The update we've all been waiting for..

is going to have to wait a few more days/weeks because now that Derrick knows what he knows, he doesn't feel the rush to find anything more out. Bah humbug!

Okay, so I do know a little bit.

All of this time waiting and wondering. Would something happen during this deployment to rule MSG out? Would some other unit pick Derrick up before the fiscal year ends (when we were told we'd get orders for MSG)? When we'd know something about anything (because Derrick was at a location where he had no access to this type of information)? All of that put plenty of stress on our plates.

That on top of the e mail I received last week from Brandon's school reminding me that our time on Okinawa (our SOFA status) is about to expire. For those who have never been here, you are actually on a rotation schedule, when it ends you lose driving privileges, utilities and apparently any status with the DoD schools. Back to that e mail, if we were planning on extending on Okinawa, I would need to bring in paperwork for our extension but if we were PCSing (moving) then I need to come in 2 weeks prior to dis enroll the kids from school. If I did not do either of the above listed then I the boys would be dis enrolled by the end of October. Ahh the stress!

So today Derrick went to work and found out the monitors were here on island. For those non Marine people, they are career planners for each particular job or field the Marine Corps has to offer. He called to let me know he'd be home a little later then that expected because they were here. He also said that if he went to the Marine Security Guard monitor and they had lost his information or didn't have something news worthy to give him he would go to his monitor (for his specific job) and get things rolling for orders. Knowing that gave me reason to worry. I already know that if we don't go MSG there are only two things he wants to do. Or rather where he wants to go. MARSOC or back to Cherry Point, NC. My fear was he was going to do everything he could to land a spot at MARSOC. I have plenty of reservations about that one but I'll save it for another blog.

He made it in, he was actually the first person to meet with the MSG monitor. And apparently we've, or rather he's had orders for MSG school since June and we just found out about them today.

Holy heck! All this stress and the orders have been here all along? Seriously? Seriously.

So now that we know they're here Derrick has stopped stressing, and really he has. He can focus on finishing up his warrior transition training and will find out what those orders entail in a week or so, or when ever he gets back to his parent command. Yet here I am still dangling wanting more than just the knowledge that orders are waiting.

So now you're caught up to speed, or at least the same place I am. :)
Stay tuned, I'll update more when I learn more.