-Bull-
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Glad to hear from you Bull. Doing OK?
I’m still kickin!
Glad to hear from you Bull. Doing OK?
DS had less than 48 hours from commissioning to AD, his path was... Graduate on a Friday, commission on Saturday, pack on Sunday . Start active duty Monday , drive to Ft Knox as cadre for the summer. 2-3 days travel time to Lawton for FA BOLC.
We're tearfully helping our son sort through his stuff and pack for Ft. Gordon (BOLC and his permanent post). He leaves us on August 6th and reports on August 9th (the date I posted earlier was tentative). The end of an era, for sure.
We're tearfully helping our son sort through his stuff and pack for Ft. Gordon (BOLC and his permanent post). He leaves us on August 6th and reports on August 9th (the date I posted earlier was tentative). The end of an era, for sure.
Tell me about it!But that empty hole in our house. Ouch.
Tell me about it!But that empty hole in our house. Ouch.
We went from having four children in the home, to three, two and then one. Now at zero with DS traveling to ABOLC at Ft. Benning in January it is a major transition for us.
It hits us hardest when we see other families with young children (we have no grandkids yet), or we see a little league game going on....or we pass the high school on a Friday night and see the stadium lights on.
Others may cheer the "freedom", but we miss the ruckus....a lot.
Not to mention the reduced Costco purchases!I agree with what you say, but man I love the smaller electricity bill
Yes, he’s Cyber. I didn’t shed any tears during his boarding school or college years (not even on R-Day), but this move is different somehow, more permanent, and it exposes where we are in this cycle of life. He is our only child and came along in our 40’s. We are retired and truly on the periphery of his life now, which is as it should be, but bittersweet all the same. We have a lot of family and friends on that side of the country (we’re in AZ), so his post is geographically desirable, and we look forward to occasional visits and exploring the south. But that empty hole in our house. Ouch.
They get dismissed for the Christmas exodus.
Not sure of the travel distance he'll have to visit you.
You'll still get 2 weeks +/- during the holiday. They get dismissed for the Christmas exodus.
It's over 2,400 miles from Columbus to the San Francisco Bay Area.
And who's to say that they'll even want to come home when they can go anywhere they want if leave permits? Gone are the days when (school) breaks meant coming home to mom and dad.