Ring ring….cell phone a ringin…It’s my 19 yr old college Freshman…..“Hellooo Kaylee.”

“Hi mom…..  Whaaatcha dooooin?”

“Nuuuu-thin”

“Well, I was gonna tell you this week sometime….but I thought I’d just tell you now.”

((My mind is conjuring up all sorts of images in a 10 second time frame))

“I went on a date” ((note:  she doesn’t go on a whole lot of dates.  she’s extremely picky.))

*now I’m repeating everything she says to Shane, who is reading the paper and half-listening to me *….”Kaylee went on a daaaate.”      (((Okay…back to my phone conversation….)))

“You DID?……Wiiiith whoooo?”

“Well….his name is  *blah blah blah*……”

*to shane:   “His name is ‘blah blah blah”*   (Not looking up, he says…”Oh.  Okay.”)

“He’s a MARINE!”

*to shane:  “He’s a MARINE”*  (Not looking up, he gives a little shrug & says, “Really.”)*

“He just finished boot camp and is going back this week for job training.  He’ll be in the US so we can still keep in touch.”

*to shane:  “He just finished boot camp”  (Glancing over just a bit he replies,  “Oh?”)*

“So how old is he like 18, 19?”

“No.  Uh…um.   25″

*to shane with my heart thumping.   “Um…he’s TWENTY-FIIIIIVE“.     (Ahhh, there’s the reaction.  Head tilts down, eyesbrows raise up.   “Whhhat?”    Lip curls a bit like Elvis.  “Twenty.  Five?”)*

“Yeah.  He’s the son of a lady I work with.  He’s very nice.  In fact, I’ve raised my standard of dating after talking with him.”

“25?”

“Yes mom.  25″

“Well…..why is he just going through boot camp now?  I mean….why did he wait so long to enlist?  Most kids go in right out of high school.”

*I did not wait for her to answer…..I looked over at shane and pretended to have just heard the answer from our daughter….I said in an alarmed voice….“Jail!!!  He was in JAIL?”  (now the paper gets ruffled and abruptly put down….and I get the rise I was looking for.…..”WHAT?????…..  No….he didn’t”….as he’s giving me that look that says….Please tell me you are lying.)*

((of course I laughed pretty hard and admitted I lied….plus, it was good payback for the farting in bed thing the other day))  Turns out he was going to college for Law Enforcement and needed help with tuition costs so he enlisted.   –or….so I’m told anyhow–

So.  The bad news is….he’s…..”um, 25″.
The good news is….he’ll be going out of state for training for a few months.

Thus, this leaves them time to get to know each other.  From a far.  A very far.  :)
*oh, and of course, I did look him up on Facebook.    Pleasantly surprised.*  But…25.
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