I reported in to my unit via my sponsor and am now stamped to look for housing, (usually a week.) Since it was such a cold surprise the first two nights without power I was/am strongly considering taking post housing.

However, if I do that, I lose $36,000.00 during my stay here if I am here for the planned 3 years. Safety comes first though, not comfort.

When the RV office opened on Tuesday at 10 am I made my way there and was very happy to realize the spot I'd been eyeing as I drove by for the last two days was recently available due to a contractor moving out!! Score!! Even though they only offer weekly parking with a month maximum there is one exclusion. Since I am a nurse and need to live close to work, all I need is a letter from my commander saying I am stationed here as a nurse and that gives the RV park permission to allow me to homestead here while stationed! Very nice!

Next my neighbor came home for supplies at lunch and he is a married contractor who knows RVs and electric and he gave me advice and helped me with my heater so I could get through another cold winter night. Thank goodness!!!

I was also very pleasantly surprised that the park does have clean port-a-potties throughout the park, that helps too.

Today I have to caulk all my trailer windows, batten down some hatches and get a few more things ready. I plan to check with housing to see if there is a deadline where I am able to get on post housing, just in case I get further into the year and feel it isn't viable for me and Marco to stay here. However, I do not want to take housing just out of convenience because this trailer is nice, I'm comfy in it, I'm never home anyway other than to sleep, I never have visitors and throwing away $36K just to have an apartment isn't attractive to me. :)

Todays pic is my new spot for my time here.