Day 12-14/194

Friday, Week 2!
I took work off on Friday for my grandma's service. It was a full day event and was very heavy emotionally. I got home in the evening when Kev called to say he was on his way home. I was so excited to see him and get a big hug, but I felt bad that I likely didn't sound as excited as I was. I literally was just emotionally drained! When he got there, I jumped into his arms. We didn't do much on Friday night, but lay together and cuddle. It was just what I needed and Kev didn't seem to mind either.

Saturday & Sunday:
So Kev got his PT shirts last week and this weekend's main agenda was to cut stencils and use the fabric markers we bought to write his last name on the back of his shirts per the specific instructions he received. This is more time consuming than you can imagine! However, Kev doesn't get to wear his 'CHP' shirt right now because unfortunately he couldn't keep the pace with his PT instructor on the run after training. He said he did great during the 45 minutes of push ups, pull ups, and other calisthenics prior to the run but that keeping up then hindered his endurance during the run. He said other guys who did finish the run were struggling during the calisthenics portion and were laying down at the front of the class because per the instructors they gave up and were now 'dead on the side of the road'. Those cadets still get to keep their CHP shirts since they finished the run in the allotted time. Kev says its all how you test. It's a game of balance to succeed across the board. So on Monday, he has to turn in his CHP shirt, ironed, with his name on it and wear 'marshmallow' shirts until he earns it back. The 'marshmallow' shirts are just plain white shirts with his name in smaller letters on the back.

We were both still a little sick this weekend so we laid pretty low. This was the first weekend Kev was noticeably a little high strung from the week. It wasn't too hard to talk to him and calm him though. We did his laundry, made turkey tacos for dinner and watched a couple movies we rented from Red Box. All he wanted to do was relax, and he looked like he was in Heaven laying on the mounds of pillow on my bed;) Sunday was Valentine's Day, but we had already celebrated before he left with a trip to Tahoe, a fancy dinner, and of course Kev showered me with sweet gifts. We weren't sure if we would be able to spend the day together, so we made sure to celebrate when we could. We went and visited his parents for a bit and then went home to pack him up. We just ate left-overs for dinner, but neither of us minded. All we cared about was being together. That was what made Valentine's Day perfect. Then it was time to say good bye around 8:30 pm. It literally felt like he had just arrived, the weekend flew by. He called when he got home to say goodnight, and we were onto week 3!

- Mimi