My First Phone Call

He called me!!! He called me!!! Two and half weeks after I put my soldier on a plane, he finally called his mom!

We took our granddaughter to the zoo yesterday and I made sure I had my phone with me. I was really hoping, knowing it was Sunday, that today might be the day that he calls. The battery was about half, which should have been alright, however, on the way to the zoo, I got bombarded with text messages and it started eating up that battery. I was able to stop the messages and kept my phone close to me all day, but no call...

We arrived home around 8 pm, unloaded the car and got the baby settled in. We were watching TV, couldn't even tell you what was on, but all of the sudden John answers his phone and he looks up and says, "it's your son." I thought my heart was literally going to leap out of my chest! I was so excited, I grabbed the phone and told him I loved him. Before that moment, there were about 500 questions I wanted to ask, but right then, the only thing mattered was that I was actually talking to him. He said he mailed out his address and we should have it in about 3-4 days. I can't wait for that either!

He did say that he's been in reception this whole time. He was supposed to start basic on August 3, then August 10. Yesterday he said he was going to start today. I hope he does. It's just going to prolong things if not. He said they wouldn't be having a graduation from basic, however, I've come to find out from other sources that he will have some time to visit with family between basic and AIT and I'm hoping that I can go out for a couple of days to see him.

He said we'd have more information on graduation soon, but he thinks it will be somewhere around December 17...oh boy, is that ever a long way off!

In the meantime, I'm going to ride this wave of happiness, knowing that he's alright and he still loves me! Hopefully it will last long enough to get to the next phone call!

Have I told you how proud I am of my soldier?!