Well the promotion board was a success…now I get 2 weeks in the heat at Fort Hood with people yelling at me all the time and nit-picking everything I do at the Primary Leadership Development Course.  At least if all goes well and the minimum points needed for promotion stay low then I will get promoted to Sgt on June 1st.  I am trying as hard as I can to make it for the wedding but a) getting days off of work to come home is hard and b) I don't get back from Fort Hood until the morning of the 20th anyways….they told me even if they don't let me go back that weekend then at least I will be able to visit home for Memorial Day.  Also I will be back from June 19th to July 2nd.  It will be a lot easier to get back more often now that I finally broke down and got a car.