Making it in the MilLife

Happy New Year, everyone!  Is it just me or did you all have a difficult time dragging yourselves back to work/school/normal life?  Although, around here in the DC area, we have a ways to go before we’re back to normal life. 

The Obamas arrived in town over the weekend and the countdown to the inauguration has officially started.  I’d heard rumours that all the hotel rooms in town were sold out, but then heard conflicting rumours that previous estimates of 5 million visitors to descend on the metro area were greatly exaggerated.   Having a home here and a place to lay my head, I wasn’t too worried about it – it doesn’t really affect us.  However, I started noticing a trend since the beginning of the year.  More and more of my Facebook friends have statuses that are beginning to read something like,  ”John Q Smith is looking for a nice friend who might have a few spare feet of space for 2 reliable friends to lay down sleeping bags during the inauguration.”  It seems everyone wants to be part of history. 

That’s why I was so pleased to read the other day that of the 10 official inaugural balls, one (the Commander in Chief Ball) will be for military members and their families.  Information is still coming out, but apparently tickets will be free and the decision of how those tickets will be given out has yet to be determined.  It’s good to know that during this historical event, an effort is being made to include military families.