We were hoping that the security clearance for Randy's new job at Aberdeen Proving Grounds would be through by now. But the HR department that processes the forms before the security clearance can be processed has been SLOW. Randy finally received the security clearance forms on Wednesday morning. He spent the whole day filling them out and sent them in first thing yesterday morning. They tell us it usually takes about two weeks before people are cleared with a working clearance - which would put us hearing back from them a few days before the end of the month. (Dare we hope for a quick return? I'm not holding my breath.) However, our lease is up this month. So we are moving forward and have finally set a moving date for the last Wednesday of this month. We have had that calm assurance that everything will work out in the end. So even though it sounds a little crazy that we might be moving to Maryland before knowing that the job is a go, it doesn't feel crazy to us.
Here are few pictures of the girls having fun in the boxes we have been collecting.
And no post would be complete these days without a picture of the newbie:
