angels (Shakespeare and History).
Josh flew the other day. I got to hear about it twice, first last night when he told my dad, and then today when he told mom at lunch at Proffit's Porch. It was suppposed to be pretty basic stuff I guess, but Josh I think knows his IP pretty well. I mean, he must since the guy goes to church with him, and they actually knew him and his family from there before they (Josh and Amanda) found out he was going to be Josh's IP. The guy, Brad is his name, wanted to be the first to take Josh up. So he took him up a few days before Josh was originally supposed to, or I think that's how it went. Anyway, they weren't supposed to do any of what my mom calls 'twirly things' I don't know the real word. You know, where he goes straight up and turns over backwards and then flips back up. Yeah, so he wasn't supposed to do those, but Brad was just all "we'll just say we're doing clearance practice, and make sure no one's around." so Josh had a lot of fun doing twirly things.
That's about it. Oh, today at church we saw this cute little girl who looked just like Becky Clarkson. I'dve taken a picture, but no one had their camera phone on them. How sad. Oh well.
Hope all is well in Colorado. I'm sure I've missed so much in two days.
talk to y'all later.
sara
About Me
- Sara without an H
- In my Father's house are many dwelling places, if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and recieve you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.
3 comments:
Everything is well here.
To take a stab at it, are they called inverted helixes?
And I haven't even started Kiler Angels yet, so no worries. And yes it is 5:23 in the morning.
And yes I drank this INSANE energy drink at 8pm YESTERDAY that kept me up ALL FREAKING NIGHT. But it was cool, I got lots done. Oh yeah, and I only drank HALF of that INSANE energy drink. And I am really weird right now.
Ciao
They might be inverted helixes. Sadly though, that doesn't sound even vaguely familiar. I will ask him when he gets home today. Or I could ask Amanda, but she is writing a letter to Caleb, and I've already interrupted her enough.
A T-37 went over earlier. They're easy to pick out because they're the only plane I've heard that his this high whine, almost a whistling sound. But I've only heard one flyover today, because it is raining. Josh had to go in and give the weather report this morning, so he actually left for class at 8:45, though it doesn't start until 10 (late week).
Everyone here is very nice, I have met a few of their friends, and everytime we are driving on the base, Amanda always points and goes, "oh and that Lt. is in our class, and the poeple who live there, and there too."
Did you know how separate they keep enlisted and officers Connor? I didn't. They pretty much have separate neighborhoods and aren't supposed to really interact. I understand it and all, but man I think it would be awful to be enlisted.
anyway, I haven't even showered yet this morning. And the bed isn't made, and I have Thank You's to write, and Beth to remember and a story to work on due to the sweet smelling rain and beautiful ivy creeping up the tree outside my window.
have a wonderful day at school without me. You must be in French now, right? Well have fun with Condon, I know you and Michelle love her, and to tell the truth, I quite enjoy your stories. Say hello to Ms. Gerlich, if you read this before then (insanely doubtful). Tell her we are not going to Pascagoula, but I will tell her all about Mississippi and the W when I get back.
Love you all, sorry these have been so long, I am just feeling talkative of late.
sara
I think you were right. It is inverted helixes.
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