August was not my month! Here's to September, Cheers!

I knew I spoke too soon in my last post when I mentioned how smoothly this deployment was going. Didn't I say I would probably jinx myself for admitting that?! I guess I can't complain too much since nothing serious has happened, other than some minor set backs, but they are still set backs nonetheless.

A few months ago I hurt by back doing some kick boxing. It healed fine, but little did I know, that would be the start of chronic back pain in my lower back and Sciatica.  The last three weeks have been miserable and I haven't been able to do much pre-packing/moving or cleaning in preparation for our move in November.  My doctor recommended physical therapy but thankfully the yoga I've been doing 3 times a day is starting to help. Yay for yoga! I sure hope it heals up before Allen gets home. I'm ready for some good vacation time with him.







Around the same time I hurt my back, someone decided to steal our credit card info and make two large purchases at Walmart.com. They charged over $1200 before we noticed and cancelled our cards.  Apparently this happens a lot overseas because this is the second time it has happened since we've been over here. THANKFULLY we bank with USAA, and they are easy to work with. They primarily deal with military, and they have a no fraud policy so we were able to get refunded almost immediately!  An investigation is still pending, and I sure hope they catch whoever did it. Otherwise USAA will be out that $1200.




If you've read this far, let me tell you about my week so far. Besides running two red lights and now waiting to see if I get a pricey ticket in the mail, I also got a ticket today for not properly disposing of my trash. And all because of an itsy bitsy broken up plastic bin that I sat next to my garbage can by the road. Either they didn't like the fact that it wasn't placed INSIDE my trash can, or because it was a recyclable item, not trash.  Either way, it is complicated trying to throw trash away over here. I love to recycle but sometimes I really miss those big black American trash cans with the hunky-dory cool wheels that you can pull out to the road. Instead, I am stuck with a little orange bin that comfortably holds ONE garbage bag. But, as you can see in the pictures below, this is what happens when you miss a week and have TWO garbage bags instead of one! I get to climb up and squish them down.  If I were to be fair though, I should add that once you recycle cardboard, plastic and glass, you really aren't left with too much trash each week....unless   you're like me and forgot trash day...then have more trash the following week.




                                                                          THE TICKET:
              (It basically says the waste was not properly disposed...blah..blah..blah..)

                                                                      BEFORE:

 

                                                                         AFTER:
                                                                        (Whew!)

                                                              

I'm hoping September is a MUCH better month since August didn't turn out so peachy!                                                       

                                                           Cheers! :)