Almost Graduation Time!

Not too much to say about this week. I've only received about 4 letters from Earl for the three weeks that he's been gone.

I had the wonderful pleasure of talking to him on the phone for a half an hour last Sunday (1/17) - Not much to report on that, we just went over what he had already mentioned in his previous letters and talked a bit about his graduation.

Speaking of graduation, there are only ten days left until I fly out to Georgia to see Earl!

I'll be getting into the Atlanta, GA airport on February 3rd, around 2pm. On February 4th at 9am I'll be attending Earl's "Turning Blue" Ceremony** where I will have the honor of pinning his official Infantry Blue Cord (small braid-like rope) onto his Class A Uniform. Later that afternoon at 1pm Earl and I will attend an additional (mandatory) informational briefing. On February 5th at 10am I will attend Earl's Graduation Ceremony. On February 6th at 10am I will say my good bye's to Earl and fly back home.

For those of you who may still be sending letters to Earl: It was mentioned in a letter that I received from his Commander to stop sending stuff to soldiers after January 25th.

So that's it for a while now ... I won't be posting any more updates until after Earl's graduation.

Thank you again to everyone for reading these updates, and for supporting Earl and I through this ordeal. We couldn't have done it without you guys.

** - I wish I could explain this a little better, but I couldn't find any relevant links to it. I'll be sure to take lots of pictures though, so everyone can see what Im talking about.