We’re in our new billeting now. [Army housing] It’s much better than I worried it would be. It is small, and it doesn’t have a kitchen, or many of the extras that our last place had… but it seems roomy. Instead of complaining, let me tell you some of the good things.

1. Great lighting. Dozier Hall is so dark. I couldn’t read in the bedroom and shaving was actually dangerous in the bathroom. Lighting is a big deal to me. My answer to depression, is turn on the lights, open the curtains and crank up the music. This is much more affective if there’s more than one little lamp in a room. Our new place actually has a ceiling fan with four light bulbs… four! Plus three more lamps in the room.

2. Dining room table. We’ve spent a few months eating at the coffee table… a real table with a couple of chairs seems like such a treat.

3. Lots of floor space. Or at least it seems like it. Room to spread out, play tag etc.

4. The mini fridge is a little bigger than what I expected. It can hold half a gallon of milk in the shelf on the door. And there’s a microwave stand with room for a little food storage.

Well, as I continue to survey the room, I’m running out of positive comments. I better stop here before I start telling the other side of the story.

Wait there’s one more great thing about this room:

4. Jeremiah just fell asleep by his daddy. Our family is together. That makes any cinder block wall little room good enough.