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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

So, I've found out what my next job will be after my current one - I'll be a flight chief (administrative lead for a flight, which is a group of 80 or so Airmen). I think it will suit me and I will be good at it. I'll start that gig around March. That job usually runs about a year or so, but one year after I start that will only be around 8-9 months before I can be done with the military. Thus, I might keep that job until I am done, which means it could be my final phase in the military and thus

So, apparently we are not going anywhere - a least not soon. Our 4th attempt to leave Fort Gordon came up empty, so we've somewhat resigned ourselves to being here for another 2 years and change. As a result, we've been able to downshift a bit on the house upgrades, but only a bit - we are getting granite counter tops next since I think it will be hard to sell the house without them. To treat ourselves and make this place a little more palatable, we got a new couch and chair for the living room

Our vacation to Michigan and Ohio was completely amazing! We wish we could continue to carefree like that all the time, but reality called us back. I have the possibility of getting a special duty assignment to Las Vegas and that has generated some massive excitement for Kelley and me, but we still don't know if that is happening for sure yet. Kelley has a job interview today because her job has gone through multiple changes for the worse and we can't count on getting the Vegas gig, so we might

Work continues to be crazy for both Kelley and I, making it difficult to do a lot more than just endure. Sure, we go to a movie almost every weekend and we are building up for a 9 mile run in July, but these are not super exciting things. Our upcoming vacation to Ohio and Michigan should be awesome, and will be 12 days in duration - a super long time for us! We look forward to visiting with lots of friends and family!

Well, the long awaited promotion has finally come. It is a pretty sweet feeling, and the paychecks will be cool, too. February was a beast for both of us, with super stressful work, a crazy ice storm, my phone dying, and just a general sense of busy craziness. Thankfully, things seem to be normalizing just a bit, although Kelley is still working way too many hours. We are a month away from our first race of the year, the over the bridge 10k in Charleston, SC. That should be fun. We have a lot of

Since our last major vacation (last year to Disney World) went so well, we decided to do something similar this year. We spent a couple days at Universal Studios this past November. Last year we took our vacation during the week of Thanksgiving and the places we went were packed. Turns out that Thanksgiving week is a very popular time. This year I did research on when the best time to go is, and it turns out that early November is much better - and it really was! Crowds were much smaller and lin

So, 2014 is upon us already. As always, the previous year seemed to fly right on by. Kelley and I have high hopes for 2014 - we already wrote down a list of goals for the year and have starting planning the trips we are going to take. I will get promoted to Master Sergeant this year and Kelley has some good job related opportunities in the works as well. We look forward to having fun, seeing family, and making lots of progress in our goals. Bring it on, 2014!

I'm in the middle of 10 days off in a row - should be a relaxing vacation, right? Well, not so much. The biggest reason why not is a large backyard project involving tons of rock (literally). It has been very strenuous. However, the time off work has been fantastic and much needed. I've found out about a special assignment possibility that might land us at Wright-Patterson next year - fingers crossed! Either way, the next 6 months are shaping up to be VERY interesting!

For the past 3 weeks now Kelley has not been feeling herself a lot and it has impacted her exercise routine. She can't run any significant distance anymore and regularly feels rather unwell. We've been working the issue through the base medical system and we think we are close to the light at the end of the tunnel.

That, combined with the inability for either of us to lose weight, despite my significantly increased exercise workload, makes for some frustration. Further exacerbating