Gotta love those late night phone calls!?

So you'd think by now, I'd be use to Joe getting alerted at 8pm (often times it'll be in the middle of the night... but we haven't decided which is worse; getting no sleep, or only getting about 3-4 hours of sleep) saying to pack his suitcase, he's going on an AE mission (basically, saving someone's life by flying flying them to a better medical facility). Sometimes they'll get enough warning ahead of time where they can rest up beforehand (especially for night flights). But tonight was not one of those nights. We were eagerily awaiting for LOST to come on, and the phone rings (and as always, I can't disclose where he is going until he's already returned). We rush to pack his suitcase, get some snacks/drinks ready, and hope that he didn't forget anything (he has 1 hour until he has to be there). This gives him enough time to stop by the Shopette to pick up some Monster Energy drinks (pretty much the only thing that will keep him awake while he flies for 10+ hours in the black skies of the night) and some Subway.

Although Joe was not able to attend our squadron's Dining Out event a few weeks ago (he was stranded in Alaska with a broken jet), the guest speaker was a 4-star general who spoke about how important the KC-135's mission is. It makes me proud knowing Joe is helping to save someones life when he goes on AE missions!

I'm sorta used to the whole ordeal, but it's funny because it's always when we don't think he'll actually get called, he does! The times when he plans around "I might get called in", he never does. Looks like we need to stop jinxing it and start thinking ahead more! :)

Hopefully all goes well and he'll be back later in the week. Until then, I'll be busy subbing... seems like a lot of teachers have saved their "sick" leave for the last month of school and subs are being called in like crazy! I'm not complaining because I enjoy it, but I'm looking forward to the summer for a less jam-packed schedule!