Gary's Promotion to O4

Today Gary was promoted to O4, after a long wait. The message came out last year announcing the selectees, but because he's so junior, we had to wait until now for him to get promoted. We also had to wait for the pay raise until now, and I say 'we' because it's my pay raise too. :) Ha!

The ceremony was a small one inside Gary's office - I say small, but there were about 20-30 people there. Of course, it wouldn't be the same without a story or two - before the ceremony, Cole escaped down the hall, out the office and almost to the elevator before I caught him and during the ceremony, unbeknownst to me, there was a big RED lighted button that he was trying to push, which all were yelling "noooooooo" in slow motion. Then, Olivia dropped one of the oak leaves meant for Gary's collar, which promptly fell under a computer station and down into the nether regions with all the power cords. But CAPT Warner had some nice things to say and it was definitely a nice, memorable moment. Olivia put one leaf on his collar and I pinned the other one on. His two best girls!

We also posed a couple of pics outside the office building because we weren't allowed to bring cameras into the building (because of classified information, you know). But the pictures turned out cute nonetheless. I am very proud of my hubby and thankful that we've come this far.