October Hump

We've begun to “X” out the days of the calendar as the end of TBS is approaching fast. September breezed by, and Danno had a great time as they got to work with all kinds of crazy weaponry like grenade launchers, machine guns, and C4! Imagine the amount of booms I’ve been hearing from home. Haha.

October is the start of a very busy month. Looking at the event calendar, the month is packed with the most late nights, early mornings, and overnight FEX (Field exercises). We’ve been so fortunate that so far the longest duration he has been gone will be just this week…5 days straight. We actually expected to see each other a lot less than we have, so we’re thankful I came out here with him! Any amount of time together is better than no time.

Soon we should find out our duty station assignments so we will know where we head after NJS in Rhode Island! Our first choice is Overseas. It’s possible the JAGS will “swap” duty assignments with each other since everyone practically wants to go different places. We hope somewhere in the mix is Japan so we can go there! We’ll see where God wants to take us next year…

Once he gets through the October, it’s pretty much all downhill from there. November he’ll have two “96’s” and we have the USMC Birthday Ball (a huge formal event), and graduation will be the right around the corner at the beginning of December! Wow there’s a lot to look forward to. Please continue to pray for Dan’s safety and that he successfully passes all graduation requirements as he approaches this challenging month. We’re almost done here…woohoo!