Goodbye Boise, Hello Navy

Our time in Boise has come to an end.  It has been short but sweet.  Adam has joined the Navy.  About 3 years ago Adam mentioned that he wanted to join the Navy and become a Navy SEAL, I was thinking, "Yeah whatever, this is just wishful thinking and it will pass."  He said he would work a year in Boston with EY before saying anything about it again, and I once again thought, "Okay sounds great, this will definitely go away."  Well if you know anything about public audit accounting you will know that this is not the kind of job that will persuade you to put off dreams of other jobs.  At the year mark Adam started talking about Navy SEALs again and finally said to me, "I am serious about this so I want you to also get serious about it."  The pressure was on and so I got serious.  After quite a few months I finally said okay.  When Adam told his mom that we were going to move forward with his dream she said, "What does Carolyn think" and Adam said, "She has warmed up to the idea and is okay with it."  Paige responded, "Is she warming up or wearing down?"  I would definitely say at the time that it was a bit of both but now I am onboard completely.  It will be difficult for us but I am also excited for the new things to come.

The training for Navy SEALs is called BUDS and is very difficult and basically crazy.  The pass rate is very low.  We have read, studied, and watched a lot of stuff to prepare for this and I feel like Adam is as prepared as he can be at this point.  I highly recommend watching Navy SEALs BUDS Class 234 if you are interested in seeing what kind of training the pre-SEALs have to undergo before actually becoming a SEAL.    

But before Adam does SEAL training he decided to try to get into officer school for the Navy.  He interviewed for this last June and after about 6 months of waiting, moving to Boise, and thinking he did not get in he finally heard that he was accepted to Officer Commissioning School (OCS) with a billet to go to BUDS after officer training.  Long story short, this has cut off our time in Boise and we would never have moved from Boston if we thought he was going to get in.  But he did and he starts officer training March 4th.