Such as Army life...

Well today I finally found the courage to go get food at the commy. Wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. John went with us and we got there right when it opened. Only took us 2 hours. Cade was so good during it. Give him a can of chili beans to play with and he is happy as a clam. 

After that we went home, had lunch and John went back to work. I worked on my last paper too. Tonight we went to church again. Although we got there a few minutes late. A new neighbor came over to ask John questions regarding WOCS school. That is the six week course I couldn't be with John for. Well this guy gets to do the four week and he already moved his family down (same people we went to dinner with last Friday). So he came over to ask a few questions and talk. We should be going over to their house tomorrow. She seems really nice. Her name is Stephanie and their two year old is Colyden. And he is definitely going through those terrible twos. Hopefully I will make a new friend, since the one I made is moving this weekend to Fort Lewis (http://www.lewis.army.mil/). So I am already sad about that. I went over after church and sat with Marci and her mom for a while and talked to them. Later Ryan came over to borrow something and sat and talked with us for awhile. Needed a break from his mother in law. We really liked them. But such as Army life. 

It was all a mirage

I went to Dothan today with out the rest of the gang for a few things. I started driving back and soon darkness failed. As I drove down the street to the Daleville gate, I started looking around. I realized that at night the town seems so peaceful and somber. There are bright lights everywhere distracting you from the real world. Then during the day time it is a totally different place. Run down buildings with broken windows line the streets, with store upon store of used crap. We live in this mirage of a space. Flanked by three towns, with nothing more to offer than who has the best Wal-Mart. 

I thought about going to go food today, and then shortly realized that would be suicide as today is pay day. I can just imagine the checkout line wrapped around the entire store. Wal-Mart about the same. So instead we went to the PX and walked around. Fun Fun.