Happy Halloween!

It's Halloween. I'm more shocked that tomorrow is 1 Nov. The year is almost over!

Weather has been nice lately. Definite jeans/sweatshirt temps although we do have a surprisingly warm day thrown in here and there.

My son got approved to join the Navy. There were some medical issues that initially held him back but his waiver was approved. Today he picks his job and swears in. He says his goal is to finish college and then ship to boot camp next summer sometime. I hope he follows through with it. He's very close to graduation and I don't want him to find himself in my shoes. I completed 3.5 years of college before I enlisted and didn't really get back to it until late in my career.

I basically realized one day that I was only a few years from hitting 20 years of service and becoming retirement-eligible and I still didn't have my degree completed. So I busted my butt and finished my undergrad and then my master's degrees. It made for some very long days of working my regular job then going home and studying for 3-4 hours a night. I really don't want my son to find himself in that situation down the road. It's not a lot of fun.

I am very proud of him for making this choice. He decided to go Navy instead of AF so that he could walk his own path and not feel more like he's just following in mine. Which I completely understand and respect. I will always support him no matter what he chooses to do.

Work is work. Not much new on that front. 3 days at home, 2 days in office. It's a nice routine. I'm off call as of today so I get to actually get some sleep this week.

Probably won't get any trick-or-treaters tonight. We live on a major road and it's not very conducive to kids walking up/down the street in costume. Which is okay with me. I'll just be happy with vegging and watching TV. Yesterday I did a mini-Law & Order marathon and it was awesome! I haven't done one of those since I lived in OH (about 8-9 years ago).

Everything else is good. Nothing much else to report.

Until next time!

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