Thanks Sherry, you are always so kind!

Regarding my oldest son: Sadly, his legs gave him too much trouble during Basic. He outdid everyone on his first PT, but afterwards he had to go to Medical again. The Doc said that his legs were about as healed as they would ever be. He won't be permitted to enlist again.

Heavy sigh.

Smart kid, though. He'll be alright. Interestingly, his lovely future intended is going into the AF if she makes it through Basic (I think she will), so we may have an impending wedding shortly.

Either way, he's a good kid, and just needs some time and adversity to sort things out. As do we all, eh?