Goodbye Military Life, Hello Civilian Life

So about a year ago, last April...maybe it was May I can't remember. Anyway my husband was receiving a medal and we were on our way to the ceremony. I was meeting my husband at the front gate of the base and he said to me. So I just got a call and I've been turned down for my re enlistment package. I seriously thought he was kidding, I got after him for it not being funny. Unfortunetly it was not a joke. We had about 3 months to figure out what we were going to do for a job. We were angry. They were supposed to give us about 9 months notice not 3, they technically weren't supposed to turn him down because he still hadn't been able to be looked at for a promotion. He should have had a chance to be looked at before being denied re enlistment. We had been in the Marine Corps for 10 years and just like that we were done. We miss military life everyday!

  So we moved back home with my parents while Wayne looked for a new job. Fortunately he was able to get a job with Union Pacific Railroad. Luckily they love to hire former military. He started his training in October and just finished in March. The kids and I lived with my parents while Wayne did his training. Wayne and I went house hunting a few times unsuccessfully in the Brighton Colorado area. The housing market is SO competitive there that by the time we decided we wanted to put a bit in it would already be gone! So we saw a cute house for sale on the internet in the Greeley Colorado area and we loved it from the pictures so we put a bid in before we even looked at it! CRAZY I know, but we were afraid by the time Wayne would get a chance to go down it would be gone. But we got the House! The kids and I moved up February 1st and we are loving the new house and the kids have adjusted to school here and are loving it.
 This is our first home we've owned in the 12 ½ years we've been married!!