Well as soon as his sargeant gets back off of leave, he said he is going to put in for leave in October... so we will see how it works.... I saved the money for his plane ticket... He finally told me that he hasnt came home cause he was afraid to ask for leave and not have the money to buy a plane ticket. So I told him to ask for leave and I would make sure he got to come home..
He still isnt calling much. Lost his phone last month, so I sent him a new one... so he is keeping in contact a little better....
I miss him though.... He has been callling the girl around th blovk, I like her,,,, I know he does too, but she dont like him thaqt way.....
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Hi, fort hood
Well he ended up in fort hood... He doesnt call much at all anymore... He was wanting to come home in august but didnt get to.. but I havent heard from him in over a month or more..
I guess he is busy and I know he is missing home so it is probable easier not to talk to no one. Cause he isnt calling his dad neither. nor his sister called him one day and he told her he was working nights, not to call him in the dayh because he is sleeping, and working at night..The last I knew he was getting deployed in March but didnt know to where.... we will see. Seems as when it comes to the army you dont know nothing until the last minute... he will have been in there for a yr. in january, four more months... time is flying by.. I mess him... he went and grew up and dont need mom no more... I worry alot. I know hen I got his band statement he had bounced some checks, so I know he doesnt have any money... I dont know what he is doing with his money. At least IKnow the army is giving him food and a place to sleep.... I still worry... other then that not much going on. I am trying to save some money so that when he does get to come home he will be able to as I dont think he will have the money to fly home, they have to pay for their own ticket.... always something
I guess he is busy and I know he is missing home so it is probable easier not to talk to no one. Cause he isnt calling his dad neither. nor his sister called him one day and he told her he was working nights, not to call him in the dayh because he is sleeping, and working at night..The last I knew he was getting deployed in March but didnt know to where.... we will see. Seems as when it comes to the army you dont know nothing until the last minute... he will have been in there for a yr. in january, four more months... time is flying by.. I mess him... he went and grew up and dont need mom no more... I worry alot. I know hen I got his band statement he had bounced some checks, so I know he doesnt have any money... I dont know what he is doing with his money. At least IKnow the army is giving him food and a place to sleep.... I still worry... other then that not much going on. I am trying to save some money so that when he does get to come home he will be able to as I dont think he will have the money to fly home, they have to pay for their own ticket.... always something
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Been awhle
Well it has been awhile.The computer crashed and I had to order another one. i really didnt need that expense, but oh well one of those things.
Well Travis graduated his ait training. He did good. Then he had to wait a couple of weeks and went to airborne and failed his pt test. So he is now waiting on orders to go to where ever they will send him next. He doesnt call much anymore. Once in a great while. He thought he might get home inAugust. Said he had to wait until he got his orders to go wherever and then he would have to request time to come home... I figure one of these days he will show up on my doorstep....
I started a job to help with the some spare money and to keep busy... It is housekeeping in a motel, not much but keeps me busy without putting more stress on me. I like it so far, even though my husband isnt liking it at all.
Well it is late. I will try to update more often.....
Well Travis graduated his ait training. He did good. Then he had to wait a couple of weeks and went to airborne and failed his pt test. So he is now waiting on orders to go to where ever they will send him next. He doesnt call much anymore. Once in a great while. He thought he might get home inAugust. Said he had to wait until he got his orders to go wherever and then he would have to request time to come home... I figure one of these days he will show up on my doorstep....
I started a job to help with the some spare money and to keep busy... It is housekeeping in a motel, not much but keeps me busy without putting more stress on me. I like it so far, even though my husband isnt liking it at all.
Well it is late. I will try to update more often.....
Friday, May 23, 2008
A day of rambling as a army mom...
Well I was reading your lists of care packages and I remember Travis telling me that he could have care packages. But later when I asked him what he needed he would say nothing..... Do you think I should send him something,,,, HMMMM I think I will start my own lists... with your help of ideals..... I worry so much that I will send something that they are not allowed to have..
How do you all know what they are not allowed to have....I mean common sense stuff I know. But I seem to think that I said something... Oh yeah I asked him if he wanted me to send him some brownies and he said they wasnt allowed to have them... Why???
