Chapter 28: Hard work pays off! [my husband's promotion day]

While my husband escorted me off the ship...

My husband: "Hey man, have you met my wife before?"

His friend: "Yeah, I met her at your thing! Hello."

Me: "Hey, nice to see you again!"

[we walk away]

Me: "Which thing is he talking about? Your reenlistment ceremony or promotion ceremony?"

My husband: "My... oh, both. You were at both!"
Me: "Yes, I was!"

:) You should've seen the smile on his face. I've missed so many special moments in his career before we got married/before I moved here. I'm glad I can now be here for all these moments! After visiting my husband on duty today, I realized that I had yet to blog about his promotion ceremony on May 31st!

The day started off with me waking up early to make him turken & waffles for his special day :) Then we had a pretty funny conversation while driving to base:

Me: "I think we should start eating avocados"
My husband: "Avocados? Why should we start eating them?"
Me: "Because they've got a lot of good stuff in them."
My husband: "What kind of good stuff?"
Me: "All kinds of good stuff!"
My husband: "All kinds of good stuff?!!! Well, I can't argue with that!"

LOL  This caused quite the outburst of laughter for us! Haha. I love our conversations. We understand each other. Lol 

After I dropped him off to the ship, I drove back home to get ready & waited until I needed to head back for the ceremony. It was really nice seeing all of these sailors looking sharp & standing at attention—my handsome husband, especially :) It was a really hot day & I'm pretty sure I got a tan! I wouldn't have missed this ceremony for the world, though!

When my husband finally got off work, we spent the day enjoying our time together. Our way of celebrating was: choosing to walk over 2 miles to the store & back instead of driving, experiencing a stray cat run up to us from across the parking lot [making me think we were going to get attacked] just to rub up on us like she knew us, sitting in empty garages, & cooking steak for my husband [since I don't eat beef] for dinner using a family recipe. It was a good day! Smoothies, Redbox, & major cuddle time :)

He took the advancement/promotion test in March & the results didn't come until May. He is now a Petty Officer 2nd Class! It's crazy to think that just 4 weeks ago before his promotion ceremony was his reenlistment ceremony! May was a very special month & I'm a very proud Navy Wife! ♥