Counting Down

Greetings from Wet and Windy DC. Well the countdown is on....I have finished my 7 weeks of Human Resources training and my brain is full! I try to read 30 minutes from my class books every night because it is so much information! I will be taking a class on the European Union next week and I am taking classes on being the duty officer this week. On Friday I will go to Hagerstown MD where they have everything in storage. I need to go through all of my boxes and decide what I want to take and what will stay here. When I get to the Hague they will provide me with housing, it should be a two bedroom apartment. I try not to talk about it to my friends going to other parts of the world where they will have 3 bedroom houses with gardens!! It is interesting to read about the housing in different parts of the world. The apartment will be furnished but I have heard horror stories about the mattresses provided so I am taking my double bed. I also want to take some of my personal fun things!!! I am very lucky because the person I am succeeding has a housekeeper that I am "inheriting" she comes once a week for four hours!! Once again comparing to friends going to other corners of the earth have a housekeeper four hours a day for the same amount or LESS! I will also inherit her bike, housekeeper bike what else do I need in life. I also found out a very fun fact about the Dutch-the national color is ORANGE! I was told I need to make sure that I bring some orange to wear on holidays. I am hoping one of those holidays will fall on Bedlam!

I just got back from a spa weekend in Hershey PA. I know you are seeing a theme here, spas and chocolate. I do have a funny feeling that in Holland it will be cheese themed spas but I am up for anything! Back to Hershey, it was fabulous! When you check into the Hershey Lodge they give you a FREE candy bar, at the spa there are brownies, the best hot chocolate in the world and bowls of hershey kisses everywhere. I also had a "whipped chocolate" bath. I have hives on my legs and I truly think I overdosed on chocolate!

More later as I start to get ready to get to Post.