Caitlin and I have moved about 75lbs of our belongings (including the cat) to Portland on the plane ride up. The tickets were purchased before we knew about the baby so we are both scheduled to fly back to Abilene on 6 January. I will be the only one returning however and will be driving my car back up, filled with as much as I can squeeze into it. Jason will be accompanying me on the road-trip, and yes he is much better now at driving stick. Chalk a win up for the percolation method I guess. We will split the driving and cuddle up when we get trapped by a blizzard in Colorado. The rest of our stuff will be moved sometime in the coming months via U-Haul most likely. Jeff and Kelly have turned their downstairs into a studio apartment for us, it is a bit smaller than the Grove but with the common areas upstairs it is a very nice living arrangement. I am scheduled to attend the Combat Medic (68W) re-class course at Ft. Knox, KY from 23 January to 20 March but though the slot is reserved and I have gotten a welcome letter and training schedules the orders have yet to be approved by the headquarters twice removed from my unit. Though it would be unfortunate to miss much of the last trimester it is an excellent opportunity for me and is much better than the financial alternative of looking for a job in a saturated market. Additionally the potential benefits of the training to my team and unit during our upcoming deployment range from significant to life saving. So as always things are in flux but we are now officially in Portland.
Also Caitlin is becoming ever more settled on Aspasia as a middle name.
Also I got the 68W course training schedules and really want to go now that I know there is a week and a half field exercise at the end of the course.
I like the meaning of Aspasia, but I would have to work on memorizing the spelling! I am praying the orders come through soon! You will have to take pictures once everything is in order in your new digs! How is Brenda adjusting?
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