And we're not really moving, at least not yet. We don't have orders and we don't have any idea when it will be time to move again. But I catch myself preparing the house and myself for a move all the time.
Is that a military spouse syndrome? Or maybe it's because we moved after 3 years from our last base in Germany, and now we're here for 2 1/2 years? I sort through stuff, thinking about what's worth moving and what is not, every time we make new friends I think "I'll sure miss them after the move." And here is the weird thing, right now moving is not a scary thing for me at all (I'm sure it will be as soon as it gets real, there are movers in my house and I have to say goodbye to all the people who are like family to me). Right now, I'm actually excited to move. It's hard to explain, I really like it here, we have great friends, I love our church, we just moved to Surprise and I really like the house and the neighborhood, I even like the base (although it's a lot smaller then Ramstein of course). I'm not so sure if I like the weather but that's not enough reason to actually want to move.
I think it's just because I know that moving is part of military life and I want to be ready, I don't want to be taken by surprise, so when Jan comes home with new orders I can say "okay" and be actually excited about starting over some place else.
I never liked it when people are complaining all the time, don't get me wrong a lot of people have reason to complain but if you chose to marry someone who is active duty you just have to try and make things work. Right, I say that now, I probably whined my friends ears bloody while Jan was gone.
Anyway, I'm trying, I'm still complaining too much but hey, I'm German, what do you expect :)
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