So how much advance notice did you get?

That was probably Stevie probably December when I got the call.

Oh, really?

Yeah, so I got the call late December.

And I literally remember telling the lady.

And now, remember, we didn't have cell phones. This was me going and finding a pay phone to call Washington and I told the lady I said I want want the job, but I have to do the smart thing and I need to call home and ask permission.

Besides that, I'm running out of quarters.

Let's make this call.

Let's go quick.

And that's why you're still married.

I said, I will call you back in a few minutes.

I've been married to my wife for 10 years. At the time, course as you know we got married in the

Middle of the Academy we were on our second son so I had a at the time a gosh a six year old and a three year old and I called my wife and she's like this is what we wanted. Yeah. so I called the lady back and said I've gotten

permission she says you need to be at the Orlando District Office on February two weeks prior to February 17th to start the paperwork

because of course back then everything was a you know duplicative you know you

form that you filled out with a pen and had a lot of paperwork and you'll start

the academy on February 17th.

Nice.

And you went up to Quantico for that?

I went to Quantico on February 16th on a Saturday.

Flew up from Orlando and the entire time on the trip I was like what am I doing?

I have 10 more years that I literally could have been an Orlando cop and retired at 20 years and but this is the path that I

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