It was supposed to happen...

Matt was supposed to take his test three weeks ago but after a glitch in the system, a basewide lock down and then rescheduling, it was pushed up to tomorrow. This test is a pretty big deal- if he gets a 95% or better he'll get three days off as a reward! If he gets above a 90% he'll get one day off. Needless to say, we are both looking for him to get a 95%. He asked his supervisor if he could take those three days when the girls and I come visit and it looks like they'll let him. So fingers are crossed and prayers are being said!

All of July he was on swing shift, technically. Because they go by the start of each week, not by the actual date, he didn't start swing shift until July 7 (he also had two days off for 5th of July in there!). He worked for three days on Swing shift before being switched to night shift for the basewide lockdown! Then he had a few days that he was required to work day shift, because they needed something important done I guess. And then he was back to swing. So in all 4 weeks he was supposed to work swing shift he actually only worked 11 days!

He is excited about a new prospect: he's been signed up for a class to learn how to shoot handguns. He is hoping he'll get marksman on this as well because then he'll be able to wear a star on his ribbon. And I guess thats pretty cool. After taking this class he'll be qualified to act as gate guard for the bomb dump. Its a shake up in the normal routine and he's looking forward to the possibility of doing that.

We are getting closer to when the girls and I will go visit. At this point Matt is busy getting information gathered to make sure everything connected to us visiting is approved and goes smoothly. Its only 9 weeks now! (You know, last year at this time I was freaking out at how long 9 weeks was...now 9 weeks seems so short in comparison to the year!)

We've both started getting ready for the move to Guam. He is in the process of putting in the all-important paperwork and setting dates for coming home. I am in the process of making lists. Lots of lists. After coming back from S Korea I'll have about 8 weeks to be completely ready to move. And as I just said, 8 weeks seems like nothing in comparison to the year we've already been through!

It will be exciting to update everyone on Matt's test scores in a few days...so check back!