Being stuck on base for 4-6 weeks for 5 of the 7 days of the week because we have no car will be OK.  Even with the fickle Internet and my flip phone that I only really talk to Sean with.  It’ll give me time to work on the photos I took of the cherry blossoms and get those into a gallery on my website, and write my blog about the awesome-ness that is NOLA from my and Sean's trip in *sheepishly* March, and work on that Italian so I can communicate with the market vendors and locals.  It’s going to be fine.  Right?

Right? 

Right?  

Yeah, we'll be good.

Well, it’s almost our first week and every day gets a bit better.  The first few weren’t quite that great (change is hard people), but we are getting out everyday to find places on base, go to events they are having for the kids, and just play around. 

All things I didn’t really get to do for the past couple of months as we prepared to move.  I am anxious to get off base though, and have just today (Tuesday, because who knows when I’ll actually post this with the way the internet is acting today) scheduled our first tour!!  We are headed to the Amalfi Coast on a USO tour.  I am beyond excited! And will tell you all about it afterwards!

Living on base is exceedingly convenient when one doesn’t have a car.  Within walking distance we have a bowling alley, commissary, NEX, library, chapel, multiple playgrounds, basketball courts, tennis courts, a gym and pool, restaurant…there’s a lot of stuff to make living without a car possible.  We are on the third level of our building and I am very thankful for that.  Did I mention I can see half of Mt. Vesuvius out my kitchen window? 

The dogs enjoy watching the goings-on on the sidewalks and streets below, and you can’t beat the cross breeze we get when both balcony doors are open.  With the white tile and white walls and huge balcony doors, it’s gloriously bright in our apartment.  It wasn't what we initially wanted, but God has a plan for us and this is where we are supposed to be.  So for now, I am really enjoying the convenience, the great people I'm meeting while walking the dogs and the views...morning

and night.

 Buona sera amiche!!

Mackenzie