On Target

(I'm borrowing this photo from our friend of a different platoon)

Its Rifle Range training for the next couple weeks for Danno. I keep thinking...man, he's getting paid to play in the dirt and shoot guns...how awesome is that?! To warm up, at least with handguns, we did some shooting over the weekend at a local indoor range. I went from observer to shooter at no extra cost thanks to the Filipino worker =D I did very well, they say most girls do, but what matters most is that Dan does well in the field and passes all the qualifications to keep moving forward. Please keep him in your prayers for his safety and performance!

It feels like things are picking up now. We're getting the house settled in a bit...still need to finish arranging boxes, buy a couch (figure out how to fit a couch!), cozy up the place. They had a Spouses Orientation last week when all us platoon spouses joined our Marines at school and sat through informative sessions about the upcoming year, and most importantly we got to connect with each other. They had a small fair of different organizations for us to explore. There's an Officer's Wives Club which may be something I'll look into, and also Officer Christian Fellowship which holds weekend small groups for married couples which we hope will be a great fit for us (haven't started meeting yet).

We're a community of about 45 spouses. I'm trying to stay involved with the group emails and be of help as much as possible. I've been keeping in touch with a few gals and already began running into familiar faces the next day running errands on base. Yesterday I even hung out at one girl's place who didn't attend the orientation, yet her husband had passed me her info. It was the first time we met, she happens to be Filipino, and just began working as a nurse out here (not surprised! hehe). Her husband is in Dan's platoon, and they live just down the street from us. It's great for us to be so near, and helpful that the guys they can carpool. This week I have plans to meet up with another wife/mother of 2 adorable kids who invited me to hang out..so that will be a new one for me!

It's interesting, out here you jump right in and gain instant friendships. You either haven't met before, or at most have introduced yourselves, and the next thing you know you are in their house, at the mall, having lunch with them... In the Marine Corps there's no hesitation to take care of your own.