Deputy McCann

To start our vacation off with a bang, we headed to Richmond to see Cassidi graduate from the 9 week Sheriff's Academy she participated in this summer. She did things like weapons week, chemical day, physical training, and defensive driving. She learned a significant amount of information and gained numerous skills.

She's now read to work in the jails of Henrico County. She'll be doing two 12 hour shifts a week. It will be interesting to see how all of that works out with her school schedule. I'm thinking she's going to be grumpy for a few years! She's definitely a person that needs her sleep. But she should be able to save enough money to pay for her second year of her masters program. That's the goal anyway!

In addition to this 40 hour a week program, she took three full credit college classes, of which she made three As. She was on a roll this summer and filled her weekends becoming a raft guide on the James River. We're super proud of her hard work and tenacity to survive such a grueling couple of months.

The drive to Richmond is 9 hours round trip. It was an extremely late night in which we didn't get home until 3:00 am. It wasn't the best plan to tie our vacation so closely with her graduation, but we only had a brief window of opportunity before her fall semester. It's hard to believe she'll be finished with her undergraduate degree in the spring. Time simply flies.

We're ready to enjoy some down time with her. It is very funny to hear the things coming out of her mouth related to law enforcement. We are going to have to get used to the fact she's growing up and will one day be able to arrest us! 

Day one of our vacation was pretty successful.