We're moving. Wait! No we're not. Oh! We are! Just kidding, we're not?!?!?

Married to the military, specifically the Marine Corps. It actually has legitimate job qualifications, description, hire date, benefits package, and salary. It looks something like this:

JOB QUALIFICATIONS & DESCRIPTION
- Capable and willing to not commit to finalize any life plans.
- Responsible for the sanity and upkeep of morale and MOTO (i.e motivation/eagerness) when relocating your family.
- Responsible for ensuring you have adequate tools and supplies to keep at least 63 copies of all important documents the Marine Corps may need at any given time.
- Demonstrated ability to make friends quickly in new places as they are only home for a short period of time.
- Demonstrated ability to use the same living room decor in 7 different ways in 7 different living rooms over the course of 7 years.
- Reasonable aptitude for the art of packing boxes.
- Understanding that 48 hours notice to move across the country is reasonable notice.
- Fervent desire to learn a new language and learn to drive on the opposite side of the road.
- Possess a resilient ability to be patient.
- Understand the art of waiting...and waiting...and waiting...and waiting.
- Possess a deep unyielding love of men in green silkies also know as "skivis."
- Understand the art of rolling sleeves so that they almost restrict blood flow.
- Willing and able to conceptualize and create "high and tights" when required.
- Understand that a head has nothing to do with a hat.
- Understand that to tell time, you must do math.


HIRE DATE: Upon signing oath with USMC or signing legally binding marital paperwork.

BENEFITS PACKAGE:
- Free travel on a space available basis.
- Free movers and shipping.
- Ability to see (and often, live in) various parts of the world.
- Guaranteed time apart from your spouse to ensure "absence makes the heart grow fonder."
- Sense of pride knowing your spouse serves his country.
- Competitive retirement options.
- Free healthy insurance for you and your family.
- Competitive interest rates.
- Incredibly in-shape and ultra-motivated spouse.

SALARY: None. Well, your husbands, unless you have a "mobile-career."


Well needless to say I took the job! Who wouldn't?!?!?!?! Yes folks, The Basic School is coming to a close. Only July 1, Michael will be done with his 6-month leadership school. On to flight school, or so we thought! There are so many pilots in the USMC system, that the wait list to start is up to about a year. So, it looks like we'll be hanging out here in the DC/Virginia area for at least another 6 months to soak up some of that wait time. Who knows where we will be in 6 months...wherever it is, we'll at least be together.

Semper Fi