tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6450853.post-1148489453967104612006-05-24T09:32:00.000-06:002006-09-07T22:18:35.503-06:00Wow, what a relief! Today was the official day... it's been exactly 6 years that I've been in the Navy, and just 2 days shy of 4 years at sea... but it's final... today I handed in mine and Heather's ID's and they handed me my DD-214 (that's "walking papers" to us civilian-types!) <br />:)<br /><br />True to the Navy way of things, everything has been a mess for the last 2 months... no one was able to give me a straight answer... the whole time I basically had 5 dates in front of me: 23rd of November, 3rd of August, 23rd of July, 23rd of May, or "a date we have yet to determine, probably sometime in June"... UGGH!!!! Well, last week my orders came in and they gave me just *4* days notice!!! But, happily, I ran around those last 4 days doing all of the things that you are supposed to take a month or longer doing, in order to be able to separate on time...<br /><br />In one great big wave of frustration and joy I unceremoniously threw away my boondockers (again, to us civilian types, that's jargon for "military boots") and put Heather on notice that I will not be shaving every day anymore... in fact, it might be a good long time before I decide to shave at all! <br /><br />:) <br /><br />Course that probably won't last long once the itching sets in...Brandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17165806182620191390noreply@blogger.com