Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Week 17 (Day 80 of 131)
It's been a crazy two weeks. With #1's birthday and Christmas so close together, it felt like there was no time to get ready for Christmas. Luckily, I did almost all my shopping online. I love not having to fight the crowds and the boxes get delivered right to our doorstep. UPS and FedEx probably got sick of delivering to our house. Between our neighbors and us, we work the delivery guys to death.
We had a great time on Christmas Eve at B.'s brother's house. Super yummy food courtesy of his sister in law. Boy, can she cook. We had a white elephant gift exchange. Everyone had a blast, except B.'s oldest brother. He drew first and got stuck with a super girly lunch bag. The next day we celebrated Christmas at my parent's. It's also my Dad's birthday, so we always have birthday cake on Christmas too. As usual, we made Dad cook his famous prime rib. Another super delicious Christmas dinner. The girls were showered with more gifts than we have room for. B. headed back to the Academy with his belly full. It sucked that he had to go back on Christmas night. The girls and I stayed at my parents that night, since I was headed to work the next morning. I don't know why I decided to work on the 26th, but it turned out to be a good decision. There was no traffic and I got to my desk by 6:45am. I never work that early since I normally take the girls to school in the morning. It was nice to get a ton of work done with little distraction.
This is the first New Year's Eve I have spent apart from B. since 2001 and the first time we haven't taken a last picture of the year as a family. We started a little tradition since #1 was born to take a family photo as late as we can on New Year's Eve. #1 was just 13 days old when we took our first New Year's Eve family photo. We look completely desheveled as new parents.
After Friday, there are only 10 weeks left. That number sounds so small and it will only get smaller. I know B. and his fellow cadets still have so much more to do and learn in that amount of time. I keep asking B. when Dream Sheets will be coming out. I'm just anxious to find out where he will be going. We've discussed what offices he should list first, but ultimately it is B.'s choice.
March 14, 2014 can't get here soon enough (fingers crossed). 2014 will bring lots of new challenges and adventures. May the new year bring lots of happiness and success to you and your family. Happy New Year!
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Hey, thanks for the blog, I am an applicant in backgrounds waiting to get my academy date. Your blog really helps with knowing what to expect. I have read a few of the other blogs that you mentioned and I just found yours and read it. I was hoping to be starting the academy this monday but my background is taking longer than I expected.
ReplyDeleteI told my wife about these blogs too but she said they probably would help me more than her. Her brother is a CHP officer so she knows what to expect from the academy.
Anyways, thanks for all the posts and best of luck to your husband.
Best of wishes to you! My boyfriend starts tomorrow & I have no idea what to expect. Hopefully everything goes well for you
DeleteAlso, your very lucky that your seems to be moving quicker then ours. He applied Jan 2013 & doesn't start till tomorrow a whole year of waiting. Well worth it though! :-)
DeleteJ Bedford: Best of luck to you. It looks like they might be running four academies this year.
ReplyDeleteMichelle: 27 weeks sounds like a long time, but the days are long and the weeks are short. The first few weeks will be tough. It's hard when you don't get a chance to talk for very long. If you're close enough to the Academy, meeting up for dinner on Wednesdays breaks up the week. Best wishes to your boyfriend.