Frustrations Setting In.....

Frustration 1:
So not everything goes smoothly with a PCS and we have run into a few bumps along the way.  First, the kids all got here to late to join the fall sports. Zachary is on the waiting list for the Swim team, as well as Avery.  So if no one drops, he doesn't swim this season. This is the most frustrating, since we really need this swimming for his college applications, and he is going to lose a year in competition.

On the flip side, they have a really great Prep program at church, and all the kids are involved.  Zachary joined the Life Teen band as the piano player and goes twice weekly.  Nic is in EDGE and they have thier first Church get together this Friday and he loves it.  Avery loves anything we put her in, so all is good.  So maybe this was God saying these sports are less important right now, I will go with that over being angry about it.

Frustration 2:  Waiting for movers
This has always been a beef coming overseas.  Give us a round about time you will be here, but we usually sit and wait, all day, in an empty house.  The movers delivering our small shipment never showed Monday, and then showed late afternoon Tues, so all that time lost.  Wed morning, our temp furniture delivered by the Military Furniture management, which allows us to move out of the hotel got screwed up. We were there at 8am, they were there at 745 and they left.  Now its rescheduled to Sept 28, and we stay in the hotel 10 more days.   Hey, the Army is now paying for 10 days because they can't communicate with other services.  We were even proactive, and called to get a round about, but the German local nationals working on the base in these positions love to say "Dis is not pozzible".  Ok, we get paid extra for the hotel for 10 days AND your paying our rent on the German house.  hmmmhhhhhh

Frustration 3:
Because of the swimming situation, we decided Zachary could do Cross Country.  But to do cross country, you need your yearly physical, which Zachary's expired right before we came over.  Military coding of appts has always been a nuisance, and this is not an accute appt, so he can't get in until Oct.  We got him in on a cancellation at 8am Tues morning, Eric drove to Landstuhl with plenty of time, but there was no parking.  So he arrived at the desk at 8:10.  Appt coded as a no show.  Really, for 10 mins?  There goes cross country and my sanity for Tuesday. 

So things come in threes, so hopefully that's it?  No more frustrations, No more frustrations, No more frustrations!