Trina Letter - Turkey for Everyone!

Friday, November 25, 2005

Hey, Navy:

Have had this letter open on the laptop for a while and it ain’t filling up by itself, so I’ll start with the usual. There’s lots of rain outside at 7:00 PM, and Elaine emailed this morning to say it was raining in the Bay Area, so it looks like we’re entering a wet phase for a couple of days. The ski resorts were doing their usual bitching in the newspapers about how the snow gods were ignoring their goat and baby calf sacrifices, but it appears they will get the white stuff tonight.

YM and L are at what I lovingly call the Carson Rathole Theaters watching Walk The Line, the Johnny Cash biopic. Danielle is writing up a storm in the living room and her bedroom. I’m mentally kicking myself for not finishing my homework from class. Graded some tests, but got sick of looking at the DEEP stacks of assignments that my students have so meticulously produced for grades. I’ll go back to my office tomorrow and spend a lot of time there.

You mentioned to YM that you might stay at a motel while you’re here over Christmas, which you’re welcome to do, though you’re welcome to stay here. Be warned that Danielle has completely taken over your former space so you may have to either (a) sleep in the living room, or (b) bribe your seester.

The Urban Legend web site says that turkey meat does not make you sleepy:

Turkey does contain tryptophan, an amino acid which is a natural sedative. But tryptophan doesn't act on the brain unless it is taken on an empty stomach with no protein present, and the amount gobbled even during a holiday feast is generally too small to have an appreciable effect. That lazy, lethargic feeling so many are overcome by at the conclusion of a festive season meal is most likely due to the combination of drinking alcohol and overeating a carbohydrate-rich repast.

And this was in your local civilian newspaper, the Waukegan News Sun, where it talked about feeding 6,000 recruits at the RTC:

In the past the base has served up 2,416 pounds of turkey, nearly 100 birds. There was also 2,250 pounds of prime rib and 1,680 pounds of baked ham. Recruits can have as much food as they want. For dessert, there were 312 pumpkin pies, and 126 each of apple and cherry pies. The three galleys were festooned with holiday decorations. "The galley puts on quite a show. They have a lot of pride in what they do," said Moody. One reason is that for many of the young sailors this is their first Thanksgiving away from home. "They try to provide a meal that compensates for that," he said.

That latter part applied to you this year. We’ll make it up to you at Christmas. LYL!!!!

All my love,
Air Force