Welcome to the Army

When Russ enlisted in the Army back in December 07, his orders sent him to BCT (basic) and then to California for Chinese language training. AIT (advanced individual training) was supposed to follow when he was finished with Chinese.

So we started planning our life around living in California when I was finished with school.

When Russ got to reception in August (for basic training) they changed his orders, sending him to AIT immediately following basic training. After his AIT, they would send him to CA for language training.

So we started planning our life around living near Russ for AIT when I was finished with school. And made plans for visiting Russ for Thanksgiving, also to check out the hospital where I would deliver, maybe meet with my midwife, and find a place to live.

The day before graduation from basic training, they changed his orders AGAIN. Back to CA first, then AIT.

So now we are planning our life to move to CA in January... maybe, unless he gets to CA and they look at him like "what are you doing here?" and ship him back to AIT. We won't know until he actually STARTS learning Chinese, I imagine.

Welcome to the army... where they change your orders every chance they get!! Arg.