He's in Leatherneck and He's Clean!!

For the last few days, I've been waiting patiently and checking often to see if Adam is online. I haven't heard from him in 10 days, but I know that seeing him online will mean he's arrived in Camp Leatherneck--a base with showers, food and internet!  And this afternoon it finally happened.

While I was on Facebook, I got a message from one of his buddies alerting me that Adam was about to sign on to a computer.  And then I saw his username  --  yoitsadamf --  appear on AIM.  "Hey" I quickly typed.  "At leatherneck" he replied.  "YAY" I responded and breathed a big sigh of relief.  One more leg of this journey was complete.  We had less than 10 minutes to chat, and I learned very little about his anticipated return trip home.  He did manage to have a brief conversation with Gary and Jason at the same time, but he signed off very quickly.  The only real info I learned was that he had finally taken a shower and is now awaiting his orders.  And since he waited over an hour for a turn at a computer, I'm not expecting to hear from him again until he lands on U.S. soil. 

Later this afternoon, I received a message from our Family Readiness Officer. He gave dates for the return of H&S, Lima and Weapons companies, but not Kilo or India (Adam's company).  I was slightly disappointed, but in truth this means that we're making progress.  I called Verizon and had Adam's cell phone re-activated.  Now I just have to wait a bit longer to see his old, familiar number appear on my caller id.