Graduation

On Friday, Jerry graduated from his training program as a paralegal specialist. I don’t think that words can properly express how proud I am of him for completing his Army training. I was so impressed, seeing him as a soldier. Maybe it’s because I’m his wife, but he stood out, having a poised and commanding presence. Jerry was one of two students to graduate on the commandant’s list and therefore graduated before the rest of the members of the class. He also led the class in the soldier’s creed and the army song, which was a surprise for me! He did an amazing job. Again, so so proud of him! Unfortunately, the pictures I took didn’t come out very good. But my handsome soldier is the second from the right in the front row.

Jerry’s home on leave now, but will be leaving for Germany next Sunday. That seems so soon. Too soon. I hate this part. I hate that the better part of our first seven months of marriage will have been spent apart. But I look forward to being together again in Germany. Though my travel arrangements have not been secured, everything seems to be on schedule for me and Scooter to make our way to Germany at the beginning of May. And though it’ll mean another six weeks apart from Jerry, I think I’ll be keeping very very busy preparing for the shipping of all of our stuff to Germany!


This time with Jerry feels bittersweet. It's hard for me to enjoy the time without thinking about how soon we'll be apart again. I wish I was better at this. I guess that will come with time.

Germany it is!

While we're still waiting on the official orders (should be sometime this week), everything's in order for us to be moving to Germany. Jerry's been to an overseas briefing and has had to provide documentation for me to go along with him.


All of a sudden, things seem to be happening very quickly! Jerry will be graduating next Friday (March 14) and will then be home for 9 days on leave. After that, it's likely that he'll be sent to Germany almost immediately. I'll be staying behind to oversee the moving of all of our stuff, the shipping of one of cars and the selling of the other. I plan to leave Asheville near the middle of April in order to spend a few weeks visiting relatives in New England before I leave for Germany in early May. At least that's the plan. Getting the orders will allow us to finalize all of this. Scooter got to visit the vet in preparation for the move. He didn't like them trying to stick something in his butt or the shot in his nose. But he did like the many treats he received for being a (sorta) good boy! I've begun dismantling the house, which is proving to be a big job. We need to sort through everything to determine what to take, what to store and what to get rid of. Because I'm an organizational freak, I'm loving the process, but hating the inevitable clutter!


Here are the newest flowers to grace my fiestaware vase! I don't know anything about flowers, but I really like these, whatever they are!