Soooo Excited!!!

I'm coming around the bend now! Less than a week and I'll be on my way to DC.

My husband is in Afghanistan on a government contract job. Because of his scheduled leave he wasn't supposed to be back stateside until October....well after thinking he's not going to be there for my Flag Day or ceremonial swearing in, he surprises me with his itinerary. I was sooooo happy to see that he's not going to miss it. I LOVE my husband and he never ceases to amaze me with how much he supports me in everything I do.

In fact, I have him to thank for this position because I knew absolutely nothing about the Foreign Service before his retirement classes. He encouraged me to take the Foreign Service Officers test with him. Because I didn't want to be left behind, I knew I didn't pass the test, I applied for the OMS position. Well, almost two years later, here I am!

So we are the 127th Specialists Class!! The previous class set up a google group for us to communicate and there's been so much great information shares already. We have a Happy Hour set up for us the Sunday before our first day. As far as I know, there's only one other classmate staying at Crystal City like me. Oh, well, hopefully I won't regret being further away from my classmates.

Oh, I'm so proud of myself because I've cooked just about ALL the frozen food that we had in our deep freezer and freezer at our house. Our freezer at our house is bigger than the one here in the temp house, so I was trying to fit things in. I've saved so much money by cooking. What's left over, which won't be much at all, I'll toss. The seven weeks that I'll be in DC I'll be able to get rid of everything else.

I ordered some Crocs heels because the consensus at orientation is that you need comfortable shoes. I still want to look professional but I want comfort too. I wasn't able to find a local store that sold the Crocs heels here, so I had to order them. Hopefully, they will be comfortable like the reviews say they are.

So excited to have this opportunity!!!