Boaty Boot Camp Graduation!
Today we visited Diana in the Marine Maritime Academy for her boot camp graduation. She made it through two weeks of training and marching up and down the square, learning how to fight fires on boats, and the useful bits about lifeboats that would come in handy should it come to pass she needs to employ the services of one.
We weren't allowed to call her while she was in training, so we saw her for the first time marching in perfect formation with her squadron, and dare I say, her posture much improved. There was a band and everything, what better way to capture this grand spectacle than with a crappy cell phone camera?
Later we met up with Diana, and she looked dashing in her cadet uniform:
It's hard to believe it's the same daughter we dropped off - she was returned to us as a fine young woman who sits ramrod straight in her chair (six inches from the back, if you please), marches quickly when called, and eats in a manner befitting a Presidential State dinner. best of all, she seems much happier there than she was in high school. So far everything's off to a stellar start, and I'm expecting great things from her - I better, for what the tuition costs!
Ever yours-
Derrick
We weren't allowed to call her while she was in training, so we saw her for the first time marching in perfect formation with her squadron, and dare I say, her posture much improved. There was a band and everything, what better way to capture this grand spectacle than with a crappy cell phone camera?
Later we met up with Diana, and she looked dashing in her cadet uniform:
It's hard to believe it's the same daughter we dropped off - she was returned to us as a fine young woman who sits ramrod straight in her chair (six inches from the back, if you please), marches quickly when called, and eats in a manner befitting a Presidential State dinner. best of all, she seems much happier there than she was in high school. So far everything's off to a stellar start, and I'm expecting great things from her - I better, for what the tuition costs!
Ever yours-
Derrick