Changes for us!

You know the feeling that you have when you know something is about to change, but you can't quite put your finger on it?  I've had that feeling for about a year and a half now.  We have gone through changes, like moving north, but never have quite had that "All Settled" feeling.  I was almost there, but then God in His perfect wisdom changes it all up.

Facebook had the short version, Blogger gets the long version.

Back up about 3 years ago.  Hubby told me about a dream he had, to attend the Army War College.  He told me it was a long shot, that only a handful of Reservists were chosen to go each year.  Fast forward to last year, his commanding officer, asked him if he had any interest in attending the War College and Hubby said...YES!!  The past few OER's that were given (Officer Evaluation Reports), his CO put, "send to the resident War College".  We both got excited at the prospect, but still understood that the chances of Hubby going was remote.  Last summer, he put in his packet, Army speak for application, and we began the waiting game, again knowing our chances were slim.

Going ahead with real life, we put an offer in on a house that we fell in love with at the beginning of November.  We were assured that we would be in by Christmastime.  In the beginning of December, we found out there was an issue with the title of the property, property lines were in dispute, making us unable to get title insurance.  Our lawyer suggested that we let the owner/seller hash it out even though it would put our closing later that anticipated.  Of course we were all for that until it began to drag on into the middle of January.  Still we decided to wait.  Our mantra became, "God's timing is perfect!", we trusted in that He knew what was going on and we wanted His perfect plan.

January 19th, it was a Thursday night, I tucked Ariel and Belle into bed and came down to a pacing husband.  He was hanging up the phone and the look on his face was that he was ready to pop.  I asked what was up and he said that his CO had called and thought his name was on the list for Resident War College.  Of course I said, "What do you mean, thought?".  His response, "He said he saw my name, but I have to see it!"  That boy could not get his computer fired up quick enough!!  When he finally got it up and going, it took a bit to get to the right page to see the list.  Thankfully, with a name at the beginning of the alphabet, we found his name quickly which was followed by "Primary", which meant he was not on a waiting list...he was IN!!!  I think we screamed, then cried, then laughed, then danced and back to screaming in the course of about 2 minutes.  He kept saying, "I can't believe it!"  As we scrolled through the list, we found out that in a class of 300 only 4 Army Reservists were chosen, and Hubby was one of them.  There has never been a Reservist from the state of Maine attend.

I'm a girl.  I like to nest, I like to plan, I like to take care of my family, I like to know what is ahead.  So, I get online and try to figure out the details.  I should know from 15 years of Army wife-dom that there aren't any details.  I did find the link to student housing and know that there are many types of housing there on post, some huge, some small, but I decided that I didn't really care, we are going to the War College!!  It is something new on my prayer list, I want to be exactly where God wants us. 

So, now comes the tricky part of getting the word out.  We knew that the State Police Commanders would need to be the first to know.  We are so grateful that they have been so supportive.  Then parents were notified and siblings along with a few friends.  Then the next that needed to be told was the Troopers of Hubby's troop.   The outpouring of congrats is overwhelming.  We are so thankful to be a part of this family of Troopers.  Lastly, a Facebook posting got the word out the rest of the way!

What's next?  I'm not totally sure.  I do know that at some point a moving company will come, pack us up and move us.  This might be in June or July, quite a narrow range, huh?  The house that we are currently renting has been purchased, but the new owners have agreed to let us stay until the middle of June, so we are hoping that this will correspond with the moving company.  I have no doubt that God knows all of these details already and has worked them out perfectly.  Again, I will say, God's timing is perfect, and truly trust that it is. 

The hard part now is waiting.  Waiting for details.  Waiting for the move.  Waiting for classes to start.  What an incredible adventure this will be for all of us!