I am just trying to think ahead of myself again, ain't I ( there is that accent again).... I just trying to be prepared...
He called this evening too. Said they just got off maneuvers and he had slept all day.. Wanted me to access his band account and see if I could balance it... Like get real son I dont know where or how much you have outstanding.... I think I need to call his sargeant and have him give him a lesson in bank register.. He is using that atm debit card like a credit card with no ending balance... anyway his statement doesnt show no bounced checks this month... I tried ladies I really did to get him to open an account a few yrs back so I could help him learn to balance it and he wouldnt listen to me... wanted nothing at all to do with a checking account..... now he is out there where I cant help much and learning it the hard way... I guess you learn life either the easy way or the hard way dont you..
anyway I am rambling again. sorry, you guys help me to keep things straight in my head though....God bless you all....
How do you all know what they are not allowed to have....I mean common sense stuff I know. But I seem to think that I said something... Oh yeah I asked him if he wanted me to send him some brownies and he said they wasnt allowed to have them... Why???
I am just trying to think ahead of myself again, ain't I ( there is that accent again).... I just trying to be prepared...
He called this evening too. Said they just got off maneuvers and he had slept all day.. Wanted me to access his band account and see if I could balance it... Like get real son I dont know where or how much you have outstanding.... I think I need to call his sargeant and have him give him a lesson in bank register.. He is using that atm debit card like a credit card with no ending balance... anyway his statement doesnt show no bounced checks this month... I tried ladies I really did to get him to open an account a few yrs back so I could help him learn to balance it and he wouldnt listen to me... wanted nothing at all to do with a checking account..... now he is out there where I cant help much and learning it the hard way... I guess you learn life either the easy way or the hard way dont you..
anyway I am rambling again. sorry, you guys help me to keep things straight in my head though....God bless you all....
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
four more weeks---AIT
Well Trav has four more weeks of training at his AIT base. I have heard so many stories of his training. People have told me that he is a glorified Gas pumper, a truck driver, and nothing but a target for the opposition.. yeah that was a nice one. That he would be driving gas trucks around iraq.
But he tells me that that his training consist of him learning about pipe lines and how refineries work. I dont understand how that is going to help him if he is deployed to Iraq. But the army knows what it is doing right.....
Anyhow he hasnt told me that he is deployed. But he told me that his unit that he is to go to after his Ait and airborne training is deployed. So I assume that that is basically the same thing.
Travis is doing fine but I am not so sure about mom. He got him a computer and internet. So I can usually catch him every evening.. Sometimes he doesnt talk to me, but I see that he is on and that keeps me calm, knowing that he is here. I know I am having a awful time with this. But Travis has always been there. Over the last few years I have let him make his own decisions and he has done what he wanted but i always made him keep me informed as what was going on. other then that he was in and out so I knew he was okay. I think I am the one having a hard time.... I just feel so lost. I dont know from one minute to the next where he is at and what he is doing. He does talk to me now and then but not like he did when he was home. I guess he is growing up and dont need mom as much but darn it. The war thing and the state of the world and him joining the service is what keeps me stirred up. This is so hard...
God help me get threw this and God please protect my son.
But he tells me that that his training consist of him learning about pipe lines and how refineries work. I dont understand how that is going to help him if he is deployed to Iraq. But the army knows what it is doing right.....
Anyhow he hasnt told me that he is deployed. But he told me that his unit that he is to go to after his Ait and airborne training is deployed. So I assume that that is basically the same thing.
Travis is doing fine but I am not so sure about mom. He got him a computer and internet. So I can usually catch him every evening.. Sometimes he doesnt talk to me, but I see that he is on and that keeps me calm, knowing that he is here. I know I am having a awful time with this. But Travis has always been there. Over the last few years I have let him make his own decisions and he has done what he wanted but i always made him keep me informed as what was going on. other then that he was in and out so I knew he was okay. I think I am the one having a hard time.... I just feel so lost. I dont know from one minute to the next where he is at and what he is doing. He does talk to me now and then but not like he did when he was home. I guess he is growing up and dont need mom as much but darn it. The war thing and the state of the world and him joining the service is what keeps me stirred up. This is so hard...
