We Moved to Germany...

Okay...So we are here in the beautiful Bavarian region of Germany. It is magnificently decorated with wheat and corn fields on rolling hills, amidst lush forests. Big beautiful cathedral style churches adorn every town weather it be small or huge. I love to hear the chapel bells resonate thru-out our tiny town. There are flowers in pots hanging from balconies and window sills and there is lush greenery everywhere you look due to all the rain we get. It really is an idealistic, almost dream like state to be living here. I cant wait to shop more and see more. I love our neighbor across the street, she is german and doesn't speak english. She greets every time she sees us with a wonderful Hallo! or a bright and cheery Guten Morgen! She is always so happy! However, life is not always as fairy tailish as you might think on the other side of the world. Change is inevitable, but it is also HARD. Nothing seems to work with our schedules as far as things on post goes. The army knowingly has made accommodations for all the people living here, however, they do not attempt to accommodate the people whose accommodations are in another town. For example, I cannot take a german class that starts at 9 am because it is located 45 minutes away from where we live...My husband has to be at pt at 6 am, then gets home at 8am to change and be back at work at 9 am, he has 30 min. to do this once he gets home. We only have one car. If i were to drive to to work, that would be fine, but then that would still put me at the german class around 10 am because i would still have to drop off our little one at child care first. UGH! Just thinking about that exhausts me. So the class isn't even an option for me. If that weren't bad enough, it is that way for EVERYTHING there is to do here it seems. I wont even volunteer here like i did at our last duty station for the simple fact that it is not worth my 45min to drive to the volunteer site, then deal with the snotty rude attitudes people seem to have here. I am extremely annoyed with the ACS and how people are treated. It is the ACS's job to help people, but when you deal with the reception staff, they act like it is a waste of their time to have to sit there and help you and provided customer service to you...UM EXCUSE ME IF YOU DONT WANT TO HELP ME, THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A DIFFERENT JOB, THATS WHAT YOUR JOB IS - TO HELP PEOPLE WHO COME IN THRU THE DOOR!
People are even rude at the PX. If you don't want to live here, thats fine, no one forced the spouses to move here, you did have a choice. Just don't take it out on me because you made a decision you don't like. UGH! did i mention I am really frustrated?! And still no contact from the FRG even though i have signed up and so has my husband like 3 different times.
OH, and lets talk about CQ duty for a minute here....you cannot even plan a trip because you will have cq 3 times a month even though more than one unit shares the stupid barracks the sgt that have families have to do stupid cq. WTH?! I really think the single soldiers should have to take care of it....last time i checked my husband doesn't live there, why does he have to take care of and be accountable for someone else's mistakes or crap. its not his stuff...besides, this is just another instance of the the army showing the new soldiers they don't have to take care or responsibility for them selves or their actions because there is someone there to pick up the pieces. What happened to getting what you deserved when you did something wrong? It doesn't seem anyone is accountable for anything they do any more and it ticks me off WTG Army. On top of all of that, we aren't even sure that we get any kind of retirement or that there will even be a guarantee to being able to stay in the army even though you have done everything right. IT BLOWS!
So, I am mad because the army cant get its crap together and the politicians think it is more important for them selves to get paid tons of money for the rest of their lives but the soldier who has to fight for you to make that money get paid crap (BTW the cost of living allowance doesn't allow for much here). AND people are rude because they don't want to be here, but yet they made the choice to be here and the military give you no help in trying to get anything accomplished, in fact i think they go out of their way to make you miserable. The Army really SUCKS on a lot of things right now for us, but on the bright side...It did bring us here to a beautiful country where we would have the opportunity to see different things if my husband wasn't working all the time and if we could afford it because of the exchange rate. But i am happy to be in Germany. I just have to try and not let the glorious army rain on my parade, because i do know after all that it could be a lot worse.


Sincerely and Truly,
Pissed off at the way things are ran around here.

P.S. Thanks for reading my rant and...The chocolate and Coffee are amazing here!