Now that the tests are done, it's like a huge dark cloud hovering over us just left. Now we can focus on getting everything packed up and put in storage over the next few days. It's all the stress of moving, but almost worse because, instead of going from one house to another, we are putting everything in storage for the next few years.
A few days ago, we took a few photos together, just to commemorate the ending of this chapter in our lives and the beginning of the next. It's been a good chapter, full of memories... Now we're ready for the next chapter.This weekend we are getting on a bus and heading to orientation with our new company. We will have a few days of orientation, then we will each go on the road with a trainer for a few weeks (about a month depending on how fast we get through the driving time). After that, we'll be back together, on our own, and in our own truck!
We're not looking forward to being apart for awhile, but it's a necessary step in the training process, and it's a short time in the grand scheme of things. And there are always phone calls, and pictures, and possibly even a weekend together somewhere in the process. And after that - well, after that, we never have to be apart again unless we choose to.In fact, we'll literally be together the entire time. It's definitely going to test our relationship, and a lot of couples don't make it as a team because they can't deal with being crammed together, in the space of a walk-in closet, all day every day. However, we work well together as a team, and I'm confident that with a good deal of patience, love, and understanding, the building blocks of teamwork, we will be just fine. After all, when we first started out together, we lived in a tent (it's a long story). We've been through difficult times together and it always makes us stronger.
Here's to the next chapter in life. The adventure is beginning!
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