So, next week starts our Block Leave, it's a block of time when we take leave as a Battalion. You have to use leave you've saved up though, so most people won't be able to take the whole amount of time off, but they should take some time off. We're only going to take about a week. We're going to Maui from July 6-July 11. We'll be there for my birthday and we're gonna do it as a birthday/honeymoon celebration. It should be a lot of fun. I am totally looking forward to it, as I'm sure LT is looking forward to it. And I'm hoping that since it will be Block Leave, and most of the people will be gone that he won't have to work as much as if it weren't a leave time.
Block Leave is usually given in the summer and around the Christmas holidays, as well as before and after deployments, for those wondering. We will have leave again in December and are going to TRY our hardest to come home. It just all depends on money and how much it'll cost. It is super expensive to fly from here to the mainland. But it isn't as expensive to fly from the mainland to here. Which is weird, but who knows. We haven't really figured out how we're going to split our time on the mainland, it'll be hard, and we won't be able to stay for very long, so we're thinking a few days with his family and a few with mine. We just have SO much to fit in while we're there, that someone is bound to get upset with us. But really, there just doesn't seem to be a way around it. And anyone who knows me, knows that I hate disappointing people, or hurting feelings. I try to accommodate everyone. But it'll be ok, and I hope that us being there for a short amount of time will be enough for everyone. And we're probably not going to do gifts for people, since it's going to cost so much to get home. Again, hopefully that will be enough.
So, just thought I'd update ya'll alittle. I will be posting pictures from our trip to Maui when we get back. I also have some pictures from when we went to the USS Missouri...it was pretty neat, it was HUGE!
Hope all is well!
