We get to talk with Dr. Drew quite often. He can Skype for 15 minutes a day for free at the computer lab. Lately though the Internet has been down. When Drew did reach me after several days of not chatting, he had quite the story to share.
Drew said the commander of his unit came to Camp Arena (the base Drew is stationed at).
Drew said he was quite the man, that he was very into the Army, and he had lots of stories to share.
One such story: During the Gulf war they didn't yet have/use Skype. They relied mostly on letters, which was nice because by the time the commander got letters from home, any problems mentioned therein were already resolved. He said he didn't worry as much about his family because they didn't have that close, constant contact. But he said the down side was that about 2 weeks before he came home, he stopped getting mail. When he arrived at his home airport, no one was there to greet him. He came home to an empty house, except for his personal belongings. He walked outside to figure out what was going on. He suddenly saw his kids in the street. They came up to him and said things like, "Daddy, daddy. We're so glad you're home." He asked his kids, "Where's our stuff?" They said, "Oh, we don't live here any more. We live down the street." They walked him down to another house. He knocked on the door and a very large (as in FAT) man answered the door. The man was the pediatrician, who told the commander to leave because his wife was now living at this house. The commander noticed a bat leaning on a tree out front. Needless to say, he broke the bat on the pediatrician! What did the commander get for the scuffle? They relocated him to a different street.
Drew said the commander of his unit came to Camp Arena (the base Drew is stationed at).
Drew said he was quite the man, that he was very into the Army, and he had lots of stories to share.
One such story: During the Gulf war they didn't yet have/use Skype. They relied mostly on letters, which was nice because by the time the commander got letters from home, any problems mentioned therein were already resolved. He said he didn't worry as much about his family because they didn't have that close, constant contact. But he said the down side was that about 2 weeks before he came home, he stopped getting mail. When he arrived at his home airport, no one was there to greet him. He came home to an empty house, except for his personal belongings. He walked outside to figure out what was going on. He suddenly saw his kids in the street. They came up to him and said things like, "Daddy, daddy. We're so glad you're home." He asked his kids, "Where's our stuff?" They said, "Oh, we don't live here any more. We live down the street." They walked him down to another house. He knocked on the door and a very large (as in FAT) man answered the door. The man was the pediatrician, who told the commander to leave because his wife was now living at this house. The commander noticed a bat leaning on a tree out front. Needless to say, he broke the bat on the pediatrician! What did the commander get for the scuffle? They relocated him to a different street.
My take on all of this: It's a good thing our pediatrician is a woman!
jk Dr. Drew - u know there's no one who could replace you!
3 comments:
Holy Cow! So, is the commander and his wife still together? So, she couldn't wait to more weeks? Crazy! Greg chatted with Drew the other day. He said it was nice to catch up. We want to send Drew a package. What are some things he might need/want?
What I want to know is how did she find the time! Being a single mom of three kids while Daddy is gone takes every second. I barely find time to take a shower! I know you can relate...Kim
You got the majority of the story right Jen. It was 2 months that he stopped getting lettters and the pediatrician was not fat... he was a giant guy with muscles and our commander is probably 5´6". Needless to say, I know I have nothing to worry about! Except... baby Drew has been competing a lot for Jen´s love lately... He´s tough competition.
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