Today we dropped my sis off so she can go too boot camp. I promised her I wouldn’t cry, and I didn’t. In front of her anyway. I was teary and couldn’t talk, only hug her, but I am so proud of myself for not crying! Score one for Rachel! I am not a nice crier. My nose runs, I get red blotches ALL OVER, and once I get started, it’s really, really hard for me to stop. And for a special added bonus, I am a loud crier. I totally didn’t want to do that in front of my sister and make her sad, so I managed to hold it in until I got home. I really am going to miss her like crazy.
Obviously, you all don’t know my sister, but she is really a neat person. She is probably the funniest person I know, and I know some funny people! Obviously, I am used to not seeing her every single day, but the longest I have EVER gone without seeing her is 2 weeks at the most. I am really close to her, so it’s hard for me to go such a long time without seeing her. Seriously, we are the kind of close where we sometimes say the same thing at the exact same time. We even sound the same. Our own parents can’t tell our voices apart. Really, it’s kind of spooky!
So friends in the computer, please join me in counting down the days and weeks until she comes back. I’m going to miss her, but I know this is something that she really wants to do, so that makes it easier.
*Sigh*
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I am going to miss her, But, I know that she can do it which will me so much proud of her. I can’t wait to see her come back with smiles and stories.
I was on the flip side of that when I went to the military. Make sure you send her letters while she’s in boot camp. When they pass out mail, it really makes your day when you are one of the names called to come get your letter.
What branch is she in?
She’s in the National Guard.
That’s fine with me though, I want her to get lots of mail.
I actually am starting a letter writing project for her, I made an offer to all of our (mine and hers) facebook friends to e-mail me their letters, which I will then mail for them. I have a feeling I am going to be footing the bill for a lot of letters, since that is about 300 people that could possibly send a letter!
Any words of advice for her as someone who has been through it before?
I am sure she misses you too, and knowing that you miss her makes it easier to bear. Sounds weird, but misery loves company, right?
Outside of the letters there’s not much you can do. Boot camp is just kind of miserable and then it is over and you go on with your life. Eventually she’ll be given time to call you from a pay phone. I always preferred to talk about what was going on back home rather than answering questions about what I was going through at basic training.
If you can go to her graduation ceremony and her free day off base (I think that’s normally the day before the graduation), that would probably make her day.
Yeah, we are planning on doing that…I may have to take off school, but whatever, I am going! I’ll try not to ask her about what is going on there…I’m sure I’ll have some sort of hijinks to report when I get to talk to her!