Celebrating the first day of school & other good news

The girls are excited about the first day of school and so is their mama. Our son doesn't look that excited but inside he really is, it's just not cool to show it. The K4 is not open til next week, so little one will still be staying home. I hope her teacher is resting up.

In other news I just heard via email that my security clearance is now "in adjudications pending review." This is new wording from last time I checked the status, when it was "investigation still pending." There is much discussion on the A-100 yahoo board about how these emails are worded, and what they might mean. People are always discussing and comparing the wording of emails while trying to figure out how they might fit into a time line of some kind. As best I can tell the security clearance goes through several phases: (1) security interviews starting June 12, (2) paperwork processing, (3) rechecking through a case manager, (4) adjudication by the adjudicator at which point there could be follow-up information to be obtained, and (5) granting of the security clearance via a letter. Then you go through final suitability review. After that you can reach the exalted register, hopefully at a high enough number to obtain an offer.

I am hopeful for an offer to begin training in October or January. Just to keep you on edge, there was an A-100 yahoo post of someone who reached the adjudication stage and then was rejected because of a past gambling problem. How disappointing to get that far and then be rejected.