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Not.......yet........but........losing............positive..........control.......
Tried not to look but when DS's twin looked at dinner last night, had to see. not really something for the dinner table... gross.
meanwhile SMNE for us, no MOC call either, becoming very anxious and ready for disappointment. think the CFA will kill us but hope the administrative DQs have all gone out as profsparrow was guessing, hope you're right.
Congratulations to all of you new appointees!!!!!!!!
I'm glad that so many of you outstanding young people are fulfilling your dreams!
For the rest of you in waiting, don't lose heart, the wave is coming. I spoke to our MOCs Academy rep this morning (I actually had to coordinate with him for something else city related), but I asked about appointments and he told me that they too were waiting. They have heard NOTHING (not a peep) since a single one of their noms was accepted to WP months ago. He stated they had a general time frame (about now) but they were also in the dark and his MOC had been asking about the appointments herself.
SOOOO, HANG IN THERE ALL!!!!!
Best Regards
OK I feel scantly better.. going off to Mexico, making sure the DS doesn't get himself in trouble. hopefully something when we get back
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After looking at the appointment thread, I saw that a few of the BFE's that were sent out yesterday were going to the East Coast. USAFA, please don't skip Oklahoma!
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No need for an apology, we're all in the same boat together bud! Just found out today that someone from my district got an appointment. Heart is racing! Anybody have any tranquilizer to calm me down? 
YorkieMom75
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No problem!
Every time I see someone posted, I think it's going to be a big break through, but then it's just someone joking or venting. So I know how you felt yesterday. But then I find that the joke was just what I needed, or I needed to vent too.
We are all in this together. I don't know whether to laugh or cry! Why doesn't my phone ring? Will I have to go through another weekend wait? Ugh! the tension builds as it gets closer to mail delivery time . . .
Sorry about my post yesterday, the wait is killing me!! Haha good luck to all other nominees and congrats to those who already got appointments!!!
Every time I see someone posted, I think it's going to be a big break through, but then it's just someone joking or venting. So I know how you felt yesterday. But then I find that the joke was just what I needed, or I needed to vent too.
We are all in this together. I don't know whether to laugh or cry! Why doesn't my phone ring? Will I have to go through another weekend wait? Ugh! the tension builds as it gets closer to mail delivery time . . .
usafa2012mom
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First, Congratulations on your DS's appointment. It is an amazing accomplishment and well deserved.
I wanted to let you know that I really understand how your DW feels. I've praying for this to happen for so long, because my DS has wanted it so badly and so I have wanted it for him with all my heart. But, I have also known how terribly painful it is going to be for me to let him go and grow into the man he is meant to become....which I will do....with great pride. I've been on the phone talking about this all morning with lots of friends and family, been praising God for allowing this to happen for our dear son and also been crying my eyes out all day, thankfully he is at school and not seeing me blubber. It is such a mix of emotions. I'm so, so, sooooooooooooo proud of my boy, but also really gonna miss him like I can't even describe.
His little sister, (she's 12) is feeling the same way. She adores her big brother and they have a very close and special bond. She has another brother too, also older, but he kind of picks on her, but the oldest one (the new appointee) looks after her and they go on long walks around our farm, talk and hang out and they both love to run and she is really gonna miss him too. I know we will get through this one step at a time, but you guys pray for us, and we will pray for the other parents and siblings who may be feeling these waves of emotions.
And, I also want to say that going to any college would take him away, I understand that. But, going to the Academy is very different. It is more difficult physically, mentally and emotionally for our DSs and DDs and there are much less opportunities for them to get home to visit. For us it is much farther away, than Plan B. But, we also feel for him, the opportunities he will have and the bonds of friendship he will develop at AFA will surpass any other experience he could have. We have prayed for him to have this opportunity, to follow his dream and now he does. Wow, it is truly amazing.
Congratulations and blessings to all who have received the BIG news. Now enjoy every precious moment with your DS/DD and try not to count the days.
RaptorDad
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Thanks, usafa2012mom! Great post--my DW and I feel the same way. Raptor is our first born of four: two boys and two girls (not so little any more). His bro looks up to him--especially since they still share a room, so it's probably going to be hardest on him.
