One less thing…*

Finally, one less thing for me to worry about.

The VA representative FINALLY showed up at the Academy yesterday. I guess a lot of people got mad because they had been given the impression that because they’re a veteran, period, they were eligible for this program, but as I found out the other night, that’s not the case, you have to have signed up for the G.I. Bill, as this money is taken out of your G.I. Bill fund. So luckily, Jake was smart and he has a G.I. Bill, so we will for sure be getting some amount of money….the representative gave them the impression that they’d be getting the full amount allowed, which is almost $900 a month, but we’ll see about that one. The kicker, though?

He gets this money for eighteen months. That means we get extra money all the way through next July.

We thought he’d only get it while he was actually in training, which would have taken us through October (the Academy ends in July, but then he’s got three months of FTO stuff….). But nope, it lasts all the way through his year long probationary period, too.

This means that not only will the truck get paid off (well, it’d get paid off by February, regardless), but we can also pay off the credit cards. Or most of them, at least. A sizeable chunk of the last one, if not all.

And then, after he becomes sworn in officially as an officer next July, he can start doing extra duty stuff. Getting paid time and a half.

Still waiting for one last item from my shopping spree last week to be delivered. We got the third package last night. It was so cute, Jake started talking to my belly, telling Noah how spoiled he is already and he hasn’t even been born yet!

I need to finish cleaning this spare room today. Or at least most of it….JR will be here tomorrow. No Louisa, no Dale, just JR. I guess Louisa is doing some church thing. Eh. Jake and JR want to go down to the Speed Street stuff they’ve got going on downtown for the Coca Cola 600, and we all want to go see The Da Vinci Code, and the guys have this bright idea that we’re going to go find an "I Need Tickets" person and go to the race….haha.

That’s about all for me for now…..but oh, if you happen to notice any older entries of mine popping up as my latest entry, pay them no mind. I’ve been slowly working on doing some diary maintenance, clearing out some old entries and editing some others (mainly entries that have pictures, since I’ve taken all of them off of my website and have transferred them to my Snapfish account, so I have to edit the URLs).

Haha, the coolest thing just happened. I was laying on the bed, relaxing for a few minutes, and baby boy was laying there, kicking away…every few seconds I’d feel a little thump…thump…..thump….anyway, so I was laying there, just looking at my stomach, and I actually SAW him kick!! I felt a really strong thump, and right in that spot, my belly bulged out a little…..

Highlight of my day, I tell ya. Especially seeing as how I’ve been home alone all day, since Jake’s got second shift. Meh. At least I’m getting SOMEWHERE with getting this darn spare room organized!!

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