Miata arrived

We picked up my car on Monday. No real damage, but it was on "really empty"! The yellow empty light was staying solid and that means don't move the car cause you don't have any gas. Someone wanted 2 gallons of gas really bad, as they couldn't find the gas cap door lever (in the cab of the car), so they opened the trunk (shows they had the key), and pulled the lever cord (breaking it) and popped the gas door open. If Tom hadn't been knowledgeable about my car, we would have had to call the dealer to come either tow the car, or fix it on the agent's lot. Either way it would have cost big bucks here in Germany. It took Tom a couple hours, but he got it put back together. We had to buy a gas can on base, get gas and take it to the Miata before we could even drive it off the lot. What a pain! But it could have been worst.
The Miata is called MX5 here in Europe, so guess I’d better get used to calling it that. NAW, it’s still my Miata. In SA the Miata looked so small, but over here it’s normal size. I have been surprised at how many MX5’s I’ve seen. None my color and none with the retractable hard top. Not that I’ve been able to use it yet. Too cold for me, but I have seen some BMW’s with the top down. Not me, not yet.

We are still homeless. There are not many single houses available right now. We've found a few, but nothing that fits. Two houses had the landlord wanting to live in the basement. One house is next to a gypsy camp and housing says to stay away from that area. Another house is beautiful, large and old. Built in 1914 but remodeled in the last few years. Sounds great? Tom took one look at it and said he knew I'd never live there as it's HAUNTED. Yep they current tenants are leaving because their kids are afraid to go in the basement or to be in the house alone. Tom said that it looks like something out of "Most Haunted" TV show. So we’re still looking, but we have 3 agents now looking for us.

While writing this I got an email from Ramstein AF Personnel Office wanting me to call them. I did and I got a tentative job offer. I have to wait for the official job offer to come from Randolph AF Personnel center and with the time difference that could take days. But Ramstein wants me to start Monday 30 March. That means I’ll start getting a pay check!!!! With the house in Texas still on the market, we really need the income. I should know something more before the end of the week (I hope).
Tom would like to go to see his aunt and uncle in Frankfurt this weekend. I’d love to go, as it’s only 85 miles away, but we may need to stay around to look at houses. With me going to work, Tom’s going to have to look harder (not that I was any help at all anyway).
I’m almost out of yarn, but I’ve heard about 2 yarn shops in the nearby towns, got to go find them soon.