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Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:02 pm Subject: Countdown

Well, my countdown to my son leaving has begun. I have to have him at his hotel on the 28th and he leaves for basic on the 29th. My stomach has been staying in knots and boy, I can start crying at the drop of a dime when I think too much about it.

If you have noticed, I have been posting a little more. I have been trying to keep myself busy so I don't think about it too much, so you might hear from me a little more.

Love the new job!!! I am working with a great bunch of people. Next week, my boss and myself will be conducting a meeting on how the new procedures are going to go and kind of the chain of command. That makes me a little nervous because for the most part, I will be sort of running the shop, at least keeping things running as smoothly as I can. I will pretty much be on my own starting next week. My "trainer" is going back to his area, but do know that he will only be a phone call away if I need help.

Anyway, if I get all depressed and such this next month, you all will know why! May need a "boost" every once in a while.

(((hugs))) to all,
Karen

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:07 pm Subject:

Hey Karen, we will give you all the hugs you need. You have so much to be proud of. Your son is certainly a great source of pride. Your new job is going well and you should be proud of that as well. It is great to see you posting more, but I am sorry if you feel a bit depressed. I am here if you need anything.

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:20 pm Subject:

Thanks kash...appreciate that. I am very proud of him although lately I have been ready to kick his tail up between his ears! You seems to forget that he still lives under my roof and "forgets" to call when he is going to someplace to let me know when he is giong to be home, so I sit up waiting!!!

I tell you, I am less stressed since starting this new job! That is a big plus. I am sure if I had stayed where I was at, I would eventually had been fired. The "new" boss did not like me and he was doing everything he could to make my life miserable.

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:33 pm Subject:

Karen...From one Air Force Mom to another...It is sad to see them go, but it is such and awsome experience to go to Graduation and see the man they have become. Mine has completed his training and is at his new duty station for his last two years of training and I am constantly amazed at the changes in him. He suprised us at Christmas and he came home in his blues two days early to suprise us. This is an amazing time for him. We bought his first brand new car and sent him on his first road trip 11 hours away from us. I am so proud of him.

I am excited for you and your family. I know the next few weeks will be difficult and that waiting for that first phone call after he goes to basic will seem like an eternity....If you need anything I ( along with the rest of us) will be here for you, you know where to find me.

Your son is an amazing young man and I will keep him in my thoughts and prayers over the next few months. God bless you all.

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:37 pm Subject:

From one Karen to another- you know you can PM me if you need to talk!! What an amazing young man your son is! He, as well as all of you will be in my prayers.

Post when you need to or want to- we are here to support you!!Love ya..Karen Very Happy

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:56 pm Subject:

you and your family will be in my prayers for safe keeping!

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:03 pm Subject:

Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:13 am Subject:

Kyle spent the night at a buddies house last night and for some reason I woke up and looked in his room and he wasn't there and just got so down in the dumps! He is my first and only son and we have been so close since he was a baby and this is so hard to think about him leaving. I know I will see him when he graduates and I am sure I will be bursting with pride, even now I am, but just the thought of him leaving home! I knew I was going to be sad, but as the time gets closer, I am surprise about how affected I am about it! Even though I will still have my daughter around, him not being there, well it is so hard for me to imagine. I know I am being sappy and other mothers go through this too, but I guess because I have always tried to be the strong one all the time, I am just surprise at myself. I mean I buried my grief when I lost twins due to a tubal,(one in uterus 1 in tube), to be there and supportive of my brother and his then wife, I contained my grief when my grandfather died to be there for my mom. When I went through my separation and divorce from my first husband, I kept every thing buried for my kids. I hate for people to see me cry or break down, but this time, it has been hard for me to contain!

I marked off another day on the calendar and had tears in my eyes when I did it. Can't believe the first week of Jan is almost gone! Crying or Very sad

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:38 am Subject:

Ok, here is what is going on so far....Kyle met with his recruiter yesterday and had to sign some more papers. Today is the 6th so in 22 days he goes to the hotel room and in 23 days he leaves! I watched him with is recruiter and just could not help but wonder where the time went. I just know it went too fast!!! Also was told that once he is done with basic, he will not get to come home but go right to tech school for about 20 weeks and then he will get 2 weeks off and then go to his duty station. He will come out of basic as an E2 and after tech school he will be an E3, due to him signing up for 6 years instead of 4. I tell you, time is just going by too fast. We are going to have him a going away party the 26th, so I hope he enjoys that.

Well, need to get some things done or I will sit and think about this all day, but did want to give you an update.

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:46 am Subject:

Hi karen..Happy new year!

I know its hard to be proud and sad at the same time Wink

...he is lucky to have you by his side.

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:05 pm Subject:

It is very hard to do. I just didn't know how hard it really was going to be! My husband and my brother laugh at me when my emotions get to me and tell me that Kyle has to grow up sometime and it is not like I am not going to see him again, but life is funny sometimes, you never really know what is around the corner. Right now I just try to keep a brave face on, crack jokes, and try to spend as much time with him as I can and make sure I tell him I love him every day!!!

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:09 pm Subject:

....dont forget, its okay to cry. Wink

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:25 pm Subject:

This is going to be such an adventure. When my husband was in basic I wrote him 2x a week until I received a letter from him asking me to write more often and send more pictures. So be sure you write a lot. Begin writting even before you get an address to send him mail to because you likely won't recieve your first letter with how to reach him for 2 weeks. Also send care packages but make sure it follows the rules or else they will send it back or take it away until they are able to come home on leave.

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:54 pm Subject:

I will be able to send him care packages once he gets to Tech School, but not at basic. I am sure before he leaves I will be writing to him. I am also sure that he will find a "surprise" card in his stuff when he unpacks at basic. Sometime on his first day, he will be able to call us and give us his mailing address, and you can bet there will be a letter waiting to go out. I usually am not a good letter writer, but I do know when I was married to my ex and he was deployed, I wrote almost every day and he would get long letters. (He was Navy).

Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:36 pm Subject:

Karen, You are the mom and you get to feel and react any way you want. I was emotional before mine left and I cried when he got on the van at the recruiter and I sat in his room every day the first few weeks he was gone and I cried when I first got to talk to him. Nothing wrong with that. And he kept the stack of letters I wrote and teased me during his Graduation. We are all here for you and I know I for one have large shoulders that do not mind a few tears. Wink

Just be careful about tearing on the letters you write, they smear the ink Laughing

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 12:52 pm Subject:

My son told me last night to remember that he was not a good letter writer, but I keep telling him he may be better at it than he thinks. I told him that it would be a way of feeling a little closer to us.

As far as tears smearing the ink, I am sure there will be a lot of smeared ink!!!!

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