Can't believe DS will be home in 2 days

DH - 6 hours, 8 minutes
DS - 10 hours, 5 minutes
:yay:
 
MY VMI Rat is finally home (few scares like flight cancellations and bumping passengers)...hubby picked him up at the airport and I haven't heard a peep (first time in months LOL)...nice to have him home for a few days before going back to the I..have a great Thanksgiving everyone!
 
My boys are back.... :smile:

That youngster stripe sure looks good on his sleeve....
 
Just be thankful on his first morning home you can walk in his bedroom and see him sleeping in his bed. Be thankful that you mutter under your breath the wet towels on the floor. Come next Monday you will want those wet towels.

This line was superb. Thanks for that, Pima. :thumb:
 
This is our 4th christmas/thanksgiving holiday having our son come home. I get just as excited as I did his first year. He got home for Christmas this past weekend. (He had no finals in any of his classes this semester - lucky). So seeing him in the morning on my way to work while he's sleeping is definitely surreal. Being this is probably our last "Family Vacation" ever/long time, we're all leaving this weekend for the Caribbean on a cruise. Not sure how I'll feel after he graduates. Hopefully he'll get a grad school slot. We would probably get to see him a little. if not, he'll go straight to pilot training, and we won't see him as much. It will be weird to continue to go to falcon football games and not see him here. But I have the rest of my "Air Force Family" that I Thudgate with.

Having spent 21 years in the air force myself, my wife and I know exactly how rarely we'll get to see him after he graduates. So word of advice..... Visit as often as possible. Make holidays special and meaningful. Your cadet will want to spend some off time: e.g. spring break, part of the summer, part of christmas, etc... with friends. That's ok. But the time you do spend together..... Make it count. Mike...
 
Great post and a wonderful reminder to enjoy the time you have with our family, even if they are just home on leave or holiday break and out visiting their friends....my DS VMI Rat will be home in 9 days and even tho he is planning things without out during some of the time, he will be around to harass for part of it ;)
 
My AROTC DS will be home Friday, last Christmas before he graduates. My USNA youngster DS will not be home until Dec 28.....so we are celebrating the morning of the 29th... until then Christmas shall be referred to as The Holiday That Must Not Be Named......:smile:
 
Both our sons will be home later today. For our oldest this could be his last Christmas at home for a while, he will be leaving sometime after graduation for Ft. Rucker and flight training. I guess we will now get a chance to see Alabama and the Gulf Coast if he has time for us to visit.

I hope everyone has a great Holiday Season.
 
Happy holidays, everybody!!! I am at the airport and am truly excited about seeing DS!
 
Very nice! Have a great Holiday time with him :biggrin:

Ditto from me. My DS arrives the 21st from VMI, still a RAT, but older and wiser by far. I hope everyone on these fora have a great holiday season!
 
My DS Rat gets back early on the 22nd---was so eager I put him on an overnight flight. Look forward to having him home but will look forward to sending him back <VBG> :thumb:
 
I know what you mean easter. You can't wait to hug and kiss them hello, but after a few days of picking up wet towels on the floor, and hearing them argue with their siblings, you start to ask "when exactly do you go back?":wink:

This will be our last Xmas with our DS at home for sometime too like Jcleppe. He received his RNLTD for AD this past Thursday. He graduates May 15th, and must be on the road May 16th for Laughlin AFB. He will be on casual status for a few months, and than he goes into his IFS and UPT class.

I will relish every second including the wet towels, and the chips which aren't allowed in his bedroom.
 
AROTC MSIV DS has been home 3 days now and I haven't slept a wink. The empty nest has been very quiet...but now it sounds like raccoons are in the upstairs rooms. constant pitterpatter, wrappers crinkling...and the vibrating phone on the nightstand! I can hear it through the ceiling/floor at 2am..... These creatures are soooooo nocturnal!:biggrin:

USNA Youngster just finished his last of seven finals this afternoon...he's very happy and heading to Belgium tomorrow. I can't wait for him to get back on the 28th.... If I can't sleep, I might as well have both of my boys home!!:smile:
 
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