BIG NEWS!!!

 

Derick has officially joined the Army National Guard on Friday. It has been a long process that some may or may not known that we were going through. We have been meeting with a recruiter for at least 6 months now getting everything together. And as of Friday he passed all his physicals and swore his allegiance to the president and the governor of Florida. 

O'lena, Kevyn and I took the day to go see him perform his swearing in. It took us a long while to get there (we had to turn around at 50 miles out to get more paperwork) and then waited another 2 hours before he was done, but it was all worth it! I am so happy we were there to support him. I didn't even cry...there....

O'lena was being a royal pain in the butt. She had been sitting around way too much by then, but again it was worth it. Derick has been completely excited to start his new endeavor. When is he leaving you might ask? yeah.. July 30th!! yeah in like 27 days!!!!! He has to do some kind of retreat thing before he heads to boot camp Aug 6th. Boot canp is 10 weeks and his job training is another 7. So total he will be gone about 18 weeks. I know..I know... The good thing is that when he is home he is only gone one weekend a month and only 2 weeks in the summer for training. He has signed on to be a Multiple Launch Rocket System Operations/Fire Direction Specialist. Here is the fun and exciting video about his job.

Our current plan though, as soon as he gets back, is to apply for Officer Candidate School. That will take him away again but not for nearly as long. I guess there are some good things about him leaving so soon, at least it is not next year sometime and I am sitting around worrying so much about it, it is like ripping off a band aid, getting it done and over with. Well, really that is the only good thing i can think of for him leaving so quickly. Right now we are trying to get everything in gear for his absence. I have a list a mile long that I would like him to fix or do around the house and we have decided to sell his car. I have asked my 19 year old brothers to come and stay with me, and hopefully one of them will say yes. I am personally trying to decided on what i am going to be able to handle in the new situational single motherhood. The biggest thing in question is my continuation of grad school. I am going to take a break right as he is leaving but...oh i just dont know.... anyways. Everyone has been really great asking to help and take care of things while he is gone. I am sure I will be calling. Oh man, I can't believe this is actually happening. I wasnt going to worry about it unless he passed his medical. Well, Whitney he did. Whacha going to do now?....