Shawna left this last Saturday morning. We had a great night on Friday and the dancing shoes were on in full swing. We ended up grilling out at one of our friend's house and stayed out till about midnight. We were going to go out downtown but decided that since Shawna had to wake up at 4 am to drive her interns to the airport that we should call it a night. The goodbye did not get hard until she gave me a goodbye hug....then I kinda lost it and ran away from her really fast. I knew I would see her again in the morning but decided that I had to get my tears out before the next day came. I walked home (it was only a block away) and recovered myself. For some reason, I decided than that it was a good idea to go on facebook in order to occupy myself. I clicked on her wall and saw a message that Josh had posted on her wall. He thanked her for posting soo many pictures and if it wasn't for her he would have forgotten what I looked at, he than had to add that she would be missed. So thanks to Josh I completely lost it and decided after 5 mins of being pathetic in front of my computer that I was going to take a shower and go to bed. The next morning I woke up and called Shawna at 7 Am...she was bound to leave at 9. She didn't answer so I walked over to her place. We got to hang out for a couple hours before she left and then I decided to have everyone come to my house so that a lot of peops would be around. I let Collins walk her downstairs and I said my goodbye from the apartment. No tears were shed but the Shawna withdrawls kicked in before 24 hours. I will even confess that my gym workouts in the morning have definately became less productive. I got soo mad this morning at the gym because there were way too many soldiers there and all I wanted was Shawna to be running on the treadmill next to me. Needless to say I only did 15 mins on the treadmill before I said screw it and decided to walk home.....Shawna's officially in trouble for leaving Germany.
On a much brighter side, we are reintegrating over 1,000 soldiers this weekend. Josh included! This friday over 700 soldiers are coming into Baumholder, so Day 1 for them starts on Saturday. If Josh does not come in by Saturday than I will be working from 0800-1930. That means tons of comp time so an extra day to hang out with Josh when he gets home. :)
So I have this rule that no one in Germany can read my blog...I tell people that after they are gone I will give them access to it. So Shawna Paul, I hope you enjoy your reading time...and I hope no parts of it make you too sad...perhaps it will make you want to come back to Germany! :)
Hope you all are having a great week and if Josh get's home this weekend we will skype at some point!
Love,
Gretchen
Pss. We have a lot of new providers here and I helped one of the Docs do a mole removal yesterday. My friend in central appointments called me today informing me that she was having a couple of her moles removed today by the same doctor. I then got myself in trouble because I told her I had one I had been thinking about removing for a very long time....before I knew it I had an appointment right after hers to remove it. So basically I wanted to let you all know that I am going to die in an hour and I hope you all miss me very much. And don't worry I tend to never exaggerate....Josh that one was for you.
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