UPDATE!

Hi, Im not sure if anyone reads this anymore but I thought I would update anyways with some important news that Justin and I just found out. Well.. I wont be coming home in May, and Justin will not be coming home in August. The navy has decided to keep Justin over here for another year, until August 2010. This all came about when Justin called my friend Christinas dad, who is a CWO in the Navy, to ask a few questions about a ship he had put down as a request in case he didnt get the Lincoln. Mr. Lewis said he would call the detailer (the person who decides where to station Justin) to see if he could find out more about Justins orders, and hopefully push for the Lincoln. The detailer explained to Mr. Lewis that Justin is not up for a new ship because he has not completed 24 months on the George Washington (the ship he cross-decked to from the Kitty Hawk last August.) He said that Justin has to spend 24 months on his new ship in order to be able to change to another one and that 24 month time period wont be completed until August 2010. Ironically, the same day that we found this out was the same day that my company emailed me offering me another contract for the coming school year. So I will extend my contract to March 2010, and come home between then and May 2010 and Justin come in August. Its the same time frame as what would have happened this year, only pushed back a year because he has to complete 24 months on the Washington. That means no moving to Washington to live with Bonnie and Jeff, and Justin has to spend yet another year over here, but what can ya do? We just gotta go with the flow, and look at the good that comes out of all of this. We will be able to save up more money over here, and hopefully be able to put down for a nice place or car when we get back to the states, Ive been looking at the job market back home and its looking pretty grim for people with BA degrees in my field, we get to spend another year exploring a beautiful country that who knows when we would ever get to visit again, and Id kinda like to see how Obama does his first year in office, without actually having to be there and feel the effects of it. :) OH and not to mention that because Justin will have spent 4 years over seas, when he gets back in August he goes straight to shore duty, which means he doesnt have to do another deployment :) All of this came as a complete shock to us and totally out of left field. At the very least, we were expecting to be sent somewhere that we didnt want to go, but to hear that he has another year left over here took a little bit of time to comprehend and accept because it was completely not what we were expecting to hear. That being said, I will try my hardest to update my blog more, seeing that we have a whole 'nother year of new journeys and experiences to come. :)

And also, I couldnt be more excited that my Steve's (my brother and his best friend who is like my other brother) are coming out here at the end of March! :) I cant wait!!!!