Departure is getting closer

Slowly but surely May 5th is creeping up on me and the closer the date of his departure comes the less I know if I'm ready for it. But it really doesn't matter if I am or not, important is that he's ready - and boy is he ever. If it was up to Erich he'd rather leave tomorrow instead of in a few weeks from now. And because I know that's what he wants now I'm excited for him.
It's still an odd thought for me, knowing that when he moves out this time that'll be it, no moving back home anymore I'm sure. He enlisted for 6 years, so the only thing we can expect is him coming home for visits for a while. It's also still odd to think of him as a soldier and I'm sure as much as I'm trying to prepare now it won't really sink in until he leaves, or even more so when we go see him at graduation, and there is no doubt that we will be going there to see him graduate.

He too is preparing by running, cycling, reading about different military things, going to pt with his recruiter and a group of other future soldiers once a week and just doing what he can to stay busy and out of trouble ;).

So life moves forward one day at a time, him usually saying:"but it's such a long time until May 5th yet." And me usually thinking:"it'll be here before we know it."