He PASSED!!!!
Yippee Skippeeee! Six days left til graduation and I find out he has passed those &%$(&@)!#$@$*^ pushups that have been plaguing him since the beginning of basic!!!
Good Lord, I have been worried sick for weeks. That's the reason he didn't get his overnight pass in October and the reason he missed some other 8 hour pass earlier.
The last letter I got from him was dated 13 Nov (a Sunday) and he said it would be his last letter. They were to be doing FTX and would be out in the bush for a week. He was to have his PT test the next day (Monday). Just 42 pushups between him and graduation. If I hadn't seen my daughter that week and she hadn't shared the letter he sent to her (after the PT test) I wouldn't have known that he didn't pass them that Monday. My mind raced all week long wondering if he would be recycled (and not even positive what that entailed), would he be at graduation at all, would he just go through thte motions with his platoon but not "really" graduate? Would he participate in the ceremony on Honor Hill and the Warriors breakfast? Worry worry worry....unknown unknown unknown...
So not only did he PASS them (Were they just jerking him around all this time and trying to push him or break him? Did he "magically" get them done this time correctly? Did they cut him slack? Or was he really busting his ass and got it done?) BUT he also learned how to dial my phone number LOLOL! I know, that sounds mean, but it's the first call I've gotten since he left. I had my cell with me all day Saturday and never heard it ring, but this way I now have a voice mail I can keep - so it's all good!
I must say that I've been envious that he called his dad twice and probably spent all his other minutes calling his girlfriend (we won't go there). I had to fight off the green-eyed monster when I returned from my 1,700 mile round trip to find out he'd called his dad while I was driving back. I couldn't understand why, when I wrote every day and sent him cards, letters, stamps, phone card and was constantly praying and thinking about him and learning all I could about his life there, why I never got a phone call. My husband explained to me that since I do write all the time, Ty knew what was going on with me and so he called others because he didn't hear much from them. I accepted that but I still felt sad, to tell the truth. Then I'd feel bad for feeling bad - the kid only had so much time to write or call and I should be a big girl and be happy with the letters I received. Which I was/am indeed! That kid writes GREAT letters, and I treasure every one of them.
Now comes the time when I may have to really bite my tongue and try to be a real grown-up. The turning blue ceremony is this Thursday. ONE person can place the blue cord on the soldier. Will he want his dad to do that? I want to be the one sooooo badly, but I have no idea how it's going to work. Does Tyler decide who gets the honor? If so, who will he choose? How do we know? And if he doesn't choose, do we decide amongst ourselves? Is my ex going to automatically think he will get to do it? Will the non-writing girlfriend somehow appear from California and jump in? I have dreamed of doing this since I first read about it months ago. But I will have to put on my big girl panties and see how it goes. But, being the worry wort that I am, I will be fighting back the concerns til the last moment. Then I'll just run over anyone in my way and do it myself....now would *I* do that?????
Stay tuned!
Good Lord, I have been worried sick for weeks. That's the reason he didn't get his overnight pass in October and the reason he missed some other 8 hour pass earlier.
The last letter I got from him was dated 13 Nov (a Sunday) and he said it would be his last letter. They were to be doing FTX and would be out in the bush for a week. He was to have his PT test the next day (Monday). Just 42 pushups between him and graduation. If I hadn't seen my daughter that week and she hadn't shared the letter he sent to her (after the PT test) I wouldn't have known that he didn't pass them that Monday. My mind raced all week long wondering if he would be recycled (and not even positive what that entailed), would he be at graduation at all, would he just go through thte motions with his platoon but not "really" graduate? Would he participate in the ceremony on Honor Hill and the Warriors breakfast? Worry worry worry....unknown unknown unknown...
So not only did he PASS them (Were they just jerking him around all this time and trying to push him or break him? Did he "magically" get them done this time correctly? Did they cut him slack? Or was he really busting his ass and got it done?) BUT he also learned how to dial my phone number LOLOL! I know, that sounds mean, but it's the first call I've gotten since he left. I had my cell with me all day Saturday and never heard it ring, but this way I now have a voice mail I can keep - so it's all good!
I must say that I've been envious that he called his dad twice and probably spent all his other minutes calling his girlfriend (we won't go there). I had to fight off the green-eyed monster when I returned from my 1,700 mile round trip to find out he'd called his dad while I was driving back. I couldn't understand why, when I wrote every day and sent him cards, letters, stamps, phone card and was constantly praying and thinking about him and learning all I could about his life there, why I never got a phone call. My husband explained to me that since I do write all the time, Ty knew what was going on with me and so he called others because he didn't hear much from them. I accepted that but I still felt sad, to tell the truth. Then I'd feel bad for feeling bad - the kid only had so much time to write or call and I should be a big girl and be happy with the letters I received. Which I was/am indeed! That kid writes GREAT letters, and I treasure every one of them.
Now comes the time when I may have to really bite my tongue and try to be a real grown-up. The turning blue ceremony is this Thursday. ONE person can place the blue cord on the soldier. Will he want his dad to do that? I want to be the one sooooo badly, but I have no idea how it's going to work. Does Tyler decide who gets the honor? If so, who will he choose? How do we know? And if he doesn't choose, do we decide amongst ourselves? Is my ex going to automatically think he will get to do it? Will the non-writing girlfriend somehow appear from California and jump in? I have dreamed of doing this since I first read about it months ago. But I will have to put on my big girl panties and see how it goes. But, being the worry wort that I am, I will be fighting back the concerns til the last moment. Then I'll just run over anyone in my way and do it myself....now would *I* do that?????
Stay tuned!
posted by Squares | 9:11 AM
1 Comments:
Congratulations Tyler on your achievement! We Army Moms have been routing you on and praying for your safety and success! Wishing you continued success as you move to the next leg of your journey! Peace, Michele (Kyle's Mom)
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