Some wonderful news...

Yesterday Allan went up to the MEPS station to take his physical as was scheduled so he could finish signing up for the Navy.  Unfortunately the system that all branches use to schedule physicals is brand new and full of glitches so he was told that he wasn't actually scheduled.  The poor guy wasted his morning going up there to be told he couldn't do his physical and would have to wait another day.  He came back and he and the recruiter sat down and figured out a plan to get the physical done.  They scheduled him for today and printed out the paper with the confirmation that he was indeed scheduled. I spent a good while praying that this would work out.
Today he went back up to the MEPS station and I hadn't heard from him in 7 hours and I had my fingers crossed that he must have been taken in, he would have texted me otherwise. I finally got a text message that he passed his physical and mental evaluation. Whew! Step one taken care of! Next he went in to discuss career options with a recruiter at the station. I was biting my nails waiting for the news of what he'll be signing up for, crossing my fingers that he'll be able to do what he wants.  Awhile later I got a text message informing me that he did get the hospital corpsman position that he had be wanting ever since he started looking into the military.  Our prayers have finally been answered! He gets shipped out in 3 months and it's definitely bittersweet. We only have 3 months left together without any military interference, but at the same time, it's 3 months until Allan gets to start what he's been wanting to do since I first met him. I'm so happy and so very excited for this new chapter in our lives.
On another note, I had my cake decorating class today and my homework that was due was to make a kid's birthday cake. I don't have any children so my first thought was to make a cake for my niece or nephew. My nephew's 1st birthday is coming up and I remembered that he liked jungle animals like lions and tigers so I based my cake for him.

The full cake with lions and tigers and a star border. It's hard to tell but the "Happy Birthday Gavin" is piped with individual stars, very intensive work.

 Lions and...

Tigers! All are hand piped, the tigers look a little strange, but it was my first try.