Friday night our Brigade put on a Spouse's Dining In. This event was to award honorary spurs to the spouses that survived the spouses "spur" ride in August. The Calvary has a longstanding tradition of having the soldiers earn their spurs. This can be accomplished one of two ways. 1. is to earn them through battle. 2. is to earn them through a "spur" ride, in which their nettle, strength, and intelligence are tested.
Often an abreviated Spur ride is created to allow the spouses an opportunity to learn some of the more intricate parts of their soldiers military service. I myself have earned my own Air Assault Badge by going through a Spouse's course. :) I did not get to participate in this spur ride since I was on vacation. But I did go to the celebration of the event.
Friday evening we all dressed up, high heels, long dresses, etc. Everyone looked so lovely. We gathered for the cocktail hour and then proceeded to the formal portion of the evening. We toasted the United States, the President and the First Lady, We toasted our soldiers, We toasted the spouses who have experienced our worst fears.
Then we gave out awards. Dinner followed. After this, we created the "grog". The grog is a concoction of innumerable spirits all mixed together and used as punishment throughout the night whenever someone forgot their manners, etc. Needless to say, there were a lot of drunk spouses by the end of the night.
We did skits, and finally. . we danced. Although this was an all spouse group, we danced and enjoyed the evening. The comraderie created amongst all us women (and a few men) was awesome. It is a reminder that we are not in this alone. We merely need to look to the left or the right and there we can find strength.
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