Change of Plans!!

Rj just called me tonight. We talked for about 15 minutes. In the convo he had good and bad news. Hes very excited to see all of us. Hes counting the days til he can see us. He asked me if i would be offended if Justin pinned him for the turning blue ceremony, i of course said no. Justin, you can have it, it would mean more to you.

BAD NEWS
RJs got a new report date! He has to report on July 17th to Fort Polk, not Aug 9th like previously planned. This has ruined many MANY plans for us. We will make it through and spend as everyday together happily til he leaves.

The newest post (for now)

So there must not be much going on with the boys. Justin is hanging out in MI I hear. I saw the pictures of him on our blog, but I am convinced that they are staged. Last I remember he was a stick figure, where did those arms come from? HOLY CRAP!!!

I have been really lousy (I'll admit publically) at writing to either of them. I actually wrote a letter to each of them since I've been here, but you know how when you don't send it right away you intend to update it or add a new letter to it then send it... Well, they are still waiting for the additions.

I am not sure if anyone has news from RJ (*cough* Emily *cough*). I suppose I would do well to ask him directly, however, since I do not forsee that happening in the next several weeks, I though that I would ask here. Also, I think that since Justin is home and has little better to do, he should post something.

(I know that this has nothing to do with defense of our country, but I am doing well here (if anyone wanted to know.))

JUSTIN IS PARTLY HOME!

Justin is now out of base and he is home now with Hope in Indiana. He called me this morning and telling me that he is safe and doing good. He said it was kinda alittle hard to be on plane but after all this ..he now home at Hope! He will be going to dad sometime next week in michigan. I am looking forward to see him soon. We had a good talked and told him to make sure HOPE take pictures of Justin and have him post us with a news going on. Hope to hear from him soon. He will go back on fourth of July..hummm! Watch for FIREWORK , JUSTIN if your up in the air at night time!

WELCOME HOME JUSTIN!!!

Important for RJ

If anyone talks to RJ or writes him tell me to contact me (DAD) as soon as he can please. No emergency just very important.

RJ's posting

RJ called me today and he has a change of orders. As of now he is being shiped out on Sept. 19 to Iraq.

He said he is doing good and now knows about Gail. He is very excited about seeing us at graduation.

Right now the plan is to be at Fort Benning on June 30th. We may get to see RJ before his graduation, and on the 2nd he can spend the full day with us.

Emily recieved RJ's called!!

Tonight (Sunday the 18th) I received a brief phone call from RJ. We talked about many things in our short 8 minutes!

We talked about:
My Family
His Family
The Blooms
Trip to Georgia
Getting Married
Rings
His week planned (he’s going on a 4 day ruck)
We talked about a few other things misc. things
Then we talked about Justin.. RJ told me that Justin will stay on base for a year while he completes physical therapy and if he recovers he will restart basic and if he doesn’t he will receive medical discharge. He also said that Justin will most likely get his cell phone and laptop back and will be able to do mostly normal things.

IF YOU GET A CALL FROM A 706 AREA CODE PICK IT UP!!!!!

RJ's two letters to Emily...

5-9-08 11:47pm Friday

I’m Alive!! Sorry this is the 1st letter I have written in a while. We have been so busy it’s crazy. I can’t wait to get to use the phone again, I know I can use it in 3 weeks and in 3 weeks I’ll send you my graduation present and you can’t say no to it. We are suppose to get a pass tomorrow (Saturday) but after what happened today I doubt we will. It sucks that you won’t be coming for family day. I have pictures tomorrow. I feel bad that I haven’t had time to write anybody. I got my marksmanship badge for rifle and I got a grenade pin, you will get to see them at graduation. I see you have been hanging out with Rod, Jill, & the kids. I miss them so much. I know they miss me too even though they replaced me with you (just kidding). My brother and my mom cant wait til we have kids.

5-11-08 11:57am Sunday

It sucks that I missed your prom and I’m going to miss your graduation. What else will I miss? I hope not much. 7 more weeks til I can come home. Anyway, are you excited to go to Ferris? We have 7 weeks to figure out what we’re going to do. We can talk a lot on my family pass. The dog tags will be mailed Monday. When is your next play date with Rod & Jill? What did the Army Spouse Handbook teach you? Are you still working on your sign language?

Emily: Yes I got dog tags in the mail on Wednesday. They have his name, SSN, religion and one other thing that I’m not sure what it is.