HE PASSED...

...HE PASSED!!!!! Not that I'm excited or anything . But those of you have been following our story know how he's struggled from the first day with PT. First practice test he could barely pass any of it, always slightly shy of passing. Then he shaved 3 minutes off his run time and didn't have any more problems with it. He also managed to pass the sit-ups well during the last practice test but those push-ups..boy they were difficult. He's been saying how he's using every free minute to practice and work on it and then yesterday came the 'final' PT test.

He also told me last Sunday that they would have their warrior competition and when (notice not "if" or "should we") they win that they would get an extra day pass for today - they also got one for Sunday this week. And he told me when he was done with BCT he'd get a cellphone.

So we've been holding our breath about the pt test for 2 days now when suddenly my phone rang about an hour ago. I see the MO area code and picked up right away and here is the conversation that followed!
Erich: "Hi Mom, I'm calling you from my new cell phone just to let you know I have it and I love you."
Me: "How on earth did you get the chance to buy a cell phone and why are you getting to use it today, and yes I love you too??"
Erich: "Because we're awesome!"
Me: "What does that mean?"
Erich: "We won the warrior competition like I said and got the free pass - and I passed my pt test yesterday!!!"
Me: "OMG I'm so happy and excited for you and also so proud! Congrats to you and to the platoon for winning."
Erich: "Thank's mom but I gotta go, it's really crazy around here and I'll try to call back before I have to turn the phone back in at 16:30pm."

I'm relieved and happy for him and he sounds the same, sounds really great as a matter of fact. Most everything he needed to pass is done and now they will mostly concentrate on graduation things.