Just Bragging

So, as many of you may know, or can at least guess, I'm not a huge fan of Thom being in the National Guard but it's what we felt we should do. Anyway, he has been going through officer training for the past year and he's almost done! He will be gone for three weeks in the end of July for which he will miss our anniversary again and Luke's first day of school (not a fan of him leaving) but at the end he will commission as a Second Lieutenant. This last weekend he had his last drill weekend in San Luis Obispo (where he has been going once a month for the last year). While there they finished up some tests and did peer evaluations. This is where the bragging comes in... There are about 30 people in Thom's "class" of officer candidates and they had to write an evaluation for each other. They had to give three positive points and three areas of improvement for each person in their class. Then they had to rate their peers and put them in order 1-30, one being the best in the class. Well, Mr. Thom was ranked number 1 by his peers. I am proud of him and just wanted you all to know that Thom seems to be quite the soldier. It has been a big sacrifice for our family and more is coming, but I'm very glad to know that Thom has put in his part while he has been away.