She got a phone!

Darleen is awesome and has tried to call her dad everyday and me every other day by borrowing Sgt Hansens phone. Yesterday/today she finally got a cell phone in Afghanistan and also should be hooked to the internet. Those where her plans for the morning before their convoy.

She is with a few comrades from home and Sgt Young is her army mom. They spend time together every day and comfort each other, laugh and have a good time. She is awesome and I can't really thank her enough, or all the others in Dee's unit that are supporting her.

Her FB post 2 days ago was "I WANT TO GO HOME" and everyone encouraged her to be strong and keep going. She is keeping her spirits up, and being able to talk to us every day is great, although the phone calls end with tears and lots of love.

Sorry there are not more pictures, but she hasn't been able to use her computer wifi. She will get them going soon! She was on a convoy today and we hope to hear from her tonight :)

She has skype and we text on it for now dee.sunflower13 she has a webcam on her laptop. Also here is her address in case you missed it on FB:

Darleen Dolbee
NTMA CSTC-A CJ4
APO AE 09356

I have ordered APO/PPO boxes from the post office and it only cost $12.50 to ship them to her. You can even pay for the shipping online and the mailman will pick up from your door. The boxes are free and with the help of my FB friends this is the site to order them from:

https://shop.usps.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10052&categoryId=10000036&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=10000002&top_category=10000002&WT.ac=10000036

If you have friends and family that like to send care packages to soldiers then I have some addresses for you! Also as a reminder Patriot day is 9/11 and I belong to a group that sends cards to soldiers. So send our soldier girl a card for Patriot Day to show you support her. One of her friends said:

Wish u could send a soldier a care package but not sure what to send or who to send it to. Well now u do! And it's so easy too! just throw a bunch of crap in a box and send it to me. Cuz it really sux here and getting mail is like finding gold. So....if u decide to, check my wall on my profile for my address. Thanks SPC Oblek

Joseph Oblek
CFC
Camp Black Horse
APO AE 09320

Darleen and her beu Jeremy Drake are seperated by miles and miles of desert durring this year. He send me a message that they saw each other on Friday when he did a convoy to Camp Eggers. He hasn't sent me his address yet but I will fill you in when I get it!





Before they deployed they had a 4 day off post in Texas, and Samantha and Cousin Lisa flew in to see them.

They went to Waco and saw the memorial.

Went to the Dr Pepper Museum.

Went to Austin and saw millions of bats at sunset also ran over armadillos, got lost and poor cousin Lisa got a speeding ticket for going 7 miles over the posted speed. She tried to play it off telling the officer they were lost and trying to find Austin, didn't help.