12 days...

Steven left for the field today. It's his last and final thing to do in BOLC 3 before graduation on Tuesday the 27th. I dropped him off at about 4:30am, so I would have the car in case of an emergency and so I could pick up my dress on Friday if it is ready. He's going to get a ride back, but I told him I'd gladly pick him up. But having left his cell phone in the room he would have no way to get a hold of me.

We have 12 days until the wedding and we have so much to do and so very little time. He graduates a week from tomorrow, and we'll have to drive back to Dahlonega. He has a paper with a list of things he has to get done before he can leave. And hopefully he'll be able to get it all taken care of on Monday, but if he doesn't we'll have to do it on Tuesday after graduation. And we went to do some of those things the other day and we were talking about what needs to be done once we're married for me to be able to go to Hawaii. Well, the first step is getting married. The next step is getting me medically cleared which can take 2 months. I can't go anywhere near Hawaii until I'm cleared. So Steven more than likely will have to go alone. Not permanently, but just for a couple months. My best friend, Emily's, husband is a Medic in the Army and they are stationed up in Fort Belvoir, VA - he works at Fort Meyer. He told Emily that he could medically clear me! So I had already mentioned going to see them in Virginia to Steven, but now this is a great reason to go up there. Not only can he do it, but he might be able to get it done quicker! I'm not going to get my hopes up tooooo much, because it is the Army we are talking about...but he might be able to pull some strings!

The reason for getting medically cleared is because the Army treats Hawaii as an overseas PCS...so we'd also have to have an oversea's brief and do some other things. But we can do those things at any Army Post. I can get my ID and get in DEERS in Chattanooga at the Armory but I'd have to go to an actual Post to get cleared and what not. It's just so frustrating.

Anyways, just thought I'd update ya'll on our progress and move to Hawaii!

-Mandi

The beginning

We're moving to Hawaii in November. So I (Amanda) have created this blog to share with our friends and family about our life and what's going on!

Enjoy!