Well, as many of you know, DS joined the Army and he is now in Basic Training. The company has a FB page where they post pics and updates on what is going on. Plus someone made a group FB page for us family members. I have been stalking those pages and the mailman for letters.
So, the update to what DS is doing and saying....he loves the food. Every letter mentions how much he likes the food. He has a hairline fracture in his shin and is on crutches. He landed wrong coming off a big wall. Several have been sent home to recuperate from fractures and some have been sent home for health issues (one has a heart problem). I don't know if DS has had his physical yet, but hopefully he will be okay. He is tired all the time and there isn't much time to write letters. He is enjoying himself, but mentioned that he thought he was in shape before Basic (he was working out and trying to get in really good shape) but he is now in better shape! He sent a pic via text when he got his first phone priviledge and he was bald! I just hope he makes it through to graduation!
Graduation is set for the day before Thanksgiving and you know me....I have to do something crafty to celebrate the day. I wanted to etches glasses for the grads but can you imagine the weight of all those glasses? Well, I settled on a photo mat for a 4x6 photo to fit into a 8x10 frame. I designed one for each platoon (there are 3 platoons) and will give one to each grad. I thought I would have to make about 150 but after a count of the "soldiers in training", I have 210 to make! I will take pics of everything once I get everything done. I made a shirt for DS's girlfriend and me to wear. I ordered more mats from Sherri so i could do an assembly line cutting. And I am still waiting on the background cardstock to come in.
So besides my normal busy schedule of renovating a house and the myriads of other little things that I have to do, I have added even more stuff to do. What was I thinking? But it helps me to keep my sanity while DS is at Basic.