WE GOT AN ASSISGNMENT!

I"M GOING TO ILLINOIS!!!!!

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Chief Edwards was as good as his word, and today we got an assignment.

We are going to Scott AFB, Illinois...our first choice because of it's proximity to Dave's family and his hometown.

I'm sitting here crying because I'm so relieved/happy/excited....my children will get to see their grandparents, we will get to visit on holidays...at last, we will be close to family.

Dave doesn't even know, he's attending a function for the Queen of Denmark so hasn't heard the news yet.  I can't wait to tell him.

I'm getting the hell out of South Dakota!  I can't believe it!!!

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Karen- That's fantastic

about time

The Queen of Denmark????
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Really great news, excellent. I can only imagine how relieved you must be.

and, yes.... The Queen of Denmark?????
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
I'm very happy for you and your family, Dharma, but...Illinois? Them are BEARS fans out there...

And, yes...the Queen of Denmark?
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Awesome news Dharma!!!

Hopefully you might lighten up a little now!!! hehe... just jokin

BAM!!!
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

YAY!!!!  I am so glad that you have a game plan. 

Illinois, huh?  Sounds like I hear a trip to Chicago in the future!  (That's about 1/2 way for each of us, or about a 4 or so hour drive).  Maybe we can get the Michigan ladies and the Ohio ladies (and anyone else who likes traveling) for a Chicago ladies night out!

Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
Oh, I want to go on the ladies night out, but I'm way down in DC--boo hoo.

Congrats on the assignment...what a relief, you must be SOOOOOO incredibly happy. Now I'm simply keeping my fingers crossed that the packing and moving are completely uneventful!

Hope you are out celebrating!
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top

Yes, the Queen and Crown Prince of Denmark. They went up there for some reason and Dave was one of the people selected to go mingle with them. 

He knows now, I told him.  Not quite the reaction I was expecting...I was hoping for backflips, yells and tears of delight because that's what I was doing, but Dave handles and reacts to things a little differently than the rest of us.  I did call my FIL though, and managed to tell him in between sobs that he'd get to spend as much time with his grandchildren as he wanted.

So, we're Illinois bound. 

 

Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
Congrat's!
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top

Belleville IL, is 20 miles away from St Louis.

Yay!  Culture!  Diversity!  Shopping!  Crime.....?! 

Oh who cares, we finally have orders!

Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
Dharma, so happy to hear you got the news! And Illinois sounds like a great option for the family. Hope all goes smooth for you. Great news again!
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
We are going to Scott AFB, Illinois...our first choice because of it's proximity to Dave's family and his hometown.
I'm sitting here crying because I'm so relieved/happy/excited....my children will get to see their grandparents, we will get to visit on holidays...at last, we will be close to family.


Congratulations, Karen! That's GREAT news!!
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
Denmark?!?!

Congratulations on your impending relocation. Although aside from the family aspect, I fail to see how Illinois is better than South Dakota. Although Chicago accounts for something. But you said Illinois, not Chicago, so I assume you get to go to some boondocks part of Illinois.
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
OH KAREN! I saw the article title and I was hoping it was you! I'm so happy for you! *hugs you* Yay! I'm so happy for you!

Emma
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top

Zwei - It's Belleville, Il, and it's about 20 miles SE of St Louis.  It's better than SD because :  we don't have to drive to Minneapolis or Denver to get to a zoo, a museum, an art gallery, a city with more than 25,000 people in it, an amusement park, a mall with more than 20 stores, a restaurant that isn't 'fast food'...because we can drive for 2 hours and be at my in law's place, at my husband's hometown.  I guess you'd have to have lived in my part of SD for 9 years in order to understand what a cultural wasteland it is out here.  It's pretty bad.  Here's some good examples:  we don't have an 'Olive Garden' restaurant, we only got a Gap store last year, a 'Borders' the year before and public transportation around here is car pooling or a tandem bicycle. 

That and I have bitchy, shitty neighbors....who I'm going to go bid a fond farewell to the day that I leave.

Emma...thanks for the hug.  I'm going to go get drunk now.

 

Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
I'm going to go get drunk now.


You're SUCH a lush!! Have one for me, sis.....I'm going to bed!!
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top

Yeah, Mikimouse was right, I'm a raging alcoholic......speaking of him where's he been recently?  Did he get exiled?

I had one for you, one for me...one for Karma, one for Jill, one for Shades....I'm working on one for Nic...I have a few more to get through for all of the JU sisters.....and I'll be blaming all of you for my hangover in the morning!  Just kidding...(I was going to say that we all know my hangover would be former President Reagan's fault, but then decided that that wouldn't be a very nice thing to say)..

..anyway *raises her glass* here's to Scott AFB, Illinois and the JU sisterhood.  Maybe someday the two shall meet?

Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
Minneapolis? Will you be coming here before you move.... Because that happens to be the city I live in!!!!!!! Road trip to the windy city must be in order!!!!!!!!! Congrats!! I am sooooo excited for you!
Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yes, we will be bypassing Minneapolis on the way to Indiana and Illinois.  I think that I might be able to persuade Dave to make an overnight stop in Minn instead of Sioux Falls...perhaps dinner and drinks (unless you're prego by then) would be in order!  That would be awesome!!!!!
Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top
That would be awesome! I do think a sister road trip on Chicago is quite warrented! Plus Sioux falls is BORING. There is better stuff to do In MN!
Reply #20 from JoeUser Forums Top

I just found out that there is not wait for a 4 bedroom house at Scott...we'll basically have a house waiting for us when we get there!  Yay!!!!!

 

Reply #21 from JoeUser Forums Top
That's great Karen! I'm so happy for you.

Emma
Reply #22 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yeah, Mikimouse was right, I'm a raging alcoholic......speaking of him where's he been recently? Did he get exiled?

Yes, he did... for writing his last article. It was a stupid article to write, but if that was the only reason he got exiled it seems odd to me... I mean, it is... eh hem, was his blog.

I just found out that there is not wait for a 4 bedroom house at Scott...we'll basically have a house waiting for us when we get there! Yay!!!!!

I'm so happy for you!!!! That's gotta be so exciting! When exactly do you move? St. Louis is a nice place


..anyway *raises her glass* here's to Scott AFB, Illinois and the JU sisterhood. Maybe someday the two shall meet?

That'd be the most awesome thing, Karen.

How are ya holdin' up w/that hangover?

~Sarah
Reply #23 from JoeUser Forums Top
I just found out that there is not wait for a 4 bedroom house at Scott...we'll basically have a house waiting for us when we get there! Yay!!!!!


Woohoo!! The news just gets better all the time....definitely sounds like that is where you're meant to be!
Reply #24 from JoeUser Forums Top

Yes, he did... for writing his last article.

That's not why he got banned.  He's not here to defend himself, so we will just leave it at that.

Reply #25 from JoeUser Forums Top

if that was the only reason he got exiled

I highly doubt that was the only reason. 

When exactly do you move?

I made the arrangements this morning...Dave comes back August 13th, the movers come pack and pick up our stuff on August 16th and 17th, and we leave Ellsworth as soon as we can get the house cleaned to inspection standards and clear housing etc...some hopefully around the 18th or 19th.

Our hopes have become tangible now.  That's really an awesome feeling.