FI got home from IFS last night, after 4 months (not all of that IFS obviously) it's so good to see him again. Most of my stuff is here now and we're going to move the major furniture this weekend. Woot!
In worse news, he washed out of IFS and failed his last flight. So did 9 others up there, the course was recently re-jiggered, so that's that. He's likely (knock on wood) to be re-classified becuase of his math degree and his skill set, hopefully we'll know a little more this evening. It sucks to be back in this place of not knowing when/where we'll be moving. I'm looking for a job down here, and with the economy the way it is, it's hard to get a job when you may leave before you get your 3rd paycheck. I had originally applied to places with the understanding that we'd be here at least a year because of flight school, but now I feel really dishonest to say that. I don't want to get hired and then get a reputation with an employer as flaky because I left suddenly. I could probably stay here a little while once he leaves to wherever, but there's no way I can afford rent on this place without his help. I'm just trying to keep his spirits up and get things done here.
You, anonymous internet strangers (who are awesome) are the only people I've told and I can't freak out in front of him because then he'll freak out and that's just counterproductive. And here's the question: I've decided, and he agrees, that we aren't going to tell my family too much about this situation becuase they don't know much about the military and this news would likely cause some nervousness about my recent move down here. The minute we know anything about what's happening, we'll tell them, but adding more people who have no idea what's going to happen worrying just seems like a bad idea to me. Do you think this is ok, only for a week or so until we have a better idea of what's up? I'm thinking especially of my grandmother, I really don't want her to worry. His family knows what's up, they're just less likely to freak too much, and our families are not in contact except through us.