Surviving the Cut

Back when Wyatt was in Ranger School, I remember one of his first letters mentioning that he got interviewed for some Discovery Channel Show. Well four months later...here it is! I am not sure if he is on it but don't you worry I will be looking for him!

Surviving the Cut

" Follow some of America's toughest men as they push themselves to the limit in hopes of joining the most elite ranks of the United States Military."

The Series Premiere is Wednesday August 18th 10:00PM Eastern. (Way past my bedtime...what are they thinking?)

Click here to see the promo video! Surviving The Cut

Ranger School Graduation

That's right! Wyatt is done with Ranger School! Done with sleeping on rocks. Done with being cold and hungry. Done with not knowing current events (this whole oil spill was new news to him).

The day started pretty early. I think I got up around 4:30 am that day; one because of the time change I had to and two because I was so excited that I really couldn't sleep! Me being me I was one of the first people to arrive. As I was standing waiting at the entrance to the amphitheatre I could hear the Rangers below chanting and yelling. It kind of scared me at first but then just made me excited.

For those of you that have never been to a Ranger School Graduation, I will try my best to describe it. I would say it was like Auburn Sorority Bid Day with a mix of the Six Flags Batman Show. There were tents lined up selling mugs and T-shirts, Ranger mom this and Ranger Dad that. A masculine version of Heartstrings :) Lots of hugs, smiles and pictures being made. It was also just as hot as it always is on Bid Day!

The batman show comes in with this amazing demonstration that the Army Ranger Instructors conduct for all the guests. They demonstrate all the skills that the Ranger Students had learned over the course of the nine weeks. I was AMAZED with what they are able to do. They were jumping out of airplanes and blowing stuff up. I took some pictures but I don't know if they really do it justice.

After the demonstration we were able to go down and pin the Ranger Tab on Wyatt's jacket! It was so wonderful to see how happy and relived he was that it was all done! It was the day that we all had been counting down to for 62 days! All that was left of that day was lots of eating and sleeping!

I am so glad to have him back!

RANGERS LEAD THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He is done!

The best news that I could have hoped for came today in a letter... just proving that my mail box drama was well worth it. :)

Wyatt got his last and final go! He is going to graduate Ranger School THIS FRIDAY!!!

I couldn't be more proud for him.

Some statistics on Ranger School....

On average 366 men will start Ranger School....only 99 will finish without recycling. That is a 27% pass rate!

It is common for soldiers to lose 20-40 pounds during these nine weeks. (I can't wait to see him!)


With those odds, may all the glory be to God. I know that He was with Wyatt and I each and every step...or for Wyatt crawl of the way. Thank you to everyone for the kind thoughts an many prayers!

Wooooo HOOOOOOOO!

The Mail Man thinks I am crazy...

Have you ever lost your phone and you look everywhere but it is nowhere to be found? You flip over ever couch cushion, look under every pile of whatever but still you can't seem to find it.

Well that was me today, but not with my cell phone, it was with my key to my mailbox. AHHHHHH How could this happen? I hang it up on a hook next to my door everyday....EVERYDAY!

And it is that everyday part that is killing me. As I try to backtrack my steps, I can't remember yesterday from any of the other days because I do the same thing everyday for lunch! AHHHHHH!

1. Get home.
2. Grab key and Ranger. Head to mailbox.
3. Open mailbox and a. GET SO EXCITED BECAUSE I HAVE A LETTER TO READ. b. quickly close the mailbox and leave with stupid stuff like bills or catalogs for nurses from the chick who lived here before me.
4. Sit in the backyard and read my mail while Ranger runs around.
5. Go back to the house and HANG UP THE KEY!

You should have seen me today. I was looking in the bathroom for my mail key I was so desperate.

So with the haunting idea that there might be letters just sitting in there, I headed to the post office. I told the Mail Man that I needed a new key and he kindly handed me a form to fill out. As I gave it back to him I asked how long it would take to get my new key. He responded with a "NEXT WEDNESDAY." Well, Next Wednesday sent me to tears. I was overwhelmed and I think under normal circumstances that next Wednesday would be fine, but these by no means are NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

Confused and maybe a little scared, he tried to calm me down and I then explained the military thing. Kindly, he headed to the back to "see what he could do." Jeremy is the man! I am getting a new key by 3:00 tomorrow.

I am so ready for Ranger School to be over...I can only imagine how Wyatt feels.

Thankfully and hopefully only 8 more days left of Ranger School!