So I just realized that last post I published was B.'s accident. He's totally fine now, but it was a scary night that many other wives have experienced.
B. passed probation in March. Woohoo! The first year flew by so fast. I felt like graduation was just yesterday. It's awesome that he loves his job. He never understood how much I loved going to work. But now he totally does. B. said he knew he wanted to be in law enforcement when he was a child. He even mentioned it when we were dating. I told him that I would never marry a cop. Lucky for him, I married him before he became one.
B. was on vacation for seven weeks a little after passing probation. Yes, you read that right, SEVEN WEEKS! He has never taken off more than a week or two with the exception of our children being born. We finally took that vacation to Europe, with two kids in tow. It was amazing to have him around 24 hours a day exploring with our kids. We will definitely need to go back, maybe without the kids. We love them to pieces, but there were some things we could not enjoy with them there. There's only so much of a museum our kids could take. At the Louvre, they were more interested in the pools of water outside than the art inside.
After Europe, we were off to Vegas with one of B.'s CHP roommates and his girlfriend. We had planned this trips months ago and it happened to land on fight weekend. The four of us had a blast. We were missing the other two from our group, but hope to all get together next year. B. and I hadn't been to Vegas in over six years and it was the first time ever I had been away from my kids for more than a day. It was definitely weird for me to be away from them, but I enjoyed being able to do things I typically wouldn't or couldn't do with them. We went out one night and didn't make it back to our hotel until the sun was coming up.
I was spoiled that B. was off and at home. It was an adjustment for all of us when he did go back to work. Graveyard shift it was. My days of being a "single" parent and the empty side of the bed returned. Our normal without having B. at home was back. The girls fell right back into their normal routine. B. is able to take them to school in the morning and then come home to sleep. We've been able to drop off dinner and see him in uniform since he's been back. The excitement the girls have to see him at work is still there. The light up each and every time.
Another class graduates in under two weeks. Congratulations to all the families. Soak in this time. It's just the beginning of this amazing ride.
Thanks again for all the support and interest in this blog. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I could reach out to so many people.
-CHP Wife
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