On the Road Again...

Or rather, more like, "In the Air Again!" OK, y’all… “flabbergasted” doesn’t even begin to cover this. “Stunned” comes close…but the bottom line is, OMG I do NOT believe this is happening to me! But- OMG it’s a good thing! I’m just shocked!

OK, y’all know I’m involved with http://www.webofsupport.com/, soldier adoption/support program, which was originally started by Sgt. Chris Missick when he did a cross-country tour in July 05 to visit many of the folks who adopted him when he was in Iraq (even stopping to visit us! wow that was fun!). Well, I was with Web of Support from the beginning last year… the first group of soldiers they ever adopted out, and that I adopted from, was the Mississippi National Guard, 155 BCT. (tho this was a “silent” soldier – I never heard a peep from him at all the whole time I wrote to him, which is normal) Well, one of the driving forces behind Web of Support is a dear lady named Janis, who over the past several months has become a good friend of mine. Her hubby, Norris, was severely wounded by an IED on April 19 of 2005. He should have died, but by a sheer miracle, lived. To this day he is still undergoing surgeries and whatnot. Anyway… the 150th is having a big “Welcome Home” bash on Saturday, June 2. They’ve been home for a little while now, can’t remember exactly when they returned, but anyway, for whatever reason, Saturday is the welcome home deal. This unit sustained a LOT of casualties/wounded… I don’t recall the numbers right this second, but, like our Georgia 48th guys, they were in heavy combat and hit hard.

A few weeks ago, Janis was emailing me about the festivities, and she said, “Wish you could be here!” and I was like, “Yeah, I’d love to be there, but no way I could swing the cost of travel right now, dang it.” And that, I THOUGHT, was that. I didn’t think anything of it – i just figured it was simple conversation between two friends & some wishful thinking.

Until I got an email from her Tuesday morning that said, “Working on things over here - be ready to fly at a moment’s notice!” !!!! I was like, “OMG is she SERIOUS?!” And, by the end of the day, I was convinced that indeed she was. But even so, I figured, this late in the game, there is no way on earth I’m gonna end up in Mississippi on Saturday, just no way it can happen.

That is, until I got my e-ticket in my email this morning from Delta!!!! *Faints* OMG i’m going to Mississippi… TOMORROW!!!!!! I’ll leave work at my usual time and take the train to the airport and go from there. I’ll return to ATL at 7-something Sunday night. OMG – I’m just STUNNED and SHOCKED and AMAZED… it totally doesn’t seem real at all! I mean, I really, really did not think this was gonna happen!

HOLY COW!

*Faints*

I won’t have internet access, tho… ack, I’m gonna die of withdrawal!