Welcome to Enid

I am here in Enid, Ok and starting to get settled down! Nice name for a little southern town eh? I am slowly acclimating myself to the great new world that I was just dropped right into. It doesn’t take long to find your way around, however, I have spent most of my time either and home, on base, or Lowe’s. I swear I go to Lowe’s a few times a week to either pick something up or return something! That or Walmart are pretty much the biggest stores here.

The first weekend we were here my parents came down in my car on Saturday. We had a great time cleaning up the house, making yummy food, and watching the Minnesota Vikings at Buffalo Wild Wings. There was a nice group of MN fans down here rooting for the Viks! We got to take the drive down to OKC (Oklahoma City) to drop my parents off at the airport. It made me miss Minneapolis and crave that downtown atmosphere as we drove through OKC. We got to stop at a few shops while we were there. We even drove by TARGET and I was sad to say I didn’t really have anything I needed to stop there for, but I am glad there is one within a couple hours. Those visits could be dangerous! On our drive home I did a little scoping out of some of the small towns just north of OKC which could be potential meeting points for clients. Some of the towns are pretty cute.

Thanksgiving was nice and relaxing. Matt and I slept in and then went out to Walmart at noon to get the goodies! We found a thawed turkey for 8 bucks! We got all the yummy fixings and went right home to cooking! Matt was very thankful this year to have our DirecTV installed the day before so he could watch football on Thanksgiving. So that is what we did while the food cooked away! By 5 or 6pm we had a giant feast for two!! Probably was the best turkey I have ever tasted. It is still juicy when we heat it up for leftovers! That night I had to get to bed because I planned on trying out black friday here in Enid! It was CRAZY because Walmart is about the only big store with the best deals and opened the earliest. AND in the south people are so darn slow that it took forever for me to weave through all those shopping carts that were at a standstill in the store. It was like driving down a California highway at the height of rush-hour traffic on the worst day of the year. I survived. Friday night we went to downtown Enid for Light Up the Plains. They had singing and food in a small park outside and some of the town shops were open. I met the owner of one of the local bridal shops in hopes of getting to know some of the local wedding vendors! The night concluded with great fireworks accompanied by country christmas classics. I was loving it. The country feel down here is great! Defiantly me!

Base living is different. I have met my neighbors who are both very nice, but with the holidays everyone has been busy so there hasn’t been time to get to know people. Matt and I have been taking advantage of the free fitness facility walking over there in the evenings and working out together. Some of the days have been warm enough to walk outside! Like almost 70 degrees but windy as always. I have my own military ID now which I have only forgotten once when I needed to get home. I remembered I forgot it before I drove home so I had to call Matt to meet me at the gate. Opps..it was on black friday morning so he wasn’t very happy! I won’t do it again! There are a lot of rules about our house, driving, can do/can’t do sort of thing. It is hard to find out the answers so patience is important. Lastly this weekend we got our xmas lights up outside and then we made some great appetizers and decorated our xmas tree. I am ready for the holidays! We will be home over christmas but only for four quick days so we don’t have to take any leave.

Lastly, today we found out that our ASBC training in Alabama has been moved up from Feb 1st to Jan 11th! That is going to change a few of our plans coming up but it will still be nice to just get it over with. Living in the military is tough because they can just change things on you whenever they want and you have to adjust. I have heard that MANY times from other friends and now it is my turn to learn patience for this new lifestyle. So far it is okay. Especially all the great discounts, perks, and the base’s willingness to help out the families that live here on base.

Here is an image from today! A little preview of our christmas cards! Matt took it…YEAH!!