Mina really likes to sit at the computer with me and bang on the keyboard with me while I type. It makes it hard to sit down and write anything. First off, Dru finished up his 63 week long Chinese language course here at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA! He spent every workday during this time in a classroom from 8 in the morning until 3 in the afternoon just learning Chinese. Sometimes he had an extra hour of classroom time after that and then a couple hours of homework on top of that. He also had several other responsibilities and duties to attend to. Physical conditioning after class, drill team which was where they learned some cool marching routines and eventually performed them in a competition, being a "rope" which is a leadership position where he keeps track of those in his flight and makes sure information gets passed and they also have extra marching sessions for being a rope. On top of all of that, he became a dad. He normally doesn't get home until 6 every night. He leaves at 6 in the morning. He has been a very busy guy the last year and a half and I am so very proud of him. Last week he took the final tests that he needed to pass to be able to move on. We found out on Thursday that he passed. So, it's official that we will be leaving Monterey December 17 to head for Texas. It's perfect that he has a long break for the Christmas holiday at that time. After a couple of weeks off, Dru will head down south a couple of hours to Goodfellow Air Force base in San Angelo to complete the remainder of his training. Mina and I will be staying in Fort Worth with my parents. Training will be completed in May and then we will make our way to Fort George Meade in Maryland! We are very excited about that.
As much fun as it has been here in California, we are ready to be closer to family. We've enjoyed all of the friends we've made here and will be sad to leave them. We're just very excited for the new adventures that lie ahead! Texas here we come!!!
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