Saying goodbye, again

Friday, after graduation, Clay was able to get an off post pass. We went and checked out of the cabin and then headed over to the hotel where his sister was staying. His sister and her kids left from there and Clay's mom, the kids, and I stayed in that room that night. We were able to drive around Columbia, driving past the State Capital Building (long story) and went to dinner that night at Olive Garden (one of my favorite's because of memories). There was some sweet angel there who paid for Clay's dinner which we were grateful for.

We headed back to the hotel and it started to rain. Hard. It was dumping buckets. We were able to sit and talk for a bit and watch the kids play and then it was time to take him back to his barracks again for the night.

Here's Clay in his full ACUs.Clay saying good bye to his mom.

My cute hubby in his BCGs.I dropped him back off at his barracks in the pouring rain. There were roads that were flooded as I tried to drive him back. It was hard to say goodbye again. I was very pleased when he called that night at 9:30 pm to let me know he had gotten his cell phone back. YEAH!!!! Now at Advanced Training, he's allowed to use it during his personal time which is going to save a ton on phone cards. It's so nice to hear his voice more than once a week.

Clay left Saturday morning very early to head to the Atlanta airport where he flew out to San Antonio. The good thing is that we were able to talk for over an hour that day while we were driving back to Georgia. Talking is so nice.