10 days to go

So the longest wait for him is just about over. His room is all packed into different categories, things to be donated, things to keep for a later life, things he might want us to send once he has his first permanent duty station and things that can go in the trash.
He spends time with us, spends time with his friends and last night we spend time all together. We rented a home and threw him a going away/ early birthday surprise party - and boy was it a surprise. Not until about the last hour or so before did he know something was going on, but he had no clue what. That in part was due to his great friends who managed to keep their mouth shut and get him were he needed to be in the afternoon, I sure appreciated their help.
So many people came by too which made me very happy and hopefully showed him that people do care about him and what he is about to do. A lot of our friends that have known Erich for quite some time now, a lot of his friends, some from when he went to High School here and some that are a little newer but still pretty close - they all were a great bunch of young people.


Next week I'll be making a few more of his favorite dishes and next weekend we'll let him decide what he wants to do and how he wants to spend it. Tomorrow we should find out more details about where and when to drop him off on the 5th and I'm guessing the next few days will pass quickly.