Not one but TWO!

Caleb called soon after we arrived at Aunt Karen's house, around 1:30. He said that he pretty much had the entire day off and that they were being fed a nice Thanksgiving meal. Of course, Caleb would think it was nice if they just served turkey and rolls since he really doesn't care for any of the other traditional Thanksgiving foods. Richard and I talked to him for about 15 minutes but then he said that Matt, one of his friends, was calling him and that he would call us back since he was given 2 hours of phone time today. In his conversation with Richard, he mentioned that he was able to use a grenade launcher as well as throw hand grenades. He also was able to witness a Claymore go off which doesn't mean a lot to me but Richard thought that was very cool. He was able to shoot an AR-15 which is an assault rifle, a saw, and a .50 caliber gun. I didn't know there was a gun called a saw but Richard told me if you got shot by one, you could be sawed in half, hence the name saw.
Caleb feels like he will be moving to blue phase this next week. He said that he will spend one entire week in the wilderness and then it will be time for graduation.
This week I found out that his Christmas leave is Dec. 20th-Jan. 3rd and Caleb confirmed that when we talked on the phone. We will pick him up from DFW at 11:08 PM on Dec. 20th and he will fly out at 7:00 AM on Jan. 3rd. We are very ready for him to be home for a couple of weeks!!!!

Just as we were finishing dinner, Caleb called again. For the next 30 minutes or so, we passed the phone around so everyone was able to talk to him. Before we hung up, I encouraged him to call his grandparents. I was thankful that he was allotted so much phone time today.

Only 14 days until he graduates and 13 days until we see him again!!!