TAlked to DAvid (daughter mentioned)

August 18, 2000

Well, I talked to this morning. He called while I was checking my mail

last night. Seems we had a bit of miscommunication. He was saying that he'd

call between 7 and 9 this morning, but he gave no specific time for last

night. It may be good that I missed his call last night bc I had a chance to

let myself feel things that I had not before and admit things that I wouldn't

before. I wrote him a letter about them and read it to him today and we got

it all straightened out. So, yes JoAnn, everything seems to be fine despite

all I said last night. Thanks for listening, though. He found out that he's

not supposed to come back until August 14, but he gets out the army on the

13th, so they are letting him go on the 11th. He said once they set the

paperwork up to leave on that day, he's going to reenlist. So he should be

home on August 11 next year. He's going to find out how much it would cost

to buy tickets there so and I can go visit him. They usually cost

less there, so maybe. I'm also going to check priceline and travelocity.

Maybe I can be there for Christmas. He gets 30 days of leave mid-tour, so

he's going to try to come home in February since that is 6 months. And it

would be perfect bc that is our anniversary too. I'm really hoping to be

able to go for Christmas. It would be really nice to still be able to spend

that holiday together, and I heard it's really pretty there too. My eyes

still hurt from crying during this morning's discussion, but he explained

everything. Part of the reason I was upset is bc he had not been talking to

me about his feelings and I was feeling like he didn't care anymore. He just

didn't want to upset me, so even when I brought things up he ignored them so

I wouldn't be sad. Not exactly the best thing since it left me extremely

scared and feeling extra lonely, but he was trying to do what he thought

would be good. Maybe he'll know better now. And I know that he did care. I

made sure to tell him lots of times on the phone how much I love him. I want

to make sure he knows. He is going to buy stamps today so he can start

writing to me. It's already night time there (10:30) so his weekend has

already started. So I guess he'll have plenty of time. He's not allowed off

base yet, so there's not that much for him to do.

Well, I'm going to go now. I didn't sleep well last night, so I am going to

try to go get some rest. talk to you all later

Amy

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