Big, HUGE news!!! We have a report date!!! Drum roll please..... July 16th! Do you know what a relief that is? Amazing! The next question that will be answered shortly will be pick up date for our stuff. The week of May 21st, we should find out what we will be assigned for housing.
Last night we got to go out with Brad Nindl, he is a guy that Mark was in Iraq with and is attending the War College as a civilian. Over an amazing Italian dinner, I had pasta with a spicy red sauce, Mark had Lobster Ravioli, we got the low down on schedules, classes, advisers, SRP, the infamous Strategic Research Project, intramural sports, the required softball team, and then just some fun stories of Iraq and lots of catching up. I'm so grateful for Brad and his positiveness and his friendship, it was just a wonderful end to our day.
Today we had more briefings, these were by current students to give us the real scoop on the Army War College, not the paid infomercials of the faculty. Some information was redundant, but it was great to hear that this year is going to be a good one, both for our family and for Mark's career in the Army Reserve.
At lunch we walked around a little bit, taking in all the building that most of his classes will be in, as well as just drinking up some sunshine and chatting about being a part of the rich history here. I snapped a few pictures around Root Hall where most of his classes will be.
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| Root Hall, where most of Mark's classes will be. |
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| Out side of Root Hall, the building on the left is a part of the original campus of Carlisle Barracks, on the front side of it is seating for the parade deck. The brick building on the right is the movie theater. |
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| Young Hall is in the background, Parade deck in the foreground. |
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| Right side of Parade deck and an admin building |
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| The playground outside of Young Hall |
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| Upton Hall. This is where we had most of our briefings this week. |
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Something that we learned yesterday is that every Friday night the elementary and middle school aged kids play dodge ball. We have heard that they either hate it or love it. The adults hate it, it's very loud chaos, in fact it was recommended that parents don't watch, they will be wincing the entire time. Of course we had to go check out Root Hall gym to see where the activity goes on...... And Julia & Hope, I'm thinking you are going to be spending some time here.....
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| Root Hall Gym...home of Friday Night Dodge Ball!! |
We have a joke in our family....never ask Hope, "What do you want to do tonight?" She will ALWAYS say, "BOWLING!!!" So, Hope, this is for you....
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| There are kids bowling leagues! |
It is finally becoming more and more real that this is where we will be this summer. I'm so thankful for this opportunity not only for Mark's education and career, but for our family and all the things that we can take part in. I think July needs to hurry up and get here!
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