And now for the rest of the story...

I guess it is time for an update. As most of you know by now Andy is not leaving for the Army. Back up to last Sunday morning, I left with a friend for Colorado and Andy prepared to head to his hotel that evening. From there he would get up early and go to MEPS and get processed before they headed to Ft. Jackson later in the day. So yes, we said goodbye again only under slightly different circumstances so it wasn't quite as bad as the first time. I was awakened early Monday morning with another phone call. It was Andy calling to let me know they would not let him go to basic training that day, the Army doctor said his throat still looked infected. They made up a new contract for him to leave the end of April. That was his only option, wait 6 more months. Of course the Army doesn't care that he was on leave from his job so we have no income and no insurance expecting to be on the Army's payroll effective November 4th. What did they really think we would be able to do?
We said from the beginning of this whole process that we would pursue it until we could no longer. We didn't expect to get all the way to the end where we say goodbye and then have a cold and sore throat be a closed door to the military life. We had also talked about it after the first time they turned him away and knew it would not be wise to keep putting our life on hold hoping the Army would let him go to basic in 6 months. His contract was void because they did not allow him to leave on the said date November 4th. He would have had to sign a new contract to leave in April. Since he refused to sign it so he was under no obligation to stay in the Army.
We can see God's hand in this whole process and we feel we have made the right choice. That was all on Monday.
By Tuesday Andy had someone call him about a job opportunity, he sent in his resume and had an interview by the end of the day. Wednesday this bank was closed for the holiday and by Thursday morning they called with a job offer. He could have also gone back to his original job, but this offer was too good to turn down. We feel so grateful at how God has provided for us in the past few weeks especially. It is humbling to know there are so many people who are just struggling to find work and here God provided this job for Andy before he could even ask.
And yes, I am very excited to have my husband home with me!