So Chris, Jess and I packed up the dogs (Max the Shiloh Shepherd on the right with Jess, Ronja the Malinois with Chris on left and my youngest bitch Indra in the middle), took the previously prepared Christmas bags with lots of candy and met at the PX. The plan was to go from CQ to CQ to spread Christmas joy and lots of cheer to the once that have to work on Christmas Eve.

I should mention that Chris and her husband have been doing this for quite a few years. Every year they would go and visit the folks that are working on Christmas Eve.

First we went to the dog park, to let the dogs run. After they burned off some energy we went on with our mission. Three very happy Soldiers from the 1BCT welcomed us. It looked like they had a blast with the dogs and enjoyed the distraction from Staff Duty.

They also took the picture of us standing in front of the Christmas Tree.

After that we went to the next buildings and found them locked. From there we decided to visit the 3BCT and stopped in two places.

The dogs behaved very well. They loved all the attention, hugs and snuggles from the Soldiers and the Soldiers seemed to enjoy the short break.

After 3BCT we went to the MP Station and last but not least to the Fire-station. That was my personal favorite of all. They invited us in and had a real blast. I am certain they would have loved to keep Max, the Shiloh Shepherd with them as a mascot. I know that I had a lot of fun. It was much better being out there instead of sitting home and thinking about my family back in Germany. The dogs, Soldiers and three of us had a blast. I can’t wait for our next great adventure on Ft.Drum.

I am also glad to have two great friends like Chris and Jess. I am thankful for their friendship. Both of them have made the transition from Germany to the US a lot easier.

Thank you girls. Thank you for being friends and thanks for the great Christmas Adventure on Ft.Drum.

Zenzy carried my house shoe outside. She was all excited and like always she’s got to have something in her mouth when she’s all excited. She left the shoe below the porch and Indra stole it from her.

So we went to the place yesterday to check it out. It is small, very small and I am not sure if all the furniture, dinner table and couch will fit in there but we will make it work somehow.
However, the ceiling is pretty low but other than that it has the cozy cabin style. If I got that right the place used to be a trailer home but they took it apart and insulated it thouroughly and gave it a ranch style home. When you walk in it feels like being in a cabin somewhere in the mountains.

The landlords own over a 100 acres of land. Unbelievable. They live right next door and respond immediately if something needs to be fixed. They have three dogs of their own as well as three cats.

It has three rooms, bathroom as well as the living area, it’s just half the size of what we have right now but that is okay with me. We’ll work it somehow and even if we have to sell some of our stuff on craigslist and buy a new couch to make it work.

Who would have thought that in just two or three days things could turn around and work out in our favor. It is such a big relief that we can get out of here by January and move into a place that is not only closer to post but also much much cheaper, cozy and with sooo much land where you can walk in any direction with the dogs and just let them RUN! 🙂