8 posts tagged “basic training”

 Thursday was family and our first time to see and hug our soldiers in over 10 weeks!! Friday was graduation day and right after he graduated he had to report to his AIT unit. We waited a couple of hours for him to get processed into his new unit and to see if he would get a weekend pass to come home with us. HE DID!!!!! We've had a wonderful weekend with him. Today he goes back to Ft. Sill to begin his AIT training. I hate to see him go again. This is the only weekend he will have to come home. He will have access to his cell and laptop in the evening though. He's not taking his laptop because one of the guys had his stolen Friday after just arriving at AIT.

Josh should have started basic Friday at Ft. Jackson. I haven't heard from him. We don't even have an address yet. I'm hoping he will call today. Here is a video  from Thursday. It's of me hugging my soldier (Brad) for the first time in  over 10 weeks!! Enjoy!

I went all day Monday without crying, I did pretty good over the weekend. Yesterday I did good until 5ish, then I started crying out of the blue. I know I will have days when I don't cry, and some days that I will cry. Today isn't fairing much better, I have teared up twice so far today. The not knowing and waiting to hear from him is the worst! I don't know if he's in his unit yet and has begun basic or not. If I knew that his training has begun I could at least start counting the weeks until he graduates. It's going to be stormy here today, tomorrow and Friday. Tornadoes are possible.
Hope you have a great day today! {{Hugs}}

I was so hoping Brad would get to call us yesterday. We've still not heard from him, tomorrow will be one week since he arrived to the base. Until he calls us and gives us his address we can't write him. We don't even know if he is out of reception or what? His basic doesn't start until he gets to his unit there. Maybe this week we'll get a call. I'm doing much better. I still tear up now and then, but I'm really doing better. I knew it would take time to get use to him being away. I'm calling my doctor today to see if we can get my surgery scheduled, and talk to her about some other issues. I have to get this surgery done so I can get healed by the time Brad graduates from Basic, should be around May. Then in August we'll travel to SC to see Josh graduate basic. Busy summer for us!!! I hope everyone has a great week. Keep those prayers and vibes coming!!

@ about 4:30pm saying he was boarding the bus to Ft. Sill. He told Chad that he would call as soon as he could. I know why he hasn't called my cell today...I'd start crying and he hates for his mom to cry. I feel better knowing he's almost to the base...for some strange reason. Thanks for all the comments and prayers! Keep em coming!!

Well the tears are flowing off and on here today. We just got back from taking Brad to his unit. From there they will take him to where ever it is they need him to be and then it's off to basic training. While they were processing him this morning we learned that he will either be shipped to Kuwait or Iraq in September. :'o( My son is heading off to war soon. But this is what he has wanted since he was 3 years old. I was hoping that he would grow out of it and choose something else to do with his life. That was not to be. If I had a tub of ice cream I would be chowing down. To bad my credit card is maxed out. Some retail therapy would be helpful right about now. I feel more tears coming, I gotta go. **UPDATE** Chad & Josh just brought me this....

My Anti-Depressant

On snowy days like today I love staying inside and curling up on the couch. This morning I had to go to the hospital to get my pre-op stuff taken care of. They moved up my time to come in. I now have to be there at 6:30am for some special meds before the surgery. I have a history of blood clots so I have to take some meds to prevent clots. My paper work didn't say anything about a hysterectomy. I asked them and they even called my dr and they show nothing about it. So I'm not sure what will happen tomorrow. I was disappointed about it but did sign papers just in case I need one. Kassy and Jeremy are both ready to get out of the hospital. Kassy is hopeful that today they will be released. I feel bad not being able to be there to help her with him and to giver her a break. Josh seems to be liking his new school. He is trying to find a job right now, Brad found a job yesterday at Taco Bell. He will only be here until March 24th and then he will ship to basic training at Ft. Sill. He won't be to far away from home. Not like Josh this summer. He will ship to his basic training at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. I'm hoping I will be able to get back to work and start saving money for plane tickets and hotel for his graduation in August. I don't even want to think about medical bills right now, but that will another bill to start paying off. My big concern right now is getting to SC this summer. My medical bills will still be there *lol* Life! Isn't it wonderful?! Chad or myself one will post tomorrow about how I did with the surgery, and what they ended up doing.