"You seem unhappy. I like that"

That seems to be a motto around here, atleast that's how it seems.

I don't understand how people get pleasure off of feeding a constant stream of negativity to others. I mean, honestly.. what's the point? I understand that this is a small location and people find themselves getting rather bored, BUT, you'd think they'd find something else to do with their time rather than investing the effort to convince everyone else that this place is horrible.

This subject is becoming so absolutely frustrating to me.  No matter how positive I am about a situation, someone makes it a personal mission to dump crap on it. I look forward to upcoming trips, I catch flack for the people that I'll be traveling with. I'm seriously amazed at the lack of self control when it comes to people and keeping their unwanted opinions to themselves.

I'm starting to want to be anti-social and not attend any events around here considering you're under a mircoscope and judged for every little thing you say, do, interact with... it's ridiculous.

It's almost a "Damned if you do. Damned if you don't" scenario.

"Bastard-coated bastards with bastard fillings. But I don't find them half as annoying as I find naive bubble-headed optimists who walk around vomiting sunshine."  - Dr. Cox from Scrubs

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"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."

The blog title pretty much says it all.

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Flip a coin? Maybe?

I'm so torn right now.....

Earlier this month, there was a Bizaar in Ramstein, Germany. Unfortunetly, I wasn't able to make that since all my extra play money is getting diverted to Eric getting a set of wheels. Yes, we have the Xterra, but I usually have it since I'm running errands throughout the day and he's at work. It's starting to get nippy outside and we both know it's gonna get ALOT colder... did I mention he rides his bike to work? So, not only is it cold in the mid afternoon, it's freezing when he's peddling to work at six in the morning...EKKK!

Anyway, back on track...

I guess I should explain what a "Bizaar" is since some people may not exactly know what that is. A Bizaar is essentially a massive "market" that consists of alot of different vendors from all over Europe that sells things like tapestries, jewelry, pottery, wine, cheeses, etc. Instead of you having to travel to all these different countries, it's convieniently packaged in this massive market. From my understanding, the one at Ramstein is ridiculously massive and the one at Spangahlem is a little smaller. Since I missed the one at Ramstein, I was dead set on attending the one at Spang.

Now, here's why I'm torn:

The exact same weekend that the Spang Bizaar is happening, there's a trip to Boleslaweik, Poland. I think it'd be pretty cool to check out even though it's just a weekend trip. We'd spend the day driving there on the 13th, venture around on the 14th to check out shops, castles and such, then drive back to Belgium on the 15th (this is all happening in November). I should also mention the trip for Poland is a ladies / spouses trip.. so no kids or husbands are coming. It's just us ladies. Nothing wrong with that at all considering we all need a break from our loved ones, right? lol. Anyway... I'm not a MAJOR fan of Polish pottery, which is what Poland is known for.. but I just wanna check out a different place rather than Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany all the time, ya know?

Here's a picture of the hotel we'd be staying at...it's called "The Blue Beet Root"

Traditional Polish Pottery

So... I dunno... I'm interested in the Bizaar, plus Eric and John would be able to join me and check it out. On the other side, I'd stoked to check out another country. Atleast I got a lil time to figure it out.. although, they're going to need a head count pretty soon to make the hotel reservations...gahhhh....

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I love my husband :)

I truely do.

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Fall Time

It's finally that time of year. Oh how I loves it!

I managed to get Eric to go sifting through the garage to find my container of Autumn / Fall decorations. I'm sure he wasnt too thrilled about it considering the garage is not only a nightmare, but he hates it when I decorate for the holiday season.  I love that my house is feeling more like "my" house, aside from the hideous wallpaper that's currently up. I'm damned and determined to take it down once we get our paws on a wallpaper steamer! So, here's some pics of the stuff I have up.. Josie actually showed me a store yesterday that had some cute Fall stuff, so I picked up a little squirrel as well as some hedgies to put in the hallway when you first come into the house.

Another awesome thing about Fall? BOOTS! I ordered these and they should be on their way :)

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Slow Ride... Take It Easy

Ughhhh... cold season is upon us and I think I'm the latest victim of it. Atleast that's how it feels. My head is thumpin', my muscles are sore and I'm getting all congested. THIS SUCKS! Especially since seeing a doctor around here isn't all that exciting. I mean, it's not a thrill to go to the doctor in general.. but the whole process here is different than in the states. The last time I went to the doctor here, it was to get a refill on Johns medication. The doctors office is actually in a house.. so you'd drive right pass it and not even realize that was a business. Then, you walk in the waiting room and there's no receptionist and you pretty much have to sit in a waiting room that can fit MAYBE 10 people and hope your wait isnt TOO long. Once the doc pokes her head out of a random door and is ready to see you, her examination table is in the same room as her office, lol. It just looked WEIRD to me! I'm just gonna load up on Emergen-C and hope that does the trick!

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Seriously?

I've been at this base..hmmmm... 5ish months now.
I swear to God, I'm getting REALLY sick of peoples negativity regarding this specific base, this country, the weather, blah blah blah blah.....AGH!
Freaking A! We're in EUROPE...hell, let's be more specific.. BELGIUM..
YES -We're a tiny base.
YES- English isn't the main language and we actually have to put the effort out to speak to the locals *shocker*
YES- It's expensive to live on the economy, but that's what COLA and BAH is for..geeeeee.....
It's like all I ever hear is bitching and complaining about this place. Lesse... we're 6 hours from Paris, a hop skip and a jump from The Netherlands and Germany... we can take 20 euro flights to pretty much anywhere in Europe. Let's not forget, that people could spend the majority of their lives saving up to take a vacation to this place...
People act like this place is a prison sentence rather than an assignment. Sure, the guys work..but that's how it is at any base. In fact, this base doesnt deploy! Even better, right? Apparently not. It doesn't seem to matter..now matter how many events are going on, group trips, parties and such.. it seems like people are never happy and rather wallow in miserey than enjoy the little things.

Sure, I've been here "only" five months, but that means I have around two and a half years left. I've enjoyed my time here, thus far, so, it's definitely crappy when people are constantly pessimistic / negative. What's worse is that people dump all over this place to the brand spanking new people... geeezus! Let them form their own opinion about KB!

Honestly, I'm gonna explode.

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