Typing out 15 days was such a wake up call! I can't believe how close we are.
Here's what's happened since our last update:
- Final Spanish certification
- Testing for bilingual status... and get this? R passed :) So he will be a certified bilingual officer which means we get some extra monthly pay and have higher priority for transfer. He was SO proud of passing and we had some tasty tacos to celebrate.
- Company A got tear gassed 2 weekends ago, which R still says doesn't compare to the OC (pepper) spray.
- Then last weekend, they got to practice driving the Ford Explorers.
- They also had their final Report for Grade test, which included 8 hours scheduled for report writing. It took R and his roommates less than 8 hours but it was still quite a long test. And he passed!
All of week 25 so far has been EMS training. They've become CPR certified, learned how to triage and tourniquet, etc. It's awesome they essentially get all this training for free. Since we're in the home stretch, the weeks seem to feel longer and longer but overall, we couldn't be happier to be this close to the end.
We also managed to finally decide on an apartment in Walnut Creek and we're ready to move! It's a mixture of excitement to start our new chapter but also sadness because we love Sacramento so much. Moving-wise, the weekend of the 21st is the first Saturday they don't have Saturday classes so we're making our major move that weekend. Then we'll keep only the essentials in Sacramento while he finishes up graduation week.
In less than 3 weeks, R and I will have moved out of Sacramento and into the East Bay to start our life as part of the law enforcement family!!
