Visiting on base

Visiting on base
Originally uploaded by dino0477.

I know I know the picture has been up for a while and I have not had a chance to do the post.

I went to the Little Creek school of Music last week to see my friends Maureen and Austin (pic above). When I was in Chicago earlier this month I had crashed at Maureens dads (my former host family). I had take some stuff with me from there to drop off on base. Since I am a civilian I have to wait for Maureen to meet me at the gate to get in. We had to head back to her quarters as they had to line up for cleaning duties. I was just going to head back home (I had given her her things) but they both pleaded for me to stay as they wanted to hang out. How could I resist. It is a great feeling to have them want to sepnd time with me. So I read my book while I waited - yes I always have a book in my purse. After they got done we stopped at the commisary (grocery store) to get some German stuff I have a hard time finding off base and then we had dinner at McDonalds. Maureen was still in the first Phase and was not allowed to leave the base so our choices for a restauarnt were severely limited. They were both pretty beat so I dropped them off near their rooms (Maureen is also not allowed to ride in a car while in phase 1) and headed home. I can't wait for her to be allowed off base so we can go and do stuff. Its so funny how life works - I was her au pair 9 years ago, who would have thought fate would drop her off in my back yard.