Follow-On

So I am totally new to all this Air Force (Military) lingo and I will not even pretend that Google has not become my best friend. In fact. Google. I love you. You have answered all my questions, even those I didn't know I had. You are great.

Follow-On. Two days ago my guy applied for his Follow-On to have him stationed back at Travis AFB. Great. Right? Well. Maybe. Initially we thought it would take 120 days to find out, but apparently we could find out in possibly 3 weeks. This could quite possibly be the longest 3 weeks of my life. Follow-On is where he gets stationed AFTER his return from deployment.

Things to take into consideration if he does not get stationed here (in no particular order)...

- He wouldn't see his littles for EVEN longer
- Me and my littles wouldn't see him for EVEN longer
- The initial 15 months that seemed like a piece of cake would now be 5 years of distance
- Could get spendy trying to visit
- I may become a Skype aficionado during all this
- We may want to buy stock in the Postal Service as many care packages will be sent
- His family and friends would miss him
- He and I may have big decisions ahead of us
- This would mean many missed holidays and birthdays, not just 15 months worth

Final thing to take into consideration.

I WOULD MISS THE SHIT OUT OF HIM!

Seems to me that I could choose to be a pessimist right off the bat and get down about it, but truth is, we haven't done that so far so I am not going to start now. So we will wait it out and think only the best. If I have learned one thing in the duration of all of this its that it doesn't pay to worry and worrying doesn't help.

So since worrying doesn't help here are some other neat things that I have come across while researching where my sweet will be stationed.

Country: Turkey
City: Incirlik (5 miles east of Adana 5th largest city in Turkey)
Base: Incirlik (35 miles from the Mediterranean Sea)

There is not much to do in Incirlik but Adana seems promising. I have decided that my goal is to make sure that I visit at least once while he is out there and since I have made that goal I have also discovered that its a 22-26 hour flight, its a 10 hour time difference, there is a Hilton in Adana, The Turkish Lira is equivalent to .50 in US Dollars and its also the nicest Middle Eastern Country for a woman to visit. No need to worry about the clothes I wear while I am there which is nice since it seems to get extremely warm. I got in touch with my girlfriend Lauren and she has some family of really good friends that have two homes out there, one in Istanbul (10 hours from Adana) and a house on the coast. Just waiting to see which coast its on to see if either of those can be a 'visiting point'. I'd like to think that I can make the most of this and if it gives me an excuse to get a stamp on my passport, why not!

I guess this is where we start to hit the challenges, but for now we will just consider them speed bumps. No problem!

XOXO
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