Right now Mom is 40,000 miles above us, headed back to the US. We had so much fun these past two weeks and are sad to see her go. It was good timing for a family visit because while we (just me, really) are gutted, depressed, blue, and sad about going back to the United States instead of continuing our exotic adventures at another overseas location, the trade off is that we don’t get to see our families as much as we would like. The bright side of a pedestrian stateside assignment (I’m being intentionally snotty here) is that we’ll be thousands of miles closer to the people we love and that covers up a whole bunch of disappointment.
I can’t say where we’re going, because we don’t have any idea — just that there weren’t any overseas jobs on the list except for Okinawa, Japan and he’s not being considered for that job at this time so yay, America! At this point it looks like the most likely assignment will be Tampa, Florida. The whole process is such a roller-coaster of uncertainty — full of high hopes and shattered dreams that it’s a wonder we haven’t lost our minds after doing this 10 times. The craziest part is technically this is the last time we have to wait on the Marine Corps to decide our fate. After 3 years in Florida (
trying to get used to the idea) Josh will be at 20 years and can retire to whatever job he wants. Or can get. I’m sure it won’t be any less stressful, but at least we’ll have a say in the destination.
A few photos from mom’s visit. Very few, unfortunately. Too busy being there to remember to take pictures of life happening.
Living the life at the Tree of Life
Henna time!
Nana and her sidekick
helping Nana pack
Henna twins
