Another recruiting night

One thing recruiting has really taught me is that I need alone time. I get this now and then (always when he has training jobs). I got it last night, too. The squadron had a training and going away for a squadron leader so I knew better than to expect to hear anything from him. Don't get me wrong - I always look forward to hearing from him at least once a day when he's away. However, I've grown accustomed to him being gone and us being overlooked until it's too late to call home. Those recruiters know how to lose track of time!

This is another example of rolling with the punches. I talked to another spouse yesterday who asked if I had heard anything from the guys..."No". We both laughed and assumed they were getting drunk. We don't want to talk to them when they're like that anyway! I admire this friend of mine who has an interesting story to go with her life. She's overcome adversities that amaze me and thinks they are "no big deal". She was an Army kid and knows military life quite well. She's very young, but handles the stressors of recruiting lifestyle with humor and grace beyond her years. I hope her husband stays in recruiting (he's awesome!!!) so she can lead other spouses by example.

On another note, I'm so excited we turned our assignment list in. The first assignment out of school he got his second choice, then his 7th, this one was not even on the list and we hate the location (but love the guys that work up here). We are really hoping for our first choice so we can be with someone he's worked with before. At this point in recruiting, nearly everywhere holds people he knows/has worked with. However, this time this person he's wanting to work with again is amazing, not just good. Six of our 8 choices are immediate reporting, so we'll get orders and move in 30 days. That should be right around the annual, but we'll see. With our luck, we'll probably get our 8th choice...ugh. There weren't many available for him to choose from and half of those weren't desirable. Most people in recruiting know my husband, and the others have at least heard of him because (he's incredible, but...) he was the MSgt STEP promotee. Again, I'll have to get into how wonderful his professional growth is in a later post.

I'll try to get into the intricacies of recruiting without glossing over them later as well.

Enthusiastically,
Jackie