The time has come.....

Elaine....I feel terrible for not getting back to you sooner! Scott leaves in the morning, but I'm sure you've talked to dad by now.

The time has come when we have to suck it up and say goodbye to Scott....again. I'm really starting to dislike this. It was very hard saying goodbye when he left in February. I thought for sure it would be easier when we went to see him in May. Nope...it was actually a little harder. Then we got the phone call that he was coming home for 2 weeks and were all on cloud 9. We've had a great time. And now the dreaded Wednesday morning we've had marked on the calendar is just a few hours away and we'll be saying goodbye again. Scott thinks they will get to come home at Christmas time. The Army has what the call a "Christmas Exodus" where they stop all training at that time. You just never know until almost the last minute. Gotta love the timing of the Army. We've learned to be very flexible and spontaneous! But after December, it could be a full year before we see him again.

I know some people go a year without seeing their siblings or kids, but when you've never lived more than 30 minutes away from your only sibling your entire life, it makes it very hard!

We've had a couple of great games of Rook. Scott and I were partners both times...and won both times. Guess it helps to have a partner who likes to bid...:) The kids have been so happy having Uncle Scotty around. Dominic had on his Airborne beret the other day. It was way too cute!

I went to the office (dad's office in their basement) to do some work for dad. Scott came wandering out of his room about 10:30....went to the bathroom...stuck his head in the office to say 'hi', then crawled back in for another round of Zzzzz's. He's enjoying the freedom!

When he gets back to Fort Bragg, he will be back into the routine of waking up around 4:30 a.m. for PT. The Special Forces Selection process won't start until August 9th or September 6th. I think he likes the freedom he has while he's in holding, but I think he's more than ready to get the show on the road.

I'm going to end this here, but start a new post. We had an interesting morning!.......see you in a few!