Today I took the 5th of May off from work. The 5th of May is my sisters birthday, as well as my bosses birthday and of course Cinco de Mayo, none of which is the reason I won't be around that day. That day will be reserved for taking Erich and his one backpack to Tampa, to take him to MEPS, to drop him off and say good-bye. That's the day his life will change more then it ever has before, the day the biggest decision he's ever made for himself will come into effect. It's the day he will be heading to Fort Leonard Wood, MO for Basic Training and AIT.
We won't know when we'll hear from him next at this point. Won't know how long his in-processing will take and when the actual training will begin. Won't know when he'll be able to call or write, really won't know much for a while. But that's something we'll have to get used to since in the Army nothing is ever really sure to far ahead of time.
But right now he's still here and we're trying to spend as much time with him as possible. His dad does things with him like playing pool, I'm watching movies with him and cooking him is favorite foods - spoiling him a little more for the next couple of weeks after which no more spoiling will be done for quite some time ;-).
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