Three days left, and other news!

So, I've not written in a bit. I'm surviving of course.. as we all knew I would. I miss Mike when he's gone, and it seems when he IS gone the poo hits the fan, but if I do say so myself I've been handling it beautifully!
He sneaks little phone calls or texts when he can, which is quite sweet and has helped me out quite a bit. As always, every day is different and better or worse than another. BUT three days left and I go to see him- HUZZAH! Like they say, the absence certainly makes you appreciate what you have. It seems he was supposed to go into the field and camp out there, but the CO's decided it was "too cold"! I'm sorry, but I find that QUITE funny!

In other news, my brother (Kenyon) will be graduating from Warrant officer school soon. This would be normal and just fine, except that NOTHING is normal for my family. As it turns out there's a little snag in the procedure here!

Okay so this is a 3 day event- sunday with the family, monday with others, and tuesday with the actual graduation.
Well, so the base commander is Lt. Col. and the head of the school is Maj.
They were asked that if they had anyone coming higher than Maj. to let them know. (To swear my brother in.)
Well, my dad is a full bird retired Col. in the AF.
Sooo... my brother had to fill out paperwork.
He was then notified that all retired and active personnel are expected to be in their Class A's. (My dad is NOT happy about that! I mean medals and everything..)
He will also upon arrival at the base, have to RECIEVE THE BASE COMMANDER! He will also be issued an assistant and a driver, and will be given the officer's quarters to stay in. And now it turns out that he has to buy a whole new uniform because his is so outdated!
AND when bro graduates from flight school, mom - the Colonel's wife- will be pinning him. Which means, all the LOWER RANKING officer's wives will have to leave their calling cards with her! (The reason this is so funny is, 1) my family is NOT one for procedure, formality, or pulling rank and 2) we TRY, though it never works, to keep a low profile!)

My brother has been insisting on a LOW profile this whole time- SO MUCH FOR THAT!
My family life is insane.

Nobody ever believes my stories about my family. When I was a kid, they called me a liar! These stories, things like this, are the reason why!
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Other than that, I'm doing well. I'm graduating! YAY! And will be looking for a job, and moving soon, so it may be sparse here for a bit as not much will be happening.
I shall, as always, keep posting!