So it is finally official... husband Motorcycle officer application is in! This is crazy, real now! But I couldn't be more proud. He has been pretty dedicated to learning from his trainer and riding his motorcycle anywhere and everywhere. Even though he has not spent too much time on the BMW he will be tested on, we have some time for him to make the move and be ready for when they call him back up to Sacramento.
Yup, you heard that right. Back up to Sacramento he would go for official motor training. Only for 2 weeks, but still! Not sure how much time we know before he goes either. I figure it will be more than 10 days like last time LOL, hopefully. Anyway, I feel like I want him in "hardcore" training mode. You have down time? Go practice on the motor. Trainer wants to see you? Go! LOL I know, I know i am this super supportive wife... but it is so much more than that.
When we first got to our office over a year ago there was a group of officers that loved being on graveyard. Darn, right? :) It was more of a seniority thing to get on graves than it was to get off them. But of course that was too good to be true. This graveyard group wasn't happy about something and next thing you know they are all filing for transfers out. First 13 officers on one transfer list, then 10 on the next. This is a good and a bad thing. That means we will get that many new guys coming from the academy... yeah for quick seniority. But until they are ready to be on graves, guess who gets to go? And luckily the first quarter my husbands classmates where moving to graves he got lucky and his partner was having a baby so we assume that is why we were just bottom of days. Who care we will take it! But we have heard that there is no choice for next quarter. I will have to learn to live the next 3 months with a man on graves :( Honestly, I can't complain! Some people spend their first 5-10 years on grave and we are probably going to be lucky enough to only do 3 months. So here is where I am "so excited" to get my husband on motors.
You see motors just negotiated new schedules. The state whats response times down and more of the community to see officers on the road. What better way than with motors! They can get through traffic to respond to accidents quicker and they can catch up faster to those breaking the law. So they are moving to 10 hour shifts (instead of 12 like the rest of the office), days (motors can't be out in the dark) M-F. Are you kidding me? Why would I NOT support my husband in this! Yes I know it is more dangerous... but they are trained by the best, they get a pay increase and now the best hours available too. Bring it on! If this is what my husband wants, honey you do whatever you need to do to get through this and become a motor! And not only all of this, he will be considered part of the "elite" of the CHP. It take a lot of work and its some hard training in Sacramento to become a CHP motor. If my husband has what it takes to be a part of that elite group, I am not going to stop that.
I have said it so many times before and I will never stop.. God has gotten us this far, why would we not have the faith to keep going? This life that we live now, the careers that we have chosen were really callings on our lives that we listened to. Why would we stop listening now? The happiness that I see in my husband being a CHP officer is great and I know that happiness will only grow following this journey to becoming a CHP motor officer. So back to the beginning... we wait. Hopefully we wait a little while just not too long. :)
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