Adventures in the Army Part 3
So then it was Korea. It wasn’t nearly as bad as everyone said. If you don’t count the brown, er, rusty water, mosquitoes in the house and PT being held within feet of our bedroom window, every morning at 5 am. It wasn’t bad at all! We had the absolute best neighbors ever. Our whole corner of the cul-de-sac emptied out every Sunday morning. We went to different services, but we all went to church. The children played well together and the moms all got along. I wish I could pack up that neighborhood and take it with me forever.
The hub of social life was the Dragon Hill Lodge (that’s another must-clink link, and make sure you take the virtual tour). It’s a resort hotel right on Yongsan Garrison. Multiple nice, kid-friendly restaurants, a deli, ice cream store, huge playground for the kids – complete with a ride-on train and waterfalls set to music. There was even a hair salon and spa. That’s where I got my hair cut like in my avatar picture. I have to tell the story of that haircut some day.
When our time in Korea was over, it was back to DC. Phil is working in the same building where he attended PGIP. We’re living right on Bolling AFB, about 2 blocks from the Potomac. Phil has a 5 minute commute. He says it takes him longer to walk from the parking lot than it takes him to drive there. We have no complaints.
Oh wait! I forgot about our TDY en route assignment. After Korea, we spent 10 weeks in Norfolk, VA where Phil was in school again. Our newest baby joined our family there! Then we came to DC when he was 2 weeks old.
And here we are. The Air Force kindly offered all of us in this old style housing the chance to move into the new homes that are about to be completed. The catch is, once we accept a house, we have 5 working days to be out of the old house and into the new, and the entire expense is on us. And the new houses aren’t any bigger than what we’ve got. So we, and most of our neighbors are staying put. Rumor has it that they are going to require us to move in a year anyway, in which case, all the expense and trouble would be on them. In the meantime, I continue to unpack, purge and organize.
