Update on the Job of the month... Jared has been off orders since Counterdrug went bust in WA state due to funding and the marijuana referendum, so he was doing the Daddy Daycare thing and flying missions here and there for the guard. Now they have him filling in for a pilot that has been grounded but he is not on military orders they just picked him up as a contractor so he is the same as me right now a government employee except for guard weekends. Although he is on a contract I think he said it was for 4 months but then they extended him for a year but I honestly am not sure because of all the budget cuts if that will really be for a year. I know confusing!
Anyway, this Job really does not help us to get closer to our goal of retiring in 20 years since he is not fulltime Guard right now, he is just doing the one weekend a month right now. This fill-in pilot position does nothing for our time in service.
Right now the military is down sizing and although he has really good reviews they are not taking more pilots in the Active Army at his rank unless you go special forces, so he just submitted his packet for a unit called the 160th, they are special aviation ops and we are hoping that will get us to the 20 years mark. Although we both are not big on the idea because it is a lot of away time and weird schedules. We have had several friends in the past that have been part of this unit and it has not been favorable on marriages. Not our first choice by any means!
Not sure at this point if it is even worth it to stay in 20 years active duty because they are cutting the funding to so many programs and medical. So we will see where this road takes us.
Maycen and Brody started back a daycare now that Jared is working so that has been good for Maycen. She loves the interaction and all the kids. She goes on a Gymnastics bus on Thursdays, they have all the mats and equipment right on the bus. We rented the bus for her 3rd birthday this past December and all kids loved it. She is really into princesses right now and loves Cinderella anything.
Brody has been sick with the flu or a cold almost none stop since Christmas, due to starting Daycare, and I was sick too so I probably gave him my cold. He is ok, but I really hate the first year of none stop colds with daycare. He is such a happy guy and the cold thing really makes it hard, he hates getting his nose sucked out. I do too! He is rolling all over the place, the lazy little guy is more of an inch worm than a crawler. He is babbling so much.
Jared and I got away to go snowboarding up at crystal Mountain a few days ago and it was heavenly skiing in the sunshine!
Happy Valentines Day!
Love and lots of Hugs and Kisses!
