A Cautionary Tale About Trusting Your Husband
Things I'm grateful for tonight:
That Alabama and Germany have reciprocity for drivers licenses (Thanks to the giant Mercedes Plant here in Sweet Home Alabama) and J and I won't have to sit the German driving test. That has all the signs in GERMAN. It's so hard that the base offers a class on how to study and pass it. The reason I know this golden fact is because friends of ours recently moved to Germany and the husband had an Alabama license. Prior to moving, he convinced his lovely wife to switch hers to Tennessee (their current state). Guess who had to take the test? Guess who hears about it for the rest of his life? Exactly.
Process update:
* House sold in 26 days. 26 DAYS people. In a neighborhood that has a ton of inventory just sitting there. Our realtor is amazing, a top seller in the area, and a sorority sister of mine. She knew we had about a month and a half and made it happen. Tanya Mitchell at Davenport Agents is a miracle worker, call her at 256-656-8032 if need to sell a house and go on an adventure.
* Waiting for J's doctor to finish the Exceptional Family Member Form (Middle's doctor was super fast and we already have that back) (**Note about the EFMP. This is for any defendant who has any medical or educational condition that requires monthly or intensive monitoring. Things that qualify include ADD, ADHD, Asthma, Cancer, dyslexia, hearing loss, etc. They put a plan in place before you leave and ensure that a military doctor can treat the family member. If a military doctor is unavailable, they pay for them to see a local-or on the economy- doctor. Pretty amazing)
* Physical part one done. I didn't have any vaccination records due to having doctors leave, switching practices, etc so had to get copies of my titer levels from when I was hired at my current job. The Army didn't trust them apparently and redrew them. Hearing screen, eye exam, TB skin test.
*Physical part two done. TB test read, general health overview, Hepatitis A vaccine received, paperwork signed and sent back to Germany
* Was sent a direct deposit form to fill out (yea paychecks!) but didn't have any of the information needed to send it to the bank like duty station I'll be reporting to, address for said duty station, start date, etc. Had to obtain that all from Daniel (my German HR guy) and then got an email shortly after saying to disregard previous info and just send it on to bank with those parts blank. Sigh.
* Signed my Line of Sight ( LOS) agreement stating that I cannot be alone with any patient under 18 until my Child Check clears, something that may take several months. That will be interesting for patient care.....
*Promised a sponsor soon ( ** Note about the Sponsor Program. You are assigned a sponsor, usually from your unit, to help answer questions, arrange transport to and from the airport, arrange temporary housing when you land, help with pet travel. I love this program and am ready to get my sponsor assigned)
Not too many more things until I'm given my final PCS ( permanent change of station) date. Things are starting to get real and I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Crossing my fingers it's not a train!
That Alabama and Germany have reciprocity for drivers licenses (Thanks to the giant Mercedes Plant here in Sweet Home Alabama) and J and I won't have to sit the German driving test. That has all the signs in GERMAN. It's so hard that the base offers a class on how to study and pass it. The reason I know this golden fact is because friends of ours recently moved to Germany and the husband had an Alabama license. Prior to moving, he convinced his lovely wife to switch hers to Tennessee (their current state). Guess who had to take the test? Guess who hears about it for the rest of his life? Exactly.
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Process update:
* House sold in 26 days. 26 DAYS people. In a neighborhood that has a ton of inventory just sitting there. Our realtor is amazing, a top seller in the area, and a sorority sister of mine. She knew we had about a month and a half and made it happen. Tanya Mitchell at Davenport Agents is a miracle worker, call her at 256-656-8032 if need to sell a house and go on an adventure.
* Waiting for J's doctor to finish the Exceptional Family Member Form (Middle's doctor was super fast and we already have that back) (**Note about the EFMP. This is for any defendant who has any medical or educational condition that requires monthly or intensive monitoring. Things that qualify include ADD, ADHD, Asthma, Cancer, dyslexia, hearing loss, etc. They put a plan in place before you leave and ensure that a military doctor can treat the family member. If a military doctor is unavailable, they pay for them to see a local-or on the economy- doctor. Pretty amazing)
* Physical part one done. I didn't have any vaccination records due to having doctors leave, switching practices, etc so had to get copies of my titer levels from when I was hired at my current job. The Army didn't trust them apparently and redrew them. Hearing screen, eye exam, TB skin test.
*Physical part two done. TB test read, general health overview, Hepatitis A vaccine received, paperwork signed and sent back to Germany
* Was sent a direct deposit form to fill out (yea paychecks!) but didn't have any of the information needed to send it to the bank like duty station I'll be reporting to, address for said duty station, start date, etc. Had to obtain that all from Daniel (my German HR guy) and then got an email shortly after saying to disregard previous info and just send it on to bank with those parts blank. Sigh.
* Signed my Line of Sight ( LOS) agreement stating that I cannot be alone with any patient under 18 until my Child Check clears, something that may take several months. That will be interesting for patient care.....
*Promised a sponsor soon ( ** Note about the Sponsor Program. You are assigned a sponsor, usually from your unit, to help answer questions, arrange transport to and from the airport, arrange temporary housing when you land, help with pet travel. I love this program and am ready to get my sponsor assigned)
Not too many more things until I'm given my final PCS ( permanent change of station) date. Things are starting to get real and I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Crossing my fingers it's not a train!
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