1 week to go

I'm finally almost done with this part of the journey. We have 9 days to go before I'm on a plane to go see my amazing husband. Keira and I can't wait to see him. I have been writing him everyday and even though I only get letters once a week, it has been what's got me through it. The phone calls are definitely amazing but there hasn't been many of them. He was able to call a week ago at his Papa Dave's service and it was perfect timing to hear from him. They were suppose to get a phone call the night before but got into trouble. Blake thought that meant no phone calls at all but his RDC's surprised them at let them call the next day. It was so good to hear his voice and be able to ask him questions and get answers right then and there. The waiting game when you have question that needs to be answered sucks. Last I heard from him, he was contemplating taking a leadership role but from what I can tell he didn't end up doing it. He is counting the days till graduation and now they are waiting for there final test to sum up there whole experience there at boot camp. Battle stations!!! He doesn't know when it is coming but it will happen this week. For those of you who don't know what Battle stations is, it is there final test in boot camp where they actually go on a set that is built to look like a real ship. They are tested on everything the have learned through boot camp and it is a long process. It is to prepare them for some of the worst things that could go wrong out at sea. When everything is said and done they get to line up and replace the recruit caps with sailor caps. Which obviously means he did it!! After that he gets to call home to tell us he did it. I can't wait to here the pride and excitement in his voice during that phone call. Then all that is left is practicing for boot camp graduation. Blake is actually working during the graduation and greeting all the top brass. He was nervous about it at first but now is more confident about it. He just can't wait to be done with this part and move onto schooling. It will definitely be easier with more ways to communicate now. We are still tossing the idea around on whether or not Keira and I will move out to be with him, but for now I want him to do school for a month and see how everything works out. He needs to get his feet wet and really get use to the new schedule that school is going to bring. I know that right now he wants us to move out there because he hasn't seen us in almost 8 weeks. I tell him in my letters all the time that he needs to see that it isn't easy for me to tell him to wait a month. I would love to drop everything and move to where he is but right now it doesn't seem like the best option. We will see how life is in the next month. For right now we are just looking forward to graduation. I don't know how I'm going to sleep the night before the ceremony. I know the the night before the flight i will get some sleep, but the night before graduation it isn't going to happen. I'm going to have so many emotions running through me that I won't be able to calm down enough to sleep. lol.  I just can't wait to be in his arms again and I also can't wait to see Keira reunite with her daddy again. I'm going to need some amazing waterproof eye makeup because as soon as I see him during graduation I'm going to be a mess. Okay Im done rambling for now but I will update again after his graduation.