Patiently waiting

I'm about ready to go home. I just HAD to pick the very last month of leave didn't I! Lauren warned me about this. Oh well, I will be sooo ready to be home when I get there. I still don't know the dates yet. I won't know till mid-November.

Well, I guess I could post some updates. Since I've been in Afghanistan, i have applied for and received a branch transfer from Armor to Signal, and received a Captain's Career Course date. It's pretty exciting to make this change. I got my degree in computer science for a reason. Then the Army stuck me in the Armor branch for what was supposed to be 4 years. I guess you could say I got around the system a little bit and am ony doing three years in Armor. I'm also going to CCC early. Most people don't get to go until after they do some primary staff time as a Captain. Me, I'm just skipping that part since I won't have a chance to do that unless I get stuck in Alaska for three more years.

After we redeploy (come home) in JAN/FEB/MAR 2010, I will get 30 days leave. Lauren and I are going with our awesome friends Brett and Tiffany to Hawaii! I really can't wait for that! And we'll probably spent some time up north in AK doing touristy stuff, since we haven't really done any of that.

So, my career course date starts 2 JUL 09 at Fort Gordon, GA. I will get "up to" 30 days to make the trip from Alaska to GA, so probably plenty of time off. That's what I'm looking forward to the most. So we're lookin at leaving AK on 2 JUN, driving or flying all around America, and ending up in GA in time to get an apartment and stuff. It's going to be fun!

Six months later, who knows where we'll be. Italy maybe? Back in Alaska?? I'll find out in about a year!