Update from Brandy!

Every day since she left, I would anxiously check the mail to see if we received a letter from Brandy. Today was my lucky day with two letters. Now thankfully, I opened the letter sent later first - as it seems things have definitely improved as time goes on. She ended up staying awake for more than 40 hours straight and I'm sure that didn't help the fact she came down with a nasty sinus infection. Her division had actually already been there for a week when she joined which means she'll be graduating a week earlier. She doesn't seem very fond of the rest of her division- telling me their immature and she hasn't yet made any friends. That seems so out of character for Brandy and I'm sure that will change soon.

In the first letter she expressed her disappointment over the fact that the band was only accepting drummers. But, according to the 2nd letter, she is now playing with the church band and really loves it. And to make it even better, she made section leader!! :-) She met her goal of being the lead recruit, so that was excellent news. Being a good big sister, she passed on tidbits of information for Brooke to help prepare her for her time at boot camp. It is apparent that the preparation and DEP meetings paid off for her - I'm so thankful to her recruiters.