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I am so proud of Brenden. He recently got the job of his dreams working for a class one railroad, Norfolk Southern. He has been dreaming of this day since he was just a little boy, and now it has finally come true. Out of 40 men and women that went to the interview, he was one out of three guys to be selected for the job. And being only 18 years old, it's pretty impressive to have made it that far. But his experience at Respondek helped him a lot. After being told he was accepted for the job, all that was left to do was some paper work, and training. And training was said to be in McDonough, GA for three weeks. That was the only thing that worried me. We have never been apart for that long. But I told him I was going to support him 100%. Saying goodbye was the hardest thing I have ever done. I cried for a long time after leaving him. What made me upset the most was that he would be gone all of Christmas break and wouldn't be coming home till our anniversary, and Christmas eve. Which meant he would miss all of the Christmas traditions we do every year. So far he has been gone a week. And in that one week he has taken three tests and has gotten a perfect score on all three of them. Which is hard to do. Especially for someone in training. I am so proud of Brenden. If he continues to study hard like he has been and gets perfect scores on everything, he has a really good chance of getting the Top Con award which is an award they give to the best student at the end of the three weeks of training. I believe in him and I know be will get it. Even if that means buying him whatever Lionel train he wants. Because that's the deal we made. I told him I'd buy him one if he got the award. But that's fine with me. I just want him to be successful. :) I'm doing better than I thought I would while he's away. I finished all my classes early and my Christmas break has officially started. I just can't wait for him to come home. I miss you brenden.