I had a suggestion to talk about my life on base and in Base Housing. Where I can talk about somethings, I am not the best at other because I just dont get out much lol. So here yall go. My life and times at Offutt(year 1)
We moved here just as the last snow was just melting in march 2009. After packing the car with Me, Husband, son, and our two very large dogs. Along with everything that could fit in our then Station Wagon, we drove for 16 hours from the only place we ever called home Central Texas. This was actually much more Fun then it sounds. We got to stop at 2 hotels (which is NOT normal for us) And see some really cool places, well until Kansas hehe. Our son was happy the whole time pointing out neat sites he had never seen before. So that made our trip 100 times better then it would have if he had been upset.
When we Finally arrived at the Gates of Offutt, we met up with Husband's then shop commander and shown a quick tour around the base, then off to the housing office. This was such a neat experience, it was like we were house shopping again. The Housing officer took us around to different homes and showed us inside. We picked our house and Moved in that night. So excited to start our new chapter!
We had to wait a week or so for our furniture to catch up with us from Texas. The Same month we moved in Husband got some bad news. His Grandfather died. Since We had just moved here and our son would not have done well in another 16 hour car ride, me and him stayed. Husband drove down for the funeral. As he was almost back to his mothers house he hit deer.. BAM, THUD! There went our car..... He had to find a new one.
Finally Husband was on his way back. We got a chance to do some looking around. Everything was so different, Prices of everything so much higher then we were use to, Less things to do, Crazy/scary drivers on the road. . . Was a lot to take in.
Still today , over a year later, we dont really like the area. The base is a nice base, but the weather and many of the people are not what we want to be around. We miss the "Southern Hospitality" of Texas, where please say "Yes, Sir" wave and smile. We plan to move off base as soon as possible. Possibly buy a house here and if we get stationed somewhere else (very unlikely) just sell it or rent it out. HEHE not like we would have to worry to much about renting it out.. People always need a place to live around a Base =D
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