Hi everyone glad were all feeling a bit better (at the moment). I think we're more up and down then they are.

Had a call from my son earlier, I think they all jumped on the first train out of Harrogate and are heading for leeds. No ticket (office closed) will pay on train (can you do that). Getting worried now only one more train left. Can see them going back to AFC and trying again tomorrow.LOL.

Will get debriefed later tonight or tomorrow on his ski trip and shoot to kill exercise. Will have that urge to hug him.

Oh dear I think i'm becoming an arrse addict Love reading all these posts, always so close to home!

Rose, everytime i read your posts it's like the words come out of my mouth. Oh except the wicked thoughts!! You enjoy those!

Lyndylou, loved your words!

Neath, we'll be up next weekend .Say Hello. Really looking forward to it, first time we've seen son since christmas

SJF13, great idea to all meet up for the passing in parade, coming up fast!

By the way differentgravy is mum or dad depending on who is posting at the time!

Mummybear, glad to hear your feeling better as my thoughts have been with you these past few days.

My "Little soldier" is also making his way home tonight. I think it's going to be a late night as by the time we get him indoors it will be heading towards midnight. Oh well, I can't wait to see him.

He enjoyed exercise this week. Well done to him and all the other JS (Cambrai) who passed their SUSAT.

To all whom have their children home this weekend, have a great one. :D

My little soldier is home. He said there was a mass exodus from camp this evening not enough cabs to go round. He made his train by the skin of his teeth.

He's only been in half an hour and he's had a huge plate of chilli a shower and his girlfriends round. I've got a purpose again its great!

Hi Different, will definately say hello, my son is in 18 plt, so will have to try to make some way of recognising you. Will be nice to see him although we did think he was going to try to come home this weekend as we are having a family party for older son.

This forum has been great when you need to know anything as my son is not the most talkative person in the world, couldnt even be bothered to text yesterday to say that he was not coming home. Not bothered that he didnt come home as the train journey is about 6 hours but would like to have known for definate.

Like you all I go thro days when i dont know how you will cope without seeing them but then sense will kick in and knowing how the job situation is (especially for their age) i know he is in the best place. Plus when you considere that every weekend they all used to play golf and were never really there i sometimes wonder why i get upset. I think the fact that they always came home had a big part of it. This was the best thing my son could have done and i know it suits him, one thing i am really looking forward to is having a photo on passing out day of both my sons in their uniforms together ( even if they are different uniforms), already got pre orders for that. My older son is very proud of his brother and is also looking forward to this.

Take care everyone, have a good weekend with the ones that came home. :D

Originally Posted by Rose

My head is telling me your so right but my heart hasn't quite caught up yet

Hehehe Rose I am with you on that. I'm just trying to keep my heart in check at the moment and let my head make all the responses...we'll get there in the end I'm sure. We'll be all stood there at the passing out parade so proud of them and wondering what all the fuss and concern (we have had) has all been about.

I'm under the impression that Waterloo have been on exercise the latter part of this week so maybe I'll get a call later on in the weekend to say how they got on.

I talked in my last post how I needed to let my son make his own mistakes and then reap the consequences. After I had advised him NOT to take his laptop to Italy and use the internet over there it seems he, again, totally ignored me. As his internet connection is all in my name (although he pays the bill), the payment reminders are addressed to me. Having opened the T mobile letter and realising that the cost to his pocket will hit him hard this month, I did enjoy a satisfying smirk to myself. Is that really wrong of me?

Hope you all have a great weekend with your young soldiers and sorry to hear neath18 that you're son couldn't make it. I'm off to go and do some retail therapy with my daughter today and dragging my husband along too with his wallet :D

Hope you all have a great weekend with your sons home :D We live too far so only get to see ours in the holidays. Looking back, I never thought i'd see the day when I would miss him Only one week left til parents day though
Neath, our sons in 18 platoon too!

mummy, definately not wrong of you, they will realise that we give good advice one day, but hitting them in the wallet is the one lesson they'll learn the quickest. Maybe next time he'll listen to you!

Edited due to a possible fact, the eye in the sky maybe watching!

I can understand Lyndylou that your are annoyed at your son and have rightfully given him strong words of advice. Just a word of caution to all of a us parents. My son was identified by his permanent staff from this forum even though I thought I hadnt given anything away apart from his company and platoon. Luckily it worked to our families benefit but if we are talking about their misdemeanors outside the camp it wont take long for them to single them out and possibly punish them.

Originally Posted by oldarmymidwife

I can understand Lyndylou that your are annoyed at your son and have rightfully given him strong words of advice. Just a word of caution to all of a us parents. My son was identified by his permanent staff from this forum even though I thought I hadnt given anything away apart from his company and platoon. Luckily it worked to our families benefit but if we are talking about their misdemeanors outside the camp it wont take long for them to single them out and possibly punish them.

Timely advice if I may say so, I think you all would be quite suprised at how much info is given away inadvertantly over the weeks and months that you post (Plt, Coy, Skiing Trip, various sports and clubs, injuries etc). It all adds up.