So last Wednesday my husband came home, handed me a piece of notebook paper with 9 places on it and told me that we had about 15 hours to pick our future. We did some research, some googling and made our decision. At first I was SO annoyed that the Army gave us such a short period of time to make our decision but honestly, I don't think we could have made better choices than we did.
Our top selections:
Ft. Campbell, Kentucky: We have wanted this post for awhile, it's the post nearest to the halfway point between our families. The downside - from what we understand, it means an almost immediate deployment for Erik, however, it'll be a deployment that is NOTHING like the one we just endured. It was still an awful decision to make, to decide it was better to take an easy deployment soon rather than a possibly more difficult one later.
Hawaii - Eh. I'm indifferent to this one, but Erik wants to stay light, so I went along with it. It's Hawaii for goodness sake!
Ft. Carson, Colorado: I'd like this one, I've heard its great but it would likely mean a deployment in the near future. It's a bitter pill to swallow, for sure, but at least I'd only be about 9 hours from home (on a good day).
Somewhere in Germany: I can't remember which post - there were two on the list, neither were the ones I'd heard of.
Ft. Hood, Texas: Because it would be better than going to Ft. Drum.
Ft. Drum, New York: Who in their right mind could stay away? I jest... I miss it, but I'm glad I didn't have to deal with the snow.
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina: Now you see why Ft. Drum was higher on the list.
Our options went on to include another post in Germany and (coming in dead last was) the post in Alaska where you-know-who will be taking over. No thanks to that. We aren't sure what we'll get yet, but if the last deployment was good for something it's that we have a good chance of getting what we want.
So that's my first blog. :)
