Bye, Bye, Baby

I am a bit of a sad, mopey girl today.

Jared left yesterday morning for AMS (officer training for the Air Guard). He will be gone for 6 weeks.

We have done distance quite a few times before. So, while 6 weeks is a longer time for us, it isn't too difficult to deal with.

The really hard part is the lack of communication. Jared signs in today and they will most likely take his phone away and not return it until the end of training. For the first 2-3 weeks, there will be absolutely no contact. I will write him letters and he will hopefully be able to reply to a few of them. Then, for the 2 weeks after that, I think he will be able to call occasionally. We think that there is a possibility he will get his phone back the last week.

Ugh.

This is going to be hard.

BUT....

I am so excited that he will be able to have this experience. Jared has been wanting to be an officer for a long time, so I am really glad this is actually happening for him. I know he will come back a better man and I can't wait to see his transformation.

I guess you can be glad and sad at the same time.  :)