Home for the weekend!

I'm beside myself with excitement as I'm going to collect Connor and his mate Jack from the AFC this afternoon.  For the first six weeks of training the junior soldiers never had a moment's peace from early in the morning 'til late at night, weekends included, but since they returned from leave their evenings and weekends are now their own.  Having said that, they appear to have a busy schedule ahead until the next leave on 17th December, so Connor and Jack have decided to come home for the weekend as they may not get another chance until then.  Rather that methinks, than them being let loose in Harrogate! 

Connor seemed a bit fed up last night when I spoke to him, largely due to an injury that's bothering him (although not the nose!).  Perhaps it'll do him good to come home for the weekend but I was really surprised to hear the strain in his voice, especially after he'd spent the whole of his leave week pining to go back "home" as he calls it.  I'm moderately concerned in all honesty, as even when he smashed his nose he was still really upbeat on the telephone.  Perhaps I'll get to the bottom of it when I pick him up in a couple of hours.

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