Whoa! Stephanie, congrats to you and Joe! That's awesome.
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Doesn't there get to be a point in military promotions where you get to settle down and not get moved around anymore?
Awesome, Stephanie!
A friend of mine is also an Army wife, and she has the same concerns as you. Her husband is finally leaving, though, and she's really excited.
Congratulations to you and Joe, Stephanie!
Congratulations Stephanie and Lieutenant Colonel Joe!
in our case, we have hopefully just one more move. But, for the first time ever, we have leverage over the Army because we can leave at any point. (joe can retire in June, 2010.) so. If they want him to stay, they may dangle some really great things in front of us. We will see. I want to have my own home, friends, job, school, and so on and not always be moving but I am open to cool things. Still, with the dollar as it is, living overseas is not a good deal right now and there are only two Army bases I would be interested in. Plus, I am very afraid Joe will have to deploy again so a lot depends on the election and the Iraq war.
Eta: that was in response to Connie. Can't C and P on the iphone.
he got promoted to lieutenant colonel today and I am super proud of him
As well you should be. Yay Lt. Col. Joe!!!
Congratulations to Stephanie and Joe!
And askye - I'm so sorry for your loss.
Yay, Joe!!!! that's so cool!!
But, I do feel rather rootless and while I know where I am from, I don't want Ellie and Frisco to eel like they aren't from anywhere. That is one big reason I am looking forward to Joe leaving the Army. I don't want E and F to have to be uprooted over and over.
I moved around a lot as a kid and I don't feel like I'm from anywhere, but I also don't feel like that's a bad thing. It just is. I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything, and I think moving around has helped me adapt to change faster and easier than many people.
Go Joe!