November 9, 2005
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Not much to report on this end.
Unfortunately, the news is not good for the promotion. It was highly unlikely any ways, as this was his first time testing and going to the board for Chief, but we were hoping against hope.
Actually…. we were undecided as to whether or not we wanted him to get this promotion. On one hand, it meant possibly getting stationed in the south west and closer to family, on the other it meant staying in an additional 3 years after sewing it on. I think the whole family is tired of being military though, we are ready to get out and put down roots. Also, if he does make chief, the odds are pretty good that he will have to do a tour to the desert. Not something anybody wants right? Especially after the one year without him while he was in Korea. We depend to heavily on him, and being without him is not fun, but especially in those circumanstances. I mean, if he had to go, he’d go and we would all support him and do what ever we could to make it as painless as possible for him, but the hope is that will never happen.
There are still chances that we will move before our tour here is officially up, but they are slim. I feel the worst for my oldest dd. She really did not want to move between sophomore and Junior year, which on the current plan is when we will be moving. Bummer. Wish I could change that for her. We’ll just have to make the best out of the next 1 1/2 here, so maybe that will compensate a little.
So life goes on and we continue to plod along, here in paradise. This means though that:
I have time to learn to surf.
We have time to visit the other islands like Kauai, Molokai, and Lana’i (We’ve already been to O’ahu, and Hawai’i)
We have lots of time for folks to come and visit.
I can finish my degree without moving.
I’ll have an additional 1 1/2 to scrapbook with Carie, and 1/2 a year to scrapbook with Pam, maybe I’ll get somewhere!
We can do this. I am just really ready to be closer to family and friends. I just have to look at the bright side and remember to enjoy the adventure and not worry what may or may not happen in the next couple of years.
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My hubby and I were talking about the promotion or retirement thing too…. Tim doesn’t think that he has the points that he needs in his file for the promotion and if he did then he would have to re-enlist in order for him to retire with that rank… not something that we really wan to do either… so I think that the retirement thing is in the very near future…. My youngest is a sophomore as well and hate to make him move to another school in the next year or two, but what can you do? Have a great weekend
Thanks for stopping by my site! I take it your husband is military, Navy, maybe? My brother did one enlistment in the Navy. My sister is in the Marines. RYC: I don’t insist that they get dressed every day, and my 11-year-old daughter is allowed to do school in her nightgown if she wants to because she will do it no matter how she is dressed. Seems the younger ones don’t take it seriously if they aren’t dressed for it, LOL!