Gosh it seems like I've been going non-stop lately.  Besides trying to keep up with daily posts at A Soldier's Mind and working at Fort Hood, I've been in the process of house hunting, as Marty and I are wanting to buy a house.  That's been a rat race in itself, going out and looking at houses and such, but we've found our house and made an offer.  I just found out yesterday that the offer has been accepted.    The closing will be around the 1st of September, so that means that in the next month, I need to get my butt in gear and get things packed up here at the house, so it can be moved. 

Marty was worried about me trying to do this move with him being in Iraq.  Luckily I don't think that's going to be a problem.  Some very good friends will be transferring (PCSing) to Fort Hood in the next week or so and I've already been told that I'll have all the help I need to move.  I don't think at this point that I'm going to worry about moving the things in storage.  We'll do that when Marty gets home in Nov-Dec. 

It'll be nice to be in our own place, instead of a rental.  The landlord here has not been the best about doing repairs when they've been needed.  For example.... we've had an extremely unusual amount of rain here for several months now.  The roof was leaking and the drywall in one room collapsed from all of the rain leaking down onto the ceiling.  The hole is STILL there and has been for about 3 months now.  So, I'm pretty excited about the move.  It'll be nice for Marty to be able to come home to his OWN house after his deployment, instead of a rental.