Up DATE!

Holy Smokes! It has been fffoooorreevveeerrrr since I have updated this thing. I guess I will give a quick run-down over what has been going on.

1.) Vinson and I have both graduated. In fact, my graduation was exactly on weekend after Vinson's. I found out the Wednesday before his graduation about what his job would be and that is avionics for heavy systems. Basically he will be maintaining the navigation and auto-pilot systems on those bbiigg planes like the c130s n stuff.

2.) I decided to move up to Wichita Falls, Texas for Vinson's tech school. Between 2 months of being away from him during BMT and 2 months of tech school a Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Mississipppi, I decided I was done with this separation crap. I originally thought about sucking it up but I couldn't, plus work pissed me off and gave me more of a reason to go. =)

3.) So I am up here in Wichita Falls, Texas and I do say this place ssuuuuccckkkss. Holy Smokes! Why would anyone want to LIVE here? I actually have many locals ask me this. My response is always "The Air Force brought me here" Haha. But anyway, I got a job at some Hilton hotel called the Homewood Suites. Its not bad, keeps me from looking at four walls all day. My boss is a pain in the ass, the people I work with are cool, but the pay sucks and its no where near as fun as working with the co-workers at the DoubleTree. =(

4.) Found out Vinson's "Gaining Unit" and its going to be some maintanence squardron based in Kadena AB in OKINAWA JAPAN! Who would have thought Vinson's first duty station would be in fricken Japan? Yea, I have mixed feelings over this. Half of me thinks this is awesome, other half of me is freaking out because I may be living on the other side of the world for three years.. All plans including (planning my wedding ceremony, finding a decent job related to my degree, etc and etc) are out the window.

So yea that sums up what has been going on for the past several months...I could go into detail about my short trips to Mississippi and Texas before moving here, but it wouldn't make no difference. I thought I'd keep things short so I can get to the meat and potatoes..

So the Japan thing is freaking me out, well...the whole "getting clearence" is freaking me out. I have NF or "Neurofibromatosis" and its a lifelong genetic disorder yadda yadda yadda. I have no problems with it but I am deathly afraid that it is going to prevent me from going overseas. Basically before a dependent is granted clearence to accompany their military member overseas, they military needs to ensure there is adequate care for the dependent with special needs. With my NF, I have it mild to where I may see a neurologist on a "as-needed" basis and an MRI maybe twice a year. Other than that, just go on with my life as normal. The absolute...worse case scenerio..I may need surgery; however, I haven't had related surgery in 14 years and the last MRI indicated no changes and that was in 2009.

The base where we will be going is located by a Naval base with the most comprehensive medical services in the pacific...they have neurology and neurosurgery services so I don't see WHHYYY I would be medically denied but STILL I worry. It would be cool to go to Japan but I wouldn't be butt-hurt if I couldn't go; however, I woudld be so upset if Vinson's orders had to change because of me. I would not forgive myself for a long time if that happened.

Here is how nervous I am over this. To aquire "clearence" you have to go through a dental exam and a medical screening. I actually already had my dental clearence but this is how nervous I was over that! Basically for the dental exam, you have a few x-rays taken, and the dentist roots around your mouth with his tools and determines what class your teeth are. Class 1 your teeth are good, Class 2 you have some minor stuff but it won't result in a dental emergency within the next 12 years, and class 3..your teeth are messed up. They will not authorize dependents with class 3. I was SOOOO nervous about being class 3 that when the took my b/p, it was 100-something/94! (My blood pressure has always been on the low side) The dentist was even surprised that a little person like me could have blood pressure that high. In any event, the dentist cleared me as class 2 because I have 2 cavities, re-took my blood pressure and I was good. haha

Well after my dental exam, I went across the hall to make my appointment for the medical screening. (Did I mention I was doing all this at the Sheppard Base hospital?) I want to add something totally unrelated, but the people there are rude! But anways, I have my appointment for my medical screening for not this wednesday but wednesday following. If my blood pressure was as high as it was during that dental exam for being so nervous, I wonder what my blood pressure will be during my medical. All the medical screening really is for is again, to determine if you have a "Special need" and to see if youre up to date on your stuff (shots, gyno, etc). I am basically not getting to excited over this whole "going to Japan" until I know that I can go...because the back of my mind is preparing myself for being denied. Oh well, there isnt much I can't do until Wednesday, ill be sure to keep updated. Heh