Five First Days.

As of two weeks ago, Wednesday, January 19, 2011 Ben has started his Field Training Officer phase. The hardest and most challenging phase of his training. It is an interesting career Ben has chosen. I was thinking the other day, what a journey it has been! Looking back to the beginning, Ben started with the police academy in August of 2008. He had six months of training at Daytona State College for his first steps to becoming a police officer. In January of 2009, he interviewed with Volusia County Sheriffs Office. However, he did not get the job. Through the year 2009 he had various other interviews such as Ormond Beach, Flagler County and some others that I cannot remember at the moment. He was always in the top of his class, but never quite made it. Fortunately for us persistence pays off. One week after we came back from our honeymoon, Ben interviewed for Volusia County for the second time, and we got the call that he had made it!

Who doesn't love a man in uniform?

 He started training for Volusia County on July 19. 2011: another three months of training. On October 27, me, my parents, and my in-laws got to watch Ben graduate with an expert marksmenship award! After this phase of training, he was either going to be sent to FTO right away or to the courthouse to work for three months. Ben was sent to the courthouse, which meant we got our holidays together! Finally on January 18, Ben had his last day at the courts and went on to his first day on the streets. The FTO road phase will last at least, 2 months and at most, 3 months. This is the most challenging part by far, but we are thankful that it is here. As I was saying in the beginning of this, before I got started, and which happens to be the title of this blog, how funny it is that Ben has had so many first days of work. For me, starting a new job is the most frightening thing there is. I started my job back in March of 2010, and for me, it only got better since my first day. For Ben, on the other hand, He starts so many new things its hard to ever get comfortable. He asked one of his coworkers, do you ever get comfortable with the job? And she stated, "You get comfortable with being uncomfortable all the time." That's interesting.