Just like you said, our son is heading out in the fall no matter what...in his case, to either USAFA or his Plan B (Texas A&M)...but as the days get closer we cherish every moment with him and with us all still together as a family under one roof. We have TONS of great memories of all of them growing up and look forward to many adventures that the future will bring.
Keeping the faith--leaving it all up to Him!
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Raptor? Where in Tx? Us too. Our plan B is 28 hours away!!! I'm not handling this well at all.
USAFA12mom: Your post hits home about siblings left behind. I think my DS is so looking forward to going so he can reconnect (on some level) with his sister. By circumstance they have not been at the same school for more than six years. So in a way I think he is counting down as a good thing, he will be closer to her. They were always the closest of the three growing up. It is odd how my youngest, who by choice has always been a little distant, waits on pins and needles for my daughter to return home (she will be home this evening to start her USAFA Spring Break). He is always trying to plan special outings for when she arrives. I can only imagine the plans he will make when they are both coming home. It easily becomes like nothing has changed when they are all under the same roof, but it all ends to quickly. Not sure how I will handle it when all three of them are gone and there are no more sporting events to pack the car for and the many other daily things I do that relate solely to them. Ah, now I am getting sentimental. Onward to preparations for the returning child.
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Yikes!
28 hours is a LONG way to drive! I sure feel for ya! Where will his Plan B take him? (Congratulations on his AFROTC scholarship, btw. w00t! Did he decide on a major yet? DS got Type 7 for a Technical degree...or something to that effect.)We live in Rockwall, just to the east of Dallas. Where are y'all at in Texas? We're blessed that Raptor's Plan B, Texas A&M, is only 3 1/2 hrs away. That being said, even though it's much further, we're ready to travel out to Colorado if that's how it works out!!
No worries--we'll get through this together. And, yes, I think we'll all stay friends after we stop the stalking!
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DD's stalking is now over...got the call this morning from the senator's office! My stress of this process will slowly be replaced by the anxiety of letting go. It's always something for us parents, isn't it?
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Congrats!
CristalLee
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Yikes!
We live in Rockwall, just to the east of Dallas. Where are y'all at in Texas? We're blessed that Raptor's Plan B, Texas A&M, is only 3 1/2 hrs away. That being said, even though it's much further, we're ready to travel out to Colorado if that's how it works out!!
No worries--we'll get through this together. And, yes, I think we'll all stay friends after we stop the stalking!
We live in district 19. My DS got a type 1 - he's choosing Syracuse University in NY. Although we're extremely grateful... I've found that his heart (and mine) belong to the USAFA.
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The anxiety of "letting go" started for me when he was about 8... He's always been that sweet, amazing, mature kid from the get go. His dream then was to go to MIT - funny thing is, now he can go to MIT - but for some reason is choosing Syracuse instead.
This process is making me Bi-Polar - I go from "he's getting in" to "he's not getting in", daily, sometimes hourly. I seriously feel the need to be medicated.
Hearing all your good news, is FANTASTIC!!! But it's also gut-wrenching, since my DS is hearing nothing. He called MOC rep today, she said "she did not expect anymore appointments" (yes, I knew that MOC already had an athlete charged back in Feb). This is not good... DS said "it's OK mom, next year". Really, really? I have to do this again next year? Get the padded room, medication, and straight jacket ready now.
Oh and that Moscato from Trader Joe's last night was FANTASTIC... (only one glass I swear!) I was asleep by 9:45... simply couldn't handle anymore brainwaves for the day.
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Was hoping I could make it back to my town before OK's appointments would go out because it looked like they were going to sweep across the country since we had those numerous appointments come in from the east coast yesterday. Unfortunately this is not the case though with one OK appointment already out, my stress level just jumped...
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Was hoping I could make it back to my town before OK's appointments would go out because it looked like they were going to sweep across the country since we had those numerous appointments come in from the east coast yesterday. Unfortunately this is not the case though with one OK appointment already out, my stress level just jumped...
I feel ya... District 4 here....