Our 1st phone call

I was flying all day Monday, August 9th. It was 21 days exactly that I last saw and talked to Chet. By this time I was eager to hear from him. I mean the rules do say one phone call a week for fifteen minutes but we had just finished week three and still no phone call. Since I was flying, I was praying all day that if he did call me today it would not be while I was in the air. So, I made it to Spokane Washington and I was waiting for Laurie to pick me up from the airport. As I was sitting at baggage claim talking to my Aunt Janice I received an incoming call and I look at my phone and it says ‘my husband.’ I was completely shocked!! I instantly told my Aunt Janice I had to go and clicked over and heard my husband’s voice. Wow was it an amazing moment. I was so caught off guard. Hearing his voice and the first words he said to me made me cry. I was so extremely excited and shocked to get a call from him that I couldn’t hold in the tears. The past few weeks I kept saying in my head ‘when I get that first phone call do not cry Corynne. Be strong!’ But when you haven’t heard your husbands voice in 21 days it feels so amazing just to hear those words ‘I love you, I miss you.’ As I was talking to him I was literally pinching my skin so I would stop crying, but it wasn’t helping all that much. Throughout the conversation he would tell me how much he loved me, missed me and wanted to be with me. Even though I have heard those words before it meant so much more then. After hearing all those things there were moments of silence because I had to wait to say it back or else I would have plainly bursted into tears, and I mean it.
But besides me being very emotional my amazing husband is doing great. He is doing well and getting through boot camp like a champ. He was very positive by saying only one more week and I will be half way through, which means I’m closer to seeing you. Chet said it’s not harder or easier but it’s the yelling, 30-second showers, and making your bed perfectly in so little time. I did say 30-second showers, and if you know Chet he is infamous for his 30-minute shower not 30-second shower. Chet takes the longest showers and is known to fall asleep as well. So taking a 30-second shower must have been tough to get used to. He goes to bed at 10pm and has to wake up at 4:25 EVERY single morning. Now that is not fun, but he didn’t make it sound all that bad. But my Chetters was picked to be the element leader and I am very proud of him. The element leader is in charge of his group or areas per say. He has more responsibilities than the others and has to watch over the guys. I am very proud of my man! ☺
In conclusion, the phone conversation went great, and I can’t wait to get my 2nd phone call. My phone is attached to my hip at all times because I don’t want to miss his phone call.