Mary is fired up to start school tomorrow. Met her teacher today, a very sweet woman with a Southern drawl named Mrs. Allen. Suspect she and Mary will get along just great.

Another frustrating day looking for apartments. There is a "fair market value" cap established by the military that caps the monthly rent we can pay. Frustrating because this cap is preventing us from affording a nice 4-bedroom apartment like we want to have. We've seen some nice 3- bedroom units, but we're concerned about how we'd fit our stuff in them. Space is going to be more important to us here vs. Japan because (a) we're here for 2 solid years and (b) Sean will be home much more. We head back to the Housing office tomorrow morning to get the scoop on the wait for base housing and clarification on how this rent cap works. *sigh*

Margaret got up twice last night, but went right back to sleep after nursing. Woohoo! Felt like a new woman this morning.