What has been going on in my life....

I cannot believe it has been this long since I blogged.  Time has completely gotten away from me this past month, and we have had so much going on.  I think a list will be the best way to handle this.


1.  I have been planning our month long trip to Texas for Mookie's high school graduation and visiting family and friends. We couldn't decide if we were going to be adventurous and take a military flight to the mainland or purchase tickets to lock in our timeline.  We chose the latter because we didn't want to chance losing too many vacation days for Chief. 

2.  I have been in Georgia since April 24th.  I got an email on Thursday, the 22nd, that my Grandmother was in ICU and not doing well.  Ava and I ended up flying out on a military fuel tanker, KC135, on Saturday from Hawaii to Knoxville, TN.  Our cold/slightly uncomfortable but fun flight ended up being 10 1/2 hours instead of 8.  The plan was to rent a car and drive to Atlanta, GA that night to my dad's hotel.  We ended up renting a car and getting a hotel room due getting in very late and horrible storms with tornadoes.  We got up the next day and spent the next few days up at the hospital visiting with my Grandmother, my Dad, Uncle Duke, and my cousin Steve.  My 86 year old grandmother was very sick with her heart, diabetes, kidneys, and had a fracture in her back from a fall that left her in tremendous pain.  We really didn't think she was going to make it out of the hospital this time, but she is already out and back at the nursing home!  She still has a long recovery, but she is doing very well considering the circumstances.

3.  I also was able to spend time with my best friend and her 2 boys as well!  She lives 1 1/2 hours away at Ft Benning, and it was soooo nice to see them! I stayed with her and then drove back and forth to the hospital to sit with my Grandmother.  We spent a lot of time chatting, eating bad things, and watching the kids play.  Her husband deployed before Easter, so she has her hands full with a 2 year old and 9 month old.  I loved every minute of my time with them and hope we get to see them again soon.

4.  We found out that Chief is getting promoted to Chief Warrant Officer 5!!!  I am so proud of him because he has worked so hard to get to this moment.  This is the highest rank he can go, so it is a huge accomplishment.  We even have special parking now at the Commissary and PX, and that is always a good thing!

5.  He is also working on our next assignment, and it looks like we might be moving to Wiesbaden, Germany in Spring 2012. We are excited and anxious about the possible new adventure in our ever changing lives! 

6.  We also found out that Chief will be deploying again to Iraq in late 2010.  We will move to Texas while he is gone for the year, and so we are starting to prepare for that as well.  The logistics of all this is a nightmare when trying to plan for storage for our stuff, car shipping, packing, living arrangements in Texas, transferring schools. etc.  We are going to miss him so much, and I am just not same person when he is away from me.  It is hard to function with my other half not being there.  We will keep it together though and get through it!