The Closer Leaving Gets the Harder It Gets

Okay, the closer time gets for us to leave the harder it gets. I love this place and all of the people that I have met here. Gene and I have one week and two days left. I received a phone call this morning from the people that handle assigning the contracts to the movers and they wanted to move our storage pack up date from Tuesday, April 26th to tomorrow, April 21st. So, tonight we spent the evening going through everything seperating out what is going into storage, what is going in our express shipment and what is going with us in our suitcases. This is not easy stuff when you don't have but one good leg and one bum one. Phillip came home and jumped right into helping with the chore. We were able to get most of it done in just a couple of hours, thank goodness.

As for my knee, I am 5 weeks post-op and my physical therapy is going well. I have begun to walk without crutches and that in it self is exhausting. I'm really hoping to get myself to the point of being able to walk without a limp.

Okay that's it for now. I'll try and update again later.

The Count Down Has Begun.

Well, Gene and I have less than two weeks left here in Coleville. Our household goods shipment was picked up on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. Our storage pack up is scheduled for Tuesday, April 26, 2011 and our Express Shipment is scheduled for Thursday, April 28, 2011. Phillip will be frocked on Wednesday, April 27, 2011. He is getting frocked because he wants to go into his new duty station with his new rank pinned on. However, he won't actually get promoted until sometime around August of this year. As for my knee, things are going well. I have been in physical therapy for two weeks now and I should be off of my crutches by the end of this week. The doctor said that it will take a total of about 6 months before I'm actually back to normal (whatever that is) and that in about 3 months I can actually get back on the tred mill to run. I am looking forward to that. I have gaind some weight over the last couple of months because I haven't been able to do any exercise. Well, so much for our happenings for now. I will update again as soon as I can.

The move finally begins.

So after stressing out for the last two weeks our move will finally begin on Tuesday, April 12, 2011. I can't believe that we only have 3 weeks left here in Coleville, CA. I will miss this place and the friends that we have made here but I am excited about moving to Okinawa, Japan. Things haven't been easy for me since I messed up my knee but I'm on the mend and I have started physical therapy to regain full use of my knee. I hope to be more diligent in updataing this blog as our move gets into high gear. That is all for now.