11 Aug 2009

Mom-
God so finally I am just steps away from leaving this place and going to training. The Sergants like to call it going down range. But today we packed up just about every piece of thing that we have and packed up the shit in our duffel bags and locked it up. I'm excited. Time is supposed to fly back when we get down there to. Thursday we are supposed to get our civi bags and stuff back and if I do then I am going to be calling you. Well I am gong to be calling a lot of people and texting and shit but yeah. People are just pumped here. Last night our section of the barracks which is Warloads West almost got into this XXXX gangland type fight with Warlords East. It was pretty intense. I was all jumping around like I do and shit and some big guys from my side had to keep pushing me back. I can't wait to get done with this training to get back. I hate the weather here. I need the Washington weather back. I think its just the humidity that is getting to me. I have no idea tho. I think I can stand the desert because that's dry heat and yeah even tho its extreme heat its still dry. I dk. Im still just excited to be going to XXXX training finally. Thats where we finally get to do some actual fun stuff like shooting and blowing shit up and learning cool stuff and excerising and just actually doing things and also the fact that I will be able to receive letters back from you and everyone. I can't wait FUN SHIT! Haha. Today there was a pretty awesome thunder storm and we just got done with chow and we were all standing outside waiting for the D.S. and yeah I just look up and I saw the clouds move in front of the sun. Then the rain came down then the lightning was pretty close and just awesome but that only lasted for like 20 min and then the sun came out for a thirsty revenge. It kinda sucked but yeah that was prolly the only thing that I like about this weather here was the spontaneous change. My feet are getting better and shit. I can finally see my foot bones and the swelling has gone down. I still have sore kankles. I dk. I just think things start going by fast amd start looking up. So I guess that if you can make it past the first week of training everything is going to be pretty laid back so I think that I might have a high chance of completing this, I mean everyone has their doubts and I try not to have mine but its hard to do ya know. I try to keep an opptemisstic state of mind. Things that happen are just I don't know. Like when people fucks up or are just fucking retarded I try my best just to let that stuff go but I can't do much about it. Theres a couple that I just wanna beat some sense into. But its the people that I kinda connect with like some of them are well a lot of them are from or closer to the west coast but I don't see how that should make that much of a difference like maturity and intelligence but at the same time when I think about it, it kinda all just makes sense. I'm just gonna try to keep my cool and take the punishment for their mistakes. Eventually all I can do is hope that they will learn and grow up and learn . This guy here that is intolerable is 24 and seriously should still be 14 or 15 from the central south of the country or something. I hope he is not in the same platoon as me. I don't get how someone can be that far behind and stuff. Well who knows I am just go with what I get. I miss you mom. I miss my lame life were I didn't really do anything. Some guy in our barracks had his B-day today and we made him do 38 push ups and then we sang to him. He is oriental and kinda keeps to himself most of the time. I have made small talk with him a couple of times but I think us doing that for him really helped. Definately made me smile. That and this kids well not kids but yeah were having a bible study and I stand behind one in formation and I know he is completely religious and I was talking to him about the group and how it must be nice to have a little bit of home like that and yeah I think he knows now that I may fuck around and shit but I can be really nice and shit cuz yeah. I give good chi flo. haha. Well I dk I will write another time when I get to basic and shit and all that cuz my hand is getting pretty tired now.

RECEIVED AUGUST 14TH, 2009