One year down...

It's finally been one year since we move to Fort Polk. It really has went by fast. It seems like everything is moving so fast these days. We have met so many great people that will be long time friends. We had a little mourning period but then realized we should be celebrating! We had made it through one year here! We try to look at all the positives! At least we were not just moving in like most everyone here! People are coming and going and believe it or not the town is actually grown just a little. I work at a real estate company so I see all the people coming in and out. (Lucky ones going out!) We just had a huge group (Army) get back from deployment and around 800 more come in from Fort Riley in Kansas. So with all the people getting here we hope that more businesses will come into the area. BUT what we REALLY hope is that we only have one more year here. Hey one can hope, can't they? With married couples they try to keep them at a base for at least two years because of the expense of moving a family as opposed to one person. I'm sure year number 2 will go by somewhat fast. Aaron is coming up on deployment, you will hear lots about that in the future I'm sure. And he will also be going on several TDY's. I have decided to stay here throughout his deployment. We have both talked about it several times and it just makes the most sense to stay here. If I were to go home we would possibly not have a house to come back to and I would lose my job that I really like. I will be going home as much as possible and going to Ohio to visit the Kimmels! We would love to go to Germany, Hawaii, Italy, somewhere great! And Korea as a last option, but that would only be for one year! Hopefully we will be seeing everyone before he leaves. But if not we will when he gets back!