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Family Forum / Marriage / Marriage / June 2007Big weight off my chest...
As a lot of you knew, our son went in to AF boot camp in April. What *should* have been a six week visit to hell turned into an eleven week stay in Purgatory. :P He didn't pass his PT test during his fifth week of training and has been in a special flight (company) for the past five weeks, trying to pass his test. Today, he passed. Yay!!!!!!!! He will be graduating on Friday and on his way to school on Monday. I feel 20 pounds lighter... Tracey > As a lot of you knew, our son went in to AF boot camp in April. > What *should* have been a six week visit to hell turned into an [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I feel 20 pounds lighter... Yay! I'm glad for you. >>As a lot of you knew, our son went in to AF boot camp in April. >>What *should* have been a six week visit to hell turned into an [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Yay! I'm glad for you. Thanks, EA. This is a great opportunity for him and I hope he realizes it and plugs away at it. Tracey > As a lot of you knew, our son went in to AF boot camp in April. > What *should* have been a six week visit to hell turned into an [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Tracey Woohoo! He must me in great shape now! >>As a lot of you knew, our son went in to AF boot camp in April. >>What *should* have been a six week visit to hell turned into an [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Woohoo! > He must me in great shape now! He'll probably kick my butt at racquetball the next time we play. :P Tracey > As a lot of you knew, our son went in to AF boot camp in April. > What *should* have been a six week visit to hell turned into an [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Tracey I bet that was no fun for him! Not. Glad he's moving on to bigger and better things. >> As a lot of you knew, our son went in to AF boot camp in April. >> What *should* have been a six week visit to hell turned into an [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > I bet that was no fun for him! Not. Glad he's moving on to bigger and > better things. Me, too. And we're already lining up folks to harass him at his school. Between hubby and myself, we know someone at just about any place he will possibly go from now on. :P Tracey > As a lot of you knew, our son went in to AF boot camp in April. > What *should* have been a six week visit to hell turned into an [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I feel 20 pounds lighter... Great news, Tracey! So when do we stop worrying about them, I wonder? Tai [snip] >Great news, Tracey! > >So when do we stop worrying about them, I wonder? Never :-)) My 21 year old has been out of reach now for 8 days, doing trail maintenance or whatever in the national park he's working at this summer. Not a day has gone by when I haven't thought about him, worried about the fires out that way and so on. I guess we have to accept that the parental worry monitor never turns off entirely once activated. Barb > [snip] > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Never :-)) <sob> >My 21 year old has been out of reach now for 8 days, doing > trail maintenance or whatever in the national park he's working at > this summer. Not a day has gone by when I haven't thought about him, > worried about the fires out that way and so on. Urk, yes - I had forgotten about that disquieting aspect while dwelling more on your son spending the summer in getting lots of exercise and fresh air in the great outdoors! I'm assuming this is his college vacation job? > I guess we have to accept that the parental worry monitor never turns > off entirely once activated. I guess so. :( And perhaps these transition years of later teen and early adulthood are particularly difficult for parents! :) Tai [snip] >>My 21 year old has been out of reach now for 8 days, doing >> trail maintenance or whatever in the national park he's working at [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >on your son spending the summer in getting lots of exercise and fresh air in >the great outdoors! I'm assuming this is his college vacation job? It's a kind of internship or fellowship; he's actually getting 3 university credit hours (for which I learned last week would cost *me* over $800 unbudgeted dollars; his current school loan didn't cover summer term and he hasn't finalized his loan for next year). >> I guess we have to accept that the parental worry monitor never turns >> off entirely once activated. >I guess so. :( And perhaps these transition years of later teen and early >adulthood are particularly difficult for parents! :) I remember the moment, 2 years ago about this time of year, when my son and I and my brother and his eldest daughter (who's my son's age) took a vacation together. It was the first time I was aware of his now being an adult, and this being our first real adult trip together (they even drank wine with us when we had it at dinner). Very weird, and oddly touching! A month after we got home, he moved out of the house. I'd be very surprised if he ever comes back! I really felt the pangs of time and full-time motherhood passing that year. Barb > [snip] > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I guess we have to accept that the parental worry monitor never turns > off entirely once activated. Well, I'm <umpteen> years old, and my mother still worries about *me*! >>As a lot of you knew, our son went in to AF boot camp in April. >>What *should* have been a six week visit to hell turned into an [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Tai Well, my mom says when she stops worrying about us kids, she'll let me know. :P Tracey >... >Today, he passed. Yay!!!!!!!! He will be graduating on Friday >and on his way to school on Monday. > >I feel 20 pounds lighter... I bet he feels a few pounds lighter, too! :-) I'm very happy for him. You know, the Air Force must be very interested in your son, to invest in the extra time. Do you think he might be officer material? [How silly of me: of course, you do!] If OCS is offered to him, I hope he accepts. Do you know what job he will be training for? As you might know, the Air Force has some spectacular education opportunities. ________________________ Whatever it takes. >>... >>Today, he passed. Yay!!!!!!!! He will be graduating on Friday [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > I bet he feels a few pounds lighter, too! :-) I'm very happy for him. Heh. Probably. :) > You know, the Air Force must be very interested in your son, to invest > in the extra time. Do you think he might be officer material? [How silly > of me: of course, you do!] If OCS is offered to him, I hope he accepts. Well, personally, I hope he doesn't. But that's the old enlisted bias in me talking. :P > Do you know what job he will be training for? Yes. Military intelligence linguist. Don't know what language yet though. > As you might know, the Air Force has some spectacular education > opportunities. Yep and we're hoping he takes full advantage of them. Tracey |
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