Army Lifestyle

We have been living here for almost a month and I dont think that I have gotten used to living around all this army stuff. Today I was going to the commissary (the grocery store) and I passed a truck that said "Convoy Ahead" and so sure enough I passed about 10-15 huge trucks! I didn't know whether I was suppose to pull over and wait til they passed, or just keep driving, so I didn't do either. Instead, I just went real slow. Dusty said next time, it will probably be best to pull over and stop. Dusty and I were outside the other evening playing with Layla and, once again, a convoy of 10-15 Hum V's (hummers) went by the house, with men in camo who were sticking out of the top with their guns. It was a little scary too! Sometimes, you hear sounds like soft thunder, but its only the guns and whatever else going off at the shooting range. Yesterday, there was an explosion that shook the windows and doors in the house! It was kinda scary! Layla is not sure what all this noise is either. She thinks that someone is here, most likely her daddy, and barks and runs to the kitchen door, and then finds no one is here. Dusty goes to PT in the morning around 4:45, so he is up at 4. From 4 to 5, I try to go back to sleep. Sometimes its hard because we are close to where some of the men and women go to PT and so you can hear them shouting, counting, and singing "cadance". All in all, I love living on post because you are close to everything. Most days I dont even leave post because we have a grocery store, the PX, which is like Walmart, fast food restaurants, mini malls, post office, bank, golf course, etc. It is nice not having to leave everyday and having to come back in through the gates. When you enter in through the gates, everyone in the car has to show ID, and then you are hoping, or I am cause it happened to us once, that the security guards don't put the Inspection paper on your window, cause then you have to drive over and have your car inspected. It's all for safety though and I am glad they do it! One of these days I will get use to all the sounds, big trucks, Hummers, men and women in uniform everyone, showing ID at the gates and also at the PX and Commissary, and being woken up early in the morning! I love it all!