Days 46- 49

Oh. My. God. What a weekend. But first, let's rewind and talk about Thursday & Friday at the academy. Thursday J spent about 4 hours at the gun range then another 4 hours in the classroom. He sent me a text later showing his disassembled gun that he was cleaning- which I thought was awesome. We talked for a little bit, but then J needed to study for a VERY IMPORTANT quiz and pack for his drive on Friday. On Friday, I went in to work, picked up my mom once I was off, then ran on the treadmill. J called me once he was dismissed and was making his way back home. Last weekend before he went back to the academy, he practiced putting on his snow chains- and good thing he did because he had to use them on his way here. He told me about his Friday and how they had a HUGE quiz on use of force. Unfortunately a lot of his classmates didn't do so well so they were assigned a memo. J on the other hand, was one of the few who did really well so they were given a commendable 🤓😎! I'm so proud of him for that. Once he got here, we ate, did his laundry and hung it. Saturday morning we woke up around 5am to catch our flight to Las Vegas! J's grandpa turned 80 and wanted to celebrate there. Saturday was really fun- we walked around the strip and through different hotels, played a couple slot machines and enjoyed a nice lunch buffet. Sunday... Oh man Sunday was probably the most stressful days of our lives. I'm not going to get very detailed because honestly I think the details need to stay within our families🙊 but trust me when I say it was a stressful time. We woke up around 7am to find out the main freeway back to Sacramento was shut down because of another snow storm. So J, J's brother, and I went for a nice run on the strip to de-stress. It was a rainy, slippery one and we had to go up and down so many flights of stairs! My booty was ON FIRE! We got back to our room, showered, had breakfast, then packed up and headed over to the airport. Our flight was delayed because of the weather back home, so that already added more stress. Once we arrived back home, we found out the freeway was reopened, so we packed up J's truck as quickly as possible. Once he was on his way there, the snow picked back up and they shut down the freeway again. Long story short- J eventually made his was back to the academy. I know we both love our families and are very close to them, but I told J that from now on, he needs to put himself and graduating first. I know he already does- but it's even more important now. He's already finished 7 weeks at the academy and has invested so much time into it that we CANNOT have another situation like this arise- and he agreed. I'm just glad that everything worked out in the end. 

49 days down.. 145 to go!! 

💚 AJ