God help me get threw this and God please protect my son.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
May already!!!
Well it is May already. Seems as if time is flying. I wish it would just stop so I can keep my children safe, it would sure help my sanity. Trav only has 5 more weeks of Ait training and off to airborne.
Wow!!! my son jumping out of airplanes. He wants to. Scares me, but I tried to teach him to face his fears. Now I have to face mine, that I am scared to death. I know someday he will till me that he is going to Iraq, Afghanistan , or some other unsafe place. And I have to learn to live with that. I know I cannot let this get the best of me or I will lose it and then I will be of no help to him if he needs me. And really there is not a whole lot I can do. He is paving his rode.
I enrolled in a couple of classes for fall, I figure that will keep me busy. And I will still have summer to enjoy. Trav should be home late July, maybe August or September. He isnt sure how long his airborne training will be. His contract says three weeks, so we will see. My daughter will graduate high school the end of this month. I dont know if she has decided to go in the army or not. I dont figure she will, he dad dont want her too and she usually listens to him. But that is another story that I dont want to go into today.
I have looked at some blogs of soldiers, somewhere I feel the need to go there, but when I go there it makes me depressed and scares me. I know I need to get prepared and to learn how it all works. That is hard for me.
How will I keep track of him? Can he blog, my space me, email me, or will I hear nothing for months on end? How do I know when someone is killed or hurt. I read of mothers hearing of deaths or injuries and wondering who? Messing phone calls because I cant get a signal on my cell. Our town has such poor reception, I cant get a signal at all in the house. We do still have a land phone though.
God give me the courage and wisdom to change what I can and to know what I cant change.
I could really use a friend..
Wow!!! my son jumping out of airplanes. He wants to. Scares me, but I tried to teach him to face his fears. Now I have to face mine, that I am scared to death. I know someday he will till me that he is going to Iraq, Afghanistan , or some other unsafe place. And I have to learn to live with that. I know I cannot let this get the best of me or I will lose it and then I will be of no help to him if he needs me. And really there is not a whole lot I can do. He is paving his rode.
I enrolled in a couple of classes for fall, I figure that will keep me busy. And I will still have summer to enjoy. Trav should be home late July, maybe August or September. He isnt sure how long his airborne training will be. His contract says three weeks, so we will see. My daughter will graduate high school the end of this month. I dont know if she has decided to go in the army or not. I dont figure she will, he dad dont want her too and she usually listens to him. But that is another story that I dont want to go into today.
I have looked at some blogs of soldiers, somewhere I feel the need to go there, but when I go there it makes me depressed and scares me. I know I need to get prepared and to learn how it all works. That is hard for me.
How will I keep track of him? Can he blog, my space me, email me, or will I hear nothing for months on end? How do I know when someone is killed or hurt. I read of mothers hearing of deaths or injuries and wondering who? Messing phone calls because I cant get a signal on my cell. Our town has such poor reception, I cant get a signal at all in the house. We do still have a land phone though.
God give me the courage and wisdom to change what I can and to know what I cant change.
I could really use a friend..
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Girlfriend
Well, Life goes on. Travis broke up with his girlfriend. or should I say she broke up with him. I dont know how it went. But she has another boyfriend. I guess Travis has know for awhile. So when I seen her today at the local flea market. She gave me all his stuff that she had. Football jersies and such. Anyway, It is all back home where it belongs. She dont deserve it she isnt mature enough to understand that Travis needed her support. I know I sound like a angry mom well I am, I am looking at my son going to war and his girlfriends decides to get another boyfriend. I know how dare her.. okay so okay she has that right too. He made his decision to join. But he just wanted to get a education and/or skill to learn to support himself and his future.
He will be fine, probable more okay with it then I am.
He didnt say much when I talked to him today. Sounds depressed to me. But he said he was tired. That he had some kind of guard duty today.
God give me the strenghth to endure these next four yrs.
He will be fine, probable more okay with it then I am.
He didnt say much when I talked to him today. Sounds depressed to me. But he said he was tired. That he had some kind of guard duty today.
God give me the strenghth to endure these next four yrs.
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