Right now David is enrolled in JPME II school in Norfolk. It's basically a required class for officers when you do your Joint Tour. We leave in April and he's spending the last weeks of our time in school. Something that should've happened when we first arrived. But things never go as planned. He is gone Sunday night to Friday afternoon. I'm very thankful that he can come home on weekends to give me a break and so we can spend time together too. I was hoping to go and visit him once a week so we can see each other more often but it looks like that won't be happening. He has so much reading to do for his classes that if we were there he'd never get it done. The boys want all his attention and when he could read it wouldn't be in a quiet atmosphere. I do wonder though how it would have worked out if the school was close enough for him to come home at night. He'd have to make it work but because that's not the option we have it's not an issue. ARGH.
We're trying to plan ahead for our move to Barksdale AFB in Shreveport, LA in April. I'm focused on finding a home to rent and having no luck. Everything is gone the moment it is available. So we've decided to just wait until we arrive to worry about it. Buying a home is not an option for us and we really need a four bedroom for our family needs. On top of everything we have to find a home near a great school since JT starts Kindergarten in the fall. David just thinks about all the stress he'll have with only 3 weeks of preparation when he gets home from school and starts out processing. When will we get packed up, how many days will it take, will we have to stay in a hotel here, cleaning the house we're in now, whatever else he has to do to leave this tiny town. We have really great friends here. We won't miss the small town but we will miss our home and our neighbors and friends. The only thing we know for sure is we will leave the morning of April 8 no matter what. That's going to be a long drive from Va to Fl with the kids and a cat who hates to travel!
The plan is to be in FL on the night of the 9th to spend time with my family and return Kristen. We'll be staying with my brother and his family for the long weekend. Saturday I booked David and I a room at Henderson Park Inn where we spent our honeymoon. We're so excited for this night alone together. We haven't had this opportunity since JT was born. Not in this since anyway. I do remember my friend keeping JT over night for me when I just couldn't deal with his colic anymore. What did I do with that time? I slept and didn't get out of bed until noon the next morning. I figure with the grandma and aunts, uncles and cousins in FL my boys will be taken care of quite well from 3 pm to 11 am the next morning!! We'll have a belated Easter dinner with my mom and grandparents and Sister on Sunday and then we'll be off to LA on Monday. Luckily only 8 hours of driving for this trip.
I'm excited about LA. I've already met some great gals online through the mommy networks!! They all seem like a lot of fun and they have been so very helpful! We're looking forward to our new adventure.
I hope to post more here but most of my feelings are always on FB!
