Finally BJ has graduated AIT and his home! We are getting all packed up and ready to go. I can't believe its finally come. I'm so excited to get up to New York and get settled. We found out Friday that we are only number 4 on the wait list. Hopefully we will be getting a call soon for a house on post.
Graduation was fun. We got there on Tuesday afternoon and I was able to find a cute dress. I hate dresses so the fact that I found one I liked was a miracle. I'm a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl. Lucky for us we were able to pick BJ up that evening and he didn't have to be back on Post until 5am the next morning. My parents decided at the last minute they wanted to come and so they met us that evening for dinner. We had a good time. Some of us more than others as BJ ended up drinking a little more than he should. By the end of dinner at Texas Road House they had him on a saddle as they congratulated him on "graduating AIT for helicopter thingy repair" lol. It was a blast, until we got back to the hotel and reality set in for him. Lets just say he spent a good majority of his evening in the bathroom! Poor guy woke up the next morning still sick and having to hide it as much as possible from his Sergeants. He blamed it on some bad meat ha ha. Graduation thankfully was quick. BJ graduated with honors which was really exciting for him and for us. I was so proud to watch them place his wings on his uniform.
Out processing took a good 3 hours and then we were able to pick him up for good. After 2 months of BCT and 5 months of AIT he was finally finished. We decided to spend one more night in Virginia before the long drive home. I have to just say the Embassy Suites in Hampton was AWESOME! Any Embassy suites is nice to stay at but this one was newer and so nice.
The next morning we began our long drive home. Keep in mind that I have now driven from Georgia to Virginia and back 3 times. I have a system that works well for me. I explained this to my husband, but apparently he didn't understand the fundamentals of this plan. I stop only when I have to which means when the gas tank is empty you better be ready to pee and eat cause we aren't making any additional stops. It takes me 9 hours to get from Georgia to Virginia with just me and the kids. With my husband it took us I'm not kidding you 12.5 hours. I wanted to kill him. We stopped 4 times in North Carolina alone. By the end of the night I wanted to kill him. He just kept saying I hate being in the car. I kept yelling " then lets not stop eight thousand times so we can get home and not have to be in it anymore" I also noticed I spend a bunch more money when he is traveling with us. UGGhhh. I guess I shouldn't complain he is home and we are adjusting to being a family again which honestly is a whole other post in itself. 5 days until we leave for New York. We will be driving separately as we have decided to do a DITY move. He will be in the uhaul and I will be in the car with the kids. I have a feeling he's going to be left behind because I refuse to stop eight million times. We'll see what happens :)
Graduation was fun. We got there on Tuesday afternoon and I was able to find a cute dress. I hate dresses so the fact that I found one I liked was a miracle. I'm a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl. Lucky for us we were able to pick BJ up that evening and he didn't have to be back on Post until 5am the next morning. My parents decided at the last minute they wanted to come and so they met us that evening for dinner. We had a good time. Some of us more than others as BJ ended up drinking a little more than he should. By the end of dinner at Texas Road House they had him on a saddle as they congratulated him on "graduating AIT for helicopter thingy repair" lol. It was a blast, until we got back to the hotel and reality set in for him. Lets just say he spent a good majority of his evening in the bathroom! Poor guy woke up the next morning still sick and having to hide it as much as possible from his Sergeants. He blamed it on some bad meat ha ha. Graduation thankfully was quick. BJ graduated with honors which was really exciting for him and for us. I was so proud to watch them place his wings on his uniform.
Out processing took a good 3 hours and then we were able to pick him up for good. After 2 months of BCT and 5 months of AIT he was finally finished. We decided to spend one more night in Virginia before the long drive home. I have to just say the Embassy Suites in Hampton was AWESOME! Any Embassy suites is nice to stay at but this one was newer and so nice.
The next morning we began our long drive home. Keep in mind that I have now driven from Georgia to Virginia and back 3 times. I have a system that works well for me. I explained this to my husband, but apparently he didn't understand the fundamentals of this plan. I stop only when I have to which means when the gas tank is empty you better be ready to pee and eat cause we aren't making any additional stops. It takes me 9 hours to get from Georgia to Virginia with just me and the kids. With my husband it took us I'm not kidding you 12.5 hours. I wanted to kill him. We stopped 4 times in North Carolina alone. By the end of the night I wanted to kill him. He just kept saying I hate being in the car. I kept yelling " then lets not stop eight thousand times so we can get home and not have to be in it anymore" I also noticed I spend a bunch more money when he is traveling with us. UGGhhh. I guess I shouldn't complain he is home and we are adjusting to being a family again which honestly is a whole other post in itself. 5 days until we leave for New York. We will be driving separately as we have decided to do a DITY move. He will be in the uhaul and I will be in the car with the kids. I have a feeling he's going to be left behind because I refuse to stop eight million times. We'll see what happens :)
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