I am not sure where I'm at on the emotional rollercoaster tonight. lol Well.... the last time I updated I thought we had "good news"... Turns out... that completely went out the window. :( This whole thing is just sooo crazy that I'm sure there's tons of people who don't even believe it!! HA! Justin got a phone call from the Cpl working on his paperwork yesterday morning. After his boss had said the previous day that he was going to make sure it got sent out that day and he'd have an update for Justin this weekend. Well, the phone call was to inform Justin that (to summarize everything) this Cpl hasn't known what he was doing (he admitted this!) the paperwork was only valid for 90 days (it's been 6.5 months) and Justin has to get a new form and start COMPLETELY OVER.......................................... Deflated, disappointed, angry, upset, sad, confused doesn't even BEGIN to describe how we feel about it....... So he told Justin he had to go back to a recruiter's office (an hour away) to get the paperwork again and have it signed and then get it to them this weekend so we can (hopefully!!) get this whole thing going again. Justin worked last night, when he got off at 7am we drove to Salina to the recruiter's office and they gave him the paperwork he needed, but didn't fill it out or sign it, they said that they used to be able to do it, but now (for whatever reason) they can't anymore... so, he has to call his unit in the morning and find out what he needs to do, as far as if he has to have someone sign it before he brings it to them this weekend or not... I dunno what he's going to do if they say the recruiting office needs to sign it. We are gonna be in an even bigger mess then. I'm just soooo tired of no one doing their job, not to mention that there's been NO repercussions for that happening (or not happening for that matter.) Let's just hope they say tomorrow that he doesn't need to have it signed by them and he can just bring it in. The recruiting office said he supposedly has to go through a career planner (closest one is in KC) but Justin thinks that that doesn't have to happen until this paperwork gets approved/disapproved first. He should only have to go through a CP after that, to get his new MOS school set up, sign a new contract etc.... but we'll see I guess... I'm trying SO SO SO hard to keep an open, positive mind about this whole thing, but I'm not gonna lie, it's getting really difficult. I keep thinking "what if this is an indicator we aren't supposed to do this?" or something along those lines, Justin keeps saying we aren't giving up, that we are supposed to do this (at this point) and he isn't going to stop until he gets an approval/disapproval and at that point we'll move forward. *sigh* It's just hard because it's been so long, and now we literally have to start completely over. I thought we were back to square one so many different times, but in reality we weren't COMPLETELY back to square one until now.... I guess one positive out of it is (at least the way they talk) if it's only valid for 90 days we should know one way or another in that time frame... let's hope. I just feel like I've said all of this SOOOO many times. I can't even figure out HOW I am able to see any positive in this, but I'm certainly trying.... *sigh* We're just frustrated, and so ready to get this thing going but we keep getting so many road blocks!!!! I certainly hope it's worth it!! :)
On a positive note! Justin is getting promoted this weekend!!!!!!! I am (STILL!) sooooooooo excited for him and proud of him!!! :) :) :) We are still waiting to find out when it's going to happen so we know whether it's going to be Sat. or Sun. and if AJ will be able to pin him! AJ comes home TOMORROW! Tara said he should be in Wichita around 4 or 5 (if not sooner!) I am so excited for the both of them! I can't believe he's been gone for 8 months already!! I really hope it works out for him to be able to pin Justin. If not, if it ends up being on Sunday, I will get to pin him!! So either way it'll be great. :) I'm looking forward to it!
Griffyn had her pictures taken tonight from the mini session that she won! It was fun. She did pretty good for awhile anyway, then she was over it! I'm anxious to see how they turned out. Hopefully she was able to get some good ones before she got crabby. She was smiling and laughing of course, until we got ready to start shooting, then she just clammed up and wouldn't even crack a smile! I think she only got a couple of her smiling, the rest were all serious. lol there was just too much to look at, for her!! :) lol We shall see! :) I'm sad I missed my Bible study tonight because of the pictures, but we had them scheduled for almost a month now and today was the soonest she had open so I had to take it. This was also before the Bible study started though. It was fun though, the girl was super nice! Now, I'm looking forward to pics in probably Nov. when we can do family pics, also so we have a pic (or two) for Christmas cards! Not sure yet who I will have take those.
I got the house cleaned last night, even rearranged the living room. Not sure if I like it, but we're gonna keep it for a couple days then see what we think. It's different! :) Tomorrow night we are having dinner with my in-laws and also Justin & Heidi's Aunt/Uncle from Montana and their Grandparents from GB from his mom's side of the family! We don't get to get together with all of them as often as we'd like, so I'm looking forward to it! It will be the first time his Aunt/Uncle get to meet G! :) Then, Justin will leave for drill tomorrow night at some point. Other than that, not too much else going on. I feel like we are crazy busy, but when I sit down and write it out, it doesn't seem like it as much! lol Can't believe Oct is this weekend!! Feels like I just said that about Sept!!! I'm excited though! Our anniversary is next week!! Can't wait 'til we get a day to celebrate (whenever Justin has time off!) haha. I'm really looking forward to it.
Well, I'm gonna wrap this up. Tomorrow is FRIDAY!! I hope you all are looking forward to your weekend as much as I am!! :)
1. I am thankful we got the opportunity to have G's pics taken tonight (for free!) because of so much family/friends/and even strangers support of her! :)
2. I am thankful that husband is getting promoted!!
3. I am thankful that we get to spend time with family tomorrow night! :)
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