Anyway, the Career Course for Engineers is what he's doing. He goes to school 5 days a week on base. This will go on until October-ish. After that, he will begin a Masters degree program at the Missouri Institute of Science and Technology, which is about 20 minutes from our house. He'll be a full-time college student until next May....and then we'll be on our way to another duty station. Missouri is really just a stopover, and we truly have no idea what comes after that. To continue with the army or to join the civilian world (Scott's a civil engineer) in the long term, we really haven't decided yet. So. That's where we are.
It's also important to note that he has been stationed here before. Ft. Leonard-Wood is the home of the Engineers. Anyone who is considered an Engineer in the army comes here for training. He did about 5 months of classes at good ol' Lost-in-the-woods in 2009.
Here's a flashback:
To sum it up: My hair has gotten blonder, we don't wear straight-up American Eagle so much anymore, my forehead is still a five-head, and I didn't take nearly as many pictures then as I wish I would've.
Also, I promise I don't do the pigtails thing anymore. Why does 2009 seem like it was SO long ago? Scary.
IT does seem like a long time ago, doesn't it...2009, that is.
ReplyDeleteI know how you feel when it comes to stay at your first duty station for a while. We were at Bragg for 4 years and a deployment delayed Kyle's career course as well. So glad that's over with haha.
ReplyDeleteScott has a fancy title. And yes, 2009 does seem forever ago.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, I didn't realize that you're in Missouri for such a potentially short time! Good luck to Scott in school!
ReplyDeleteWow, your hair is a lot lighter these days!
ReplyDelete2009 feels like forever ago because that's when I moved here to Alaskaland. FOREVER AGO.
Have they given any clues to where you might be headed next? I honestly wouldn't even want to unpack if I knew I was only going to be somewhere for a year...heheh.
Somehow I knew you were there for CCC. Stalker much?
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that! I did know that he was stationed there before, though. I think that being in the "20doubledigits" is what makes 2009 seem like such a long time ago. So many things....good and bad.....have happened since then!
ReplyDelete2009 seems like forever ago. You've been through a lot since then, so I can imagine it seems like eons! PS, pigtails are cute. :)
ReplyDeleteToo funny. My husband's an Engineer, too. Just on the Air Force side of the house. He did his CCC equivalent before we met, down in Arkansas, I believe. I have no idea if he'll get his MAJ Course (ACSC) in residence or not. We'll see.
ReplyDelete2009 seems very long ago to me. I was single then! :P It's an interesting life stage to be in--to not know yet what's coming next with careers and choices of places to live. I have no idea where we'll go or what we'll do when Angel finishes his degree...but we still have 2 years to figure that out. It's a little more intimidating when the choices are closer. But also exciting!
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