Sneaky Michael called last night! I was so so excited, and still am. His battle buddy, Mansfield, had to resolve some bank issues and luckily you go everywhere with your battle buddy. Michael took the opportunity to make a phone call as well. We got to talk for about 15 minutes and ee got to talk to Ethan who kissed the phone, cutest thing ever.
Michael has been designated as the squad leader, natural born leader, and is not loving it. He spends the majority of what should be free time taking care of the other guys. I told him to be proud! ;) He also said he is getting skinnier, I told him I better lay off the delicious girl scout cookies then. Today they are actually going to shoot the weapons they have been using as a weight to hold over their heads or in front of their bodies during physical training (PT). The PT has not been too bad for him and he is enjoying the other things he is learning. He didn't however love the getting & giving of IVs. His battle buddy was a firefighter/EMT before joining the military so when giving Michael an IV it was no big deal. Michael on the other hand was not so awesome at it and poor Mansfield was his test dummy. He passed though and that is all that counts! :p
This week signifies the end of week 6 of Michael being gone and the end of week 4 of Basic Training. They are in white phase now (after red phase, before blue phase) and he likes it a lot better. He does not anticipate being "allowed" to make phone calls anytime soon but the letters are awesome and we will take what we can get.
Ethan & I are going better every week. We are staying busier and just getting used to him being gone. Still hate it though! I am back to sleeping in our bed and not on the couch. When talking to Michael last night he said "Yeah that was weird sleeping on the couch." All I could is laugh and thank him for not telling me that while I was still sleeping on the couch.
If anyone would like to send anything I am putting together a package of some letter & cards our friends have sent. Just let me know! Also, don't forget to contribute to the graduation gift. Hope everyone is doing well.
TTFN,
Ali
No comments:
Post a Comment