Eddy's Coming Home!

Eddy is coming home - in just 3 days! (Well, not really 3 days, BUT if you don't count today, and you don't count Saturday...it's just 3 days). We are all SO excited! He called last night and I got to talk to him for a few minutes. He said, "Mama, I'm starving!" Now, let me ask you something....how can the Army, in all it's infinite wisdom & gazillions of dollars, NOT FEED MY BABY BOY! Okay, okay, I'm sure that they feed him. And, David has assured me that he's not ACTUALLY starving! But still. If there is one thing I can not stand (that I can actually do something about), it is somebody being hungry. I don't care who it is, or what the circumstances are, nobody, and I mean nobody is going to be hungry around me. David is the same way. When we were on our trip to South Carolina this summer there was a man standing by the get-on ramp where we stopped to get gas. He was holding up a sign that said something about being hungry-no food - please help. Before we pulled out, David got in the trunk, got out 2 Mountain Dews, then took a big package of cheese & crackers out, pulled over & gave them all to that man. He seemed so grateful. And, we'd done what we could at the time. Well, imagine then, how my heart broke when Eddy said he wanted some real food when he came home. I assured him that there would be plenty of "real" food at his party - all his favorites. Then he said, "I know mama, and that's good & I can't wait, but I mean I want breakfast! Biscuits & gravy, fried eggs, and all the bacon I can eat. Good bacon, and not just TWO pieces!" Well, let me tell you something, that boy is gonna get all the bacon his little heart desires! We like peppered bacon at our house, so I figure about 3 lbs ought to get it. 2 for Eddy, and 1lb for the rest of us! It does my heart good to know he misses stuff like that about home though. Once again, I find myself getting so excited, thinking about all the things we'll do & talk about while he's home. And once again, I have to remind myself that his time home flies by so quickly! And that he's married, and has a baby on the way, and that me & David have to back up, and give him and Dez time alone together too! Rumor has it that Saturday is "date night" for them! Which means David & I need to find something to do to preoccupy me & take my mind off wanting to just follow them around everywhere & drive them crazy! I'm sure I'll have plenty to do to get ready for the party Sunday-if I'll make myself go ahead & do it. And, somewhere last night on our way home from the grocery store, David snuck in that Mr. Dick wants him to go to the horse races on Saturday. I think he waited to mention it then, because my head was swimming from the visit to Harps & I was still trying to find out how in the world we'd spent nearly $100 on groceries when we just ran in to get something for supper. By the way, Mr. Dick is his boss, a very dear friend, and kinda like an adopted grandpa. The last time they went to the horse races, they left about 9 a.m. & didn't get home until about 1:00 in the morning! They were quite a few dollars richer though, so of course I didn't mind! Anyway - we'll see what Saturday brings. Until then, I'm just gonna do what I can to get through this week & be on my best behavior - oh, and try not to drive everybody crazy when I keep telling them every five minutes that Hey-guess what? Eddy's coming home! me