Middle of the ocean! We are very excited to be blessed with such an opportunity. Although everything comes with its disadvantages, like being so far from family and friends who we will miss very much.
So that is the BIG news we received Jan. 4th, and we continue to wait and try to be patient. We have finally both fulfilled all of our medical clearances to travel overseas. This even includes Mason's paperwork. :) Brandon will submit that tomorrow, and that is hopefully the last piece of information they need to issue Brandon orders. Once we have the orders, we will be allowed to do so much more. We can actually schedule our trip, and know when we are moving from Point A to Point B. Good news we found out yesterday, Brandon was approved for his recruiters assistance program. Meaning, at some point of time before our journey to the islands we will come back to Texas for about 12 days!
In the midst of things, Brandon only has 5 more days of actual technical school! He just started a very challenging, stressful course, which is the last portion of the class. (He passed the other sections at the top of his class.) This course is typically a 20 week course condensed down to 5 days, with a high percentage fail rate on the exam. However, Brandon is feeling confident and absorbing all the material. The exam is next Thursday, Feb. 18th. Keep him in your thoughts and prayers.
As for me, I think I have spoken with every doctor, vet and office building that they have on base, to try to get everything situated. It has been semi-helpful, but apparently you cannot do anything without written orders, so we've learned. My birthday is on Monday, and we are looking forward to that. The Air Force took into consideration that it was Brandon's wife's birthday and gave him the day off / it's Presidents day. Either way, he has the day off, and we are looking forward to a 3 day weekend to be able to spend together.
Hope everyone enjoys the new blog!!
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