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NSMR- I AM SO FREAKING PROUD!

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My son is a finalist in the NASA Poject!! 

He has done an entry for the last 3 years and had some really great designs but this year he won! He is going to Houston next month to present but either way his design is going to space! If he wins overall, there is a large scholarship for him and a grant for the school. 

He has worked so hard the last 5 months on this thing and he did it! I am bursting with joy for him! I just had to put it somewhere :) 

Date set... Again

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We finally got another court date set for the set aside hearing. April 5th. Thankfully this is one we don't have to be present for. After this we will get the trial to settle CS... for an 18 yr old that will be graduating in 60 days. Makes sense right? 

I am about to fly to freaking Kansas

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Had a court date set, BM's attorney canceled it and now won't respond for a new hearing date. 

How can this be happening?!?!?

Has anyone ever called the other party's attorney and lost their mind? I wonder what would happen? I mean 14 FREAKING MONTHS we have been trying to set this hearing. SS gradates in 3 months. DH has been told by his command to "be ready" by Memorial Day for his deployment. I know they aren't leaving that soon (Yay for being the command Ombudsman) but it isn't far off. We don't have time for this to keep dragging on. 

Wills and Such

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With DH's deployment looming we have been discussing updating wills. 

He was mentioning that if something were to happen to him to make sure I reach out to the right people for his military coin collection because they are probably worth 15-20K- so sell whatever the kids or I don't want. 

It made me pause and ask, would you want SS18 to have any? He actually said I don't want SS to even know that I am dead until I have been cold and buried for at least 6 months and you have the entire estate settled. I don't even know if I want him to know where I am buried. 

I hate Kansas Courts!

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I can't believe we are still dealing with the same shit from a year ago.

BM's attorney won't respond to ours for a court date. The judge told our Lawyer that last week since there was no response that he could pick the date. He went to pick the date and the judge came back and said to give them another week. ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME.

SS22 is going to be the end of me!

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I swear this kid! 

So he recently got his driver's license. He is allowed to drive to and from work (less than 2 miles from our house) and the store (even closer). Other than that he is supposed to get permission and I verify the location, time of day for traffic, ect. He is a TERRIBLE driver and gets overwhelmed very easily. I was really hoping DMV would fail him, but he took the class, took the test and passed it all. Whatever. 

Japan Update

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DH and I talked a lot over the weekend. Thankfully my kids were at their dad's so we could actually talk without prying ears!

We decided that I should stay behind. I am pretty devastated but on paper it doesn't make sense to move us at this point in my kids and SS's lives. It would be different if we could guarantee 2 years there but since we can't, it's just too much on them. DH also won't have to stay longer if he does get the promotion, so that is good news. 1.5-2 years of this nonsense, then he either retires or shore duty and retires. 

Japan? My head is swimming!

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DH will be deploying this year. After that it is a follow on to Japan. We were told he wouldn't be there long enough for the family to join him but just basically expect him to be gone for 1.5-2 years. I am emotionally prepping for that as much as one can with 3 teens at home. 

Last night he comes home and tells me he has a list of about 500 people that he needs answers by Friday (tomorrow!) on if their family is going to make the move to Japan. Then he pauses, looks at me and said- we are on the list. 

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