ANOTHER AWESOME DAY

Well we just got back from dropping Dominic off at the Naval Base. After graduation the sailors were permitted to go out on Liberty until 8:00 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We will be picking him up for his last day of liberty tomorrow morning at 7:30 - and I am already looking forward to it!

We had such a wonderful day yesterday (graduation). Other than going out to dinner, we just hung out at the hotel and just sat and talked and laughed the entire time. Luckilly we had a nice big suite so we had a nice living room to relax and nice kitchen to make snacks, so it was just like sitting at home! Dominic had so many funny, funny stories and he kept us laughing and engaged the whole day! We hated to drop him back off - but we of course did as expected!!!!

Dominic has changed so much in the last eight weeks - it is crazy!!! Beside him being so trim and slim, he was so much more relaxed and didn't let anything stress him or bother him! He laughed and smiled the entire time - no exagerration! He was so neat about his appearance and made sure that every detail was intact with his uniform. Whenever he did anything - he related it to an article that they had to study - knowing whether what he was or wasn't doing is permitted. Some of the "rules" are so crazy - again he had us amused when he was reciting some of them! His attention to detail and naval instructions were impeccable.

We picked him up at 7:30 this morning and we enjoyed breakfast at the hotel. We were suppossed to go into center city Chicago to sight see - but when we awoke we found ourselves with 5 inches of snow and a very blustery day! So we gave Dominic a few choices to deciede what he would like to do! He said "honestly, all he really wanted to do was hang out with us (again) in our suite and talk and laugh and rent movies and of course, EAT!" We did just that - although we did go out for a wonderful lunch! Again, we had so much fun just enjoying each others company!

Out of all the vacations we ever took, by far, this was the ultimate. I have a great wonderful family and I will thank God each and every day for this last two days he has given us together! Like I said I am already counting the hours until we get to pick him up for the final day until we have to part tomorrow! I do not want to think of that right now, so I am going to sign off! Goodnight!