1:20 p.m.

The tiger offspring has landed. He sounded quite jovial on the phone, like he'd been somewhere and done something cool. Go fig. If my mother has her way, they're probably at Sea World right now, getting splashed. Oh, and no need for the barf bag.

Leg #1 of the journey is over. Tomorrow, leg #2, all the way to Hawaii and Pearl Harbor. My mother won't be with him tomorrow, but a Navy sponsor will be, and I'll be nervous again.