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So, I found out I am going to Korea for a year around 2 months ago. We still don't know where we are going afterwards and we found out this week we likely won't know until the July/August time frame. Not ideal, but at least we know. We'll be in Dayton and Traverse City this July again, and that will be a nice trip before we batten down the hatches and prepare for what the future has in store. It is a exciting time, but it is hard to be patient. Where will we be 2 years from now?

I wanted to have a place to put a list of games that I want to check out at some point so I could refer to it when it came time to get/play a new game. I'll update this as needed.

Cosmic Star Heroine - Phantasy Star like - PS4, Vita
Guild of Dungeoneering - PC/Mobile - RPG ish
Shadowrun - PC
Super Time Force - PC - run and gun, play iwth previous playthroughs
Transistor - PS4/PC - from people who made Bastion
Shovel Knight - side scrolling 8 bit - Wii U/

We found out that DJ was not eligible to attend AFIT - school at Wright-Patt Air Force Base. Now, he will move forward with his education goals through Georgia Tech. DJ was unfortunately chosen to work in South Korea. He chose to go unaccompanied for 1 year. This will allow us to only be apart in two 5.5 month chunks with a 30 day break in the middle. We are anxiously awaiting the news as to where we would go after DJ's return from South Korea. Stay tuned.

Our family is in a waiting period. We are waiting to see if DJ is chosen to attend school for his masters in Ohio or even CA. We are limited with what we can do (search for a job or begin school) until we know about this decision. It is out of our hands. Now we are just praying for favor. Not much is easy for us right now but we are thankful that we have each other.

Life is interesting right now. I do not know the future. It forces you to take life one day at a time. I want the chance to return home and see my family. I do not know what is best for our family. I hope we will have some answers soon. Meanwhile, I continue to study logistics and Spanish. I hope this studying will help me land a job that I enjoy.

I am so happy to have finished cleaning the house for the first time in 5 years. It certainly takes time to do a good job. It certainly is not what I call "fun", but it is great when it is all done. It helps me burn calories too. I am all for that right now as I wish to lose the winter weight. If anyone has a secret as to how to limit the dishes from getting dirty EVERYDAY please let me know. :)

This morning is nice. I am not getting ready for work. I still have MANY goals for today and in 2015. However, it does not involved busting chops to get out of the door, drive for 30 minutes in rush hour traffic to work.

Today marks the first day of the rest of my life. I will continue to pursue my customs broker license. I know I can do it - the goal is to pass on my first try.

So, the big news is that Kelley is quitting her job at the end of the month to focus on earning her Customs Broker License and perhaps some college as well. That is a huge change for us and it will be interesting. I will move to a new job in 4-5 months as well, so our professional future is certainly in flux.

In website news, I am working on a redesign to this site - a massive one, the first for this site in quite a few years. In the process I'll be launching a couple other small sites.

Before I even begin, I have to recognize that this event happened over 3 years ago and much of what I wrote below I wrote in 2011. However, I never finished it until today and have now finally posted it. Geez, talk about procrastination!

Our first half marathon story actually starts almost 7 months before we ran it. February 2011 - we had been running regularly for 18 months or so, with our long runs being 3 miles. I had just returned from Non-Commissioned Officer Academy (NCOA)

This whole trip to Charleston started when Kelley, who has recently overcome injuries that prevented her from running, decided we should do this bridge run there. It was a 10k, a distance we had not run in a while. I begrudgingly acquiesced and we then started planning a weekend trip there. The run was on a Saturday morning, so we wanted to head up on a Friday and get a good night of sleep beforehand. We booked a room at the Holiday Inn, dropped off Dribble at the kennel on the way and headed ou