Is it Today?

Current mood: intense
Last week Travis met with his Sergeant Major about the whole reassignment deal. She flipped. Things weren't done in a timely manner along the way to no fault of our own. Rather, the people put in place to help when situations like this arise acted like morons and didn't do their jobs. I can honestly say, for most of our military career, things done by others have been done correctly, other than the stupid recruiter from the recruitment office at 27th and Bell who promised Travis that since he would be entering Basic with an Associate's Degree he would be an E-3 upon graduating Basic. I don't know if he forgot to write it in the contract or if he was blowing smoke up Travis' butt, but I heard him say it when I was at the office with Travis.
One of those little snafus in this whole mess was that the packet required Travis' signature after x amount of stuff was done. Instead of contacting his battalion, they let the packet sit in their office for over a week. Stupid people should have their pay docked regularly.
Anyway, back to the Sergeant Major. She flipped and started making phone calls. Eventually she reached the post Sergeant Major. He said he understood the problem and wanted to meet with Travis to ensure that what was being discussed was actually what Travis wants to happen. See, if he stays here at Fort Bliss, he'll deploy again next year (I already know, sounds crazy) but if he goes, he'll be in a somewhat cushy position and he probably wont deploy again.
Travis had asked me what I wanted as far as the move or not move I wanted. I told him the choice he made had to be his and his alone because when the battalion deploys next year, should something awful happen, I would have to live with the fact that it was my decision that kept him in a unit that would be going back to Hell. I also told him that if I decided I wanted to move and he went with that that I didn't want him upset with me if he hated the job.
Monday morning they met. The Command Sergeant Major understood all of Travis' reasons for wanting to stay: 1) He wants to remain in this position for his career, this is the next natural step in career progression in his field. 2) The kids are set here. Amanda and Nolan will both be able to start and most likely finish high school here. Nolan will have a truly great football coach next year if we stay. Amanda will be able to continue with the El Paso Youth Symphony. 3) My doctors are here, the same ones who saw me through my illness and even though any surgeon or endocrinologist can see me, it is still a comfort to a Soldier to know there is some continuity in his wife's medical care. 4) He was a Platoon Sergeant for over two years in his last unit and being a Platoon Sergeant again will not serve as progression in his career. 5) He just really wants to stay here... The CSM agreed with Travis on all points but told him that the only thing the Army sees is that he has been here all this time and they are trying to do him a favor by moving him out of a deployable position. While Travis was still there, he picked up the phone and called DA. He got no answer but promised to keep calling whomever he needed to. He expected to have some answers (maybe not the answer, but some nonetheless) by the end of the day. By the end of the day all we knew is that the info was at DA. We still have no real answer. He said it would be a super-hard sell because this is a DA selected position, but it might be possible.
I'm kinda hoping the snowball makes it.
Have I mentioned yet that his report date is 29 days away, across the country, in a state where neither of us has ever resided? Well, it is.
I am sitting here wondering if today is the day the stress ends, because remember, the new up-to-code heater should be making its way into my home today. If the answer comes down, that would be nice too.
At this point, I don't totally want to move, but I am ok if it does happen. I pulled myself out of go mode a few weeks ago and decided to not make a decision about moving or not. I am still pretty much in the same mind set. If we move, it will be hard, but it is what must happen. If we stay, it will be good because I don't have to pack all this crap and lug it across the country and the kids wont be uprooted and I'll be closer to my mother and I wont have to put the very old dog in a car and keep her there for three days while we drive and my family wont have to be apart for months while I sell the house without Travis and yadda, yadda, yadda. But, either way, I'm cool.
I just want to know. This is killing me.