jaime30024's Journal, 12 June 2013

Okay I am holding strong! My daughter graduated from boot camp (last weekend) and we got to see her and spend probably a total of 12 hours with her between Friday and Saturday before she left. It was a great 12 hours. She is happy, and said that she would miss boot camp...lol. That is so funny that she will miss boot camp. She had some great stories to tell us. We took her to the movies and to lunch and dinner and she got a new phone (it was time for her to upgrade). We then met her at the airport the next day and had that time with her and had breakfast and just hung out. I was able to give her the new phone at the airport along with some undergarments of hers. She is now settled in San Antonio and starts classes next week. She has her phone and a room (with a roommate; much like a college dorm) with a bathroom that the two of them share. There was a shooter on base on Tuesday...can you believe that???? She texted me that they were on lockdown and the doors and windows were locked in the briefing room that they were in. The shooter was caught and lockdown lifted, but just when I think I can relax some!! The news reported that they believe it to be domestic violence and one female (active duty) was shot multiple times; thank God she is stable and was not fatally wounded. It happened outside of the medical training center so there were plenty of people that were trained as first responders to tend to her immediately....it could have been a lot worse. I was freaking out and another mother (who's son is there and we have become friends) well she was freaking out too.

As for me....being in Chicago and eating on the run with her I was happy to be home so I could eat 'normal' again. I am trying to get settled back into my routine. Work is still super crazy and I worked until around 8pm both Monday night and Tuesday night. They tell me that they are hiring some help for me but they need to 'hurry up' about it. I feel like I am hanging on for dear life right now, and for the most part I feel pretty disgusted with the situation.

I have emails here that I need to get caught up on so I am sorry to my FS friends for being MIA, but with all that has been going on I have not had any time to log in. I still watch what I eat and I am trying to get back on her regularly. It is likely we will be doing a lot of camping this summer and they will probably also hinder some of my logging in and checking in...the summer does bring on more outdoor activities....IF we can ever get the time for them.

I would love to post a picture of my daughter here but Fat Secret does not seem to be that user friendly to me when it comes to that and I refuse to post her picture somewhere else on a public site just so I can link it in here. I will change my profile picture to her for a day so you all can see my Sailor girl. Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts and checking in on me and I will work on getting caught back up.

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921 kcal

Fat: 81.49g | Prot: 27.17g | Carb: 16.01g.   Breakfast: Cream Cheese, Bacon Grease, Cooked Green Cabbage, John Morrell Lower Sodium Bacon. Lunch: Johnsonville Jalapeno & Cheddar Smoked Sausage, Litehouse Foods Garlic Blue Cheese Dressing, Fresh Express Shreds!. more...