Posted by
Katy Grimes on Thursday, July 17, 2008 7:51:27 AM
I arrived at my office yesterday morning at the usual time. I hadn't even gotten coffee when I heard heavy clomping coming up the stairs, and not the usual footfalls of hurried sales reps. Walking straight for my office was my son, with his seabag over his shoulder, just off his submarine cruise. He wanted to surprise me.
That's my kind of a surprise.
He had only arrived into port in Bremerton, WA hours earlier, been dropped off the sub and caught an early flight home. His submarine cruise was the culmination of his first year at the USNA. He is officially off until August 13th.
The sub was a 600 foot nuclear submarine, of which there are no pictures becasue all cameras and cell phones were confiscated. Duh. Sending pictures home to mom from the Navy's Nuclear vessels is frowned upon. He did describe the ship - magnificent sounding. There were 150 men on it.
This mom is happy to have her handsome son home for a little while. As I write this, his stuff is everywhere (already) - seabag on the floor full of dirty clothes, uniform waiting to be laundered, his cover (hat) on the kitchen counter looking very official, and he sleeps upstairs as if he never left.
Life is good. Politics can wait until tomorrow.