Friday - Sunday, Week 26!
We moved into our new home this weekend! We are exhausted but we are officially living together and I'll soon be waking up to the most amazing man in the world every day!
I wish I could be more detailed about last week and Friday at the Academy but we have honestly been so busy. I recall reading the end of other blogs and seeing gaps in days or less detailed posts as their cadet approached graduation, and now I know why! We have been moving, planning for graduation, juggling my job, and Academy life.
Kev had more training with the paintball guns on Friday. Unfortunately, with everything going on I only recall bits and pieces of what he told me about his day. It sounds like they had a good time though. They were trying to shoot each other this time and hiding behind cars, trying not to get hit. At the end, an Officer dumped a box of more 'ammo' in the center of the group and they all darted to it to reload.
The Academy has been busy for cadets as they prepare for graduation. Unfortunately, one cadet was sick recently and is catching up on tests, so that has held up the distribution of badge numbers.
Kev was home by about 7pm on Friday. I had already met his dad to pick up our Uhaul, so as soon as Kev got there we had to start moving things down to the garage. In the morning, his brother came down to help us load the Uhaul and that was the start of our very long, exhausting weekend. For the record, my old place had two sets of stairs with 38 steps total. We didn't stop moving and unpacking until about 9:30pm last night. Kev was determined not to leave without making sure I was out of the old place and into our new one, in a position where I could handle the rest. I literally couldn't have done it without Kev and his family!
On Sunday evening, Kev also mentioned that he needed to print decals of the highways he will be patrolling to put on the back of his PT shirt for the last two workouts (Monday and Wednesday this week). As easy as that sounds we had the hardest time! Apparently every office supply store sells Inkjet transfer paper but every store, friend, and human in a 20 mile radius has a Laserjet printer which won't work with that paper - it smears the ink! In the midst of moving, running around to every supply store - Staples, Office Max, Michaels, etc - before they close at 6pm on Sunday, was not how we wanted to wrap up our exhausting weekend. Thankfully, we found out last minute that Kev's brother happened to have an Inkjet! Kev got there by about 10pm, printed the decals, ironed them on his shirt for Monday, and headed back to the Academy to fill out his 100 form and pass out just before midnight! I really hope those Staff Officers appreciated it today ;) Ugh! For something that seemed so simple, it sure ended up wasting a lot of our time. So, learn from our struggle and plan ahead for everything while at the Academy. Even though it's just a decal, it's one more thing your cadet wants to avoid getting chewed out for and suddenly getting this little task done is more important than anything. If you don't have an Inkjet printer, you can order 'laser safe transfer paper' online ahead of time.
Thank me later - https://www.amazon.com/Laser-Transfer-Printers-8-5x11-Sheets/dp/B005IXG71U
Class shirts also arrived for CTC 1-16 and they look great!
Cheers to August 1st, graduation month is here!! Woo hoo!
- Mimi
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