She Made It

Talked to Trina a couple of hours ago and she was very happy to say she made weight and she was finally enlisted in the United States Navy. As I write this, she's on the plane to Chicago from which she'll be taking a two-hour bus trip to Great Lakes, Illinois. This is Navy Boot Camp.

[Edit: We got another call...she made it to Chicago.]

She told Liz that because of her rank upon enlistment (E-3), she got the dubious honor of being the senior recruit at the processing station in Sacramento. Mehinks that is a preview of things to come.

Of the four of us, Liz and I are obviously having the hardest time adjusting, and we weren't honestly sure what we wanted more: for Trina to enlist or for her to come home. It boiled down to what is best for her and joining the Navy won by 51%, but parts of us know that it wasn't even that close.

I yakked my back, again, so I haven't exercised at all for a couple of days and I may take tomorrow off to rest things.

I've started a couple more blogs: one to track my diet and the other are my letters to Trina. You can access them through my profile, but they're boring and will often repeat the same stuff you see here.