This particular day will always live in our memories for another reason. After waiting 9 months and 7 days we finally heard news that made us BOTH scream, jump up and down like highschool girls. We. Have. Orders.!!!!!! I had checked my e-mail that morning (on Valentine's day) and still no word. We kept saying the whole evening how awesome it would be if we got them on that day. It would just be the cherry to an amazing day. Looks like somewhere someone was ease dropping on our conversation. I checked my e-mail this morning and WAAALAAAA! There they sat. We are BEYOND excited! Sadly we have to wait another four weeks longer than planned, but at this point who cares? At least we have a light at the end of the tunnel.
We go active on April 15 and report on April 16. The first step is calling the TMO (in charge of moving) office at Tinker AFB. We need to set up a time to sit in on a class to explain to us how to do a DITY move. A DITY move is a "do it yourself move". The AF gives you three options when moving from base to base. You can move yourself (DITY), have the AF pack, store and move your household or do a half and half meaning the AF movers take the big stuff and you do a partial DITY move. We want to do a DITY move because while we have such a small amount of stuff, due to a huge garage sale we hosted last summer, the move won't be as tough, and the AF will pay us to move our things. We have student loans breathing down our necks so that extra $$ will come in handy.
The wait has paid off. We really are moving. I really will be an officer in the USAF. Texas, the McVays are ready for you!
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