From Aunt Tammy, Oct 20, 2009

October 20
Dear Jerm,
Well, I'm going to start this but feel like I don't really have much to say. Of course, I never do, which may explain to you why my novellas seem to ramble. Yesterday, I mailed you a couple of postcards because they looked like the trees around here right now, and wanted to answer the letter I received from you on Saturday, before it gets too long from me.

I seem to be affected by the weather or season or something, as I still have headache/groggy feeling I had when I think I wrote you last. It just feels deadly slow around here, I am having a hard time being motivated to do much of anything. There has been very little going on. The office is slow. Your brother was sending me texts two or three times a day but apparently he is having too much fun or the newness has worn off already because I haven't heard from him since Saturday. It must be so difficult for him to be gone now. I'm sure he didn't think he would have the boys full time on his own when he started looking at long haul driving, now it must be agonizing think about them at home being shuffled around. Especially laying that burden on your mom. I know she probably doesn't mind for the most part, because she loves Michael too and it is easy to get attached to the boys, but it wasn't something she signed on for either, and she had a lot of projects going already.

I talked to Nicole a bit over the last few days too, she wanted me to run away with her and go to the movies, but I just can't leave when the office is open. Michael feels like he doesn't know the computer well enough to do every procedure that might need done. I think he does, but hate to inflict that on him as it is a not a very user friendly program on outdated equipment. Stuff goes wrong, and it's a pain in the butt to suffer it all. Anyway, I think after about three days, she convinced her dad to go with her. I'm glad she got to go after all.

I talked to Gma & Gpa over the weekend too. I think Gma's got a cold and seems like Gpa is taking care of her. Sounds like they found some clothing at a thrift store for the boys, I know that probably helps. I did talk to your mom. It seems to be working better for her to send little notes back and forth by e-mail lately. I can message her what I'm thinking about and when she has time (whenever, I don't know) she replys and adds what she thinks. For instance, I was thinking about meeting her this weekend at a dog park. She wrote me back that she might be able to and bring one of the dogs. We'll have to wait and see, lots of variables right now.

First there's the weather. It's supposed to be nice one day and nasty the next, off and on all week. Lots of colors right now, we see squirrels on our walks, seem to be busy, don't seem to be as interested in chatting up Maggie right now as they were a couple months back. One yesterday was eating on a branch just over my height not ten feet from me and Maggie didn't notice when usually she gets all excited and tense. Of course, Dori is ambivilent about anything but moving on. She gets freaked about having to stop for any length of time.

Michael is going to Minnesota to see his daughter and grandkids for the weekend. So, I'm hoping we have enough cash for him, but I probably won't have any for anything extra to do while he's gone. We stocked the fridge and all this last weekend, and I certainly could always benefit from walking anywhere I wanted to go around here. Just not sure how much gas I'll have to go to Vancouver on, is what I'm saying, but would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, to see your mom and whoever else I get to see. What I expect the girls and I will get done is lots of knitting, reading and napping while he's gone and probably not much else. Maybe a few of the movies I have wanted to see but wouldn't inflict on him, although there's not much out on DVD that I wanted to see that we haven't yet. I was hoping Nicole would want to hang with her old mother for some of it, we'll see. I don't know her schedule yet, and she didn't spend much time with Brian last weekend, so I may be out of the picture with her again anyway.

I'm glad I'm writing you today, because I have a lot of work I want to get done tomorrow, helping him pack and all. Plus, my boss is coming the day he leaves, so also have house to clean before he goes.

Not much going on in the world either. We have been watching, sporadically, the playoffs to the World Series. The four teams left are LADodgers and Philadelphia Phillies, LAAngels and NYYankees. I think. I don't much care, but it is Baseball and it fills time till something better is on tv. There's a big stir about a family in Utah, they thought the boy was lost in a balloon that floated away, they think now it's a hoax, talking about pressing charges, taking the children away, etc.

I have been knitting a little. I finished that shawl I mentioned last letter and got it to her. Did a pair of socks with some sparkly trim, for Michael's g-daughter. I helped a friend with her project. She was working on a sweater for a Great-granddaughter expecting, the pattern had a hat and booties to go with it, but they weren't what she wanted and she was behind because she'd been ill, so, I did the hat and socks using similar pattern for her. Now she just has to finish the sleeves to her sweater. I finished the sparkly socks on Friday, did the hat and socks over the weekend and gave them to her yesterday. Started a little hat with color changes, ooohhhh scary, cause I haven't done that in a long while. But so far, I'm having fun with it. G'ma keeps asking me if I'm done with the sweater I was working on for your cousin, I think I'm stuck on it. I was working on another one that I started a year ago, I think I'm going to have to frog it, which is a knitter's joke, by the way. Frogging refers to having to rip-it, rip-it, rip-it, when you have to tear it up and start again. Another joke is called tink it, which is knit backwards. Aren't you just pissed you had to read that sorry pun? Hahaha!

On Sunday, we did take the dogs to a dog park in Wilsonville, which turned out to be much closer than it sounded. It had a fenced dog area and a timid/small dog area separated off. The whole park was as nice as you'd expect a newer neighborhood like Wilsonville to be, but this small dog area was pretty bad. Maybe because it doesn't get used by many little dogs, but it was still weedy, lots of stickers, not as kept up as you would hope. Maggie and Dori met a pure white Chihuahua, male, six months old named McGee. The owners are fans of NCIS, they named him after a character on the show. He was very active and the girls tolerated his energy. Maggie sniffed around a bit, but Dori, off leash, paced the side of the fence next to the road and tried to squeeze through the gate a couple of times. We parked the truck quite a ways from the dog fields and walked the long way back which was through some scenic areas, little walking bridges and all, but we were all wore out when we got home. We met some nice dogs, an very old Akita, a Bull-mastiff, saw some Corgis (who couldn't shut up), an Alaskan Malumute, I think a wolf pup.

Anyway, I can't think of much else. (handwritten) I hope all is well with you~ you didn't say much about what you are doing in this last letter but I hope it's fun. Lots! Michael has commented several times about he's proud of you ~ I think that's why we was so determined to pick a postcard picture for you too. We love you and we'll hear from you soon. Be careful. I love you. ~Aunt Tammy

To Aunt Tammy, Oct 14, 2009

Dear Tammy,

I get pretty excited too when I see that I have a letter from you. I heard about Mike too. I was on my 30 hours pass and I needed to contact Mom somehow because the lady did something to her cell phone and so I call him thinking he might be home and he picks up in Billings, Montana. I also heard about that lady passing through mom. I kinda remember her and her kids but its very vague since it was so long ago. Sounds like both of you guys have been keeping busy. Hope everything is still going good for ya. Ya both need another vacation or something. Don't wanna over work yourselves. (smiley face with tounge sticking out) This week I have been doing land navigation. I have been rocking it completely haha. My team didn't get lost once and we walked for about 4 miles today through mud, water/swamp, forest and rain. But all in all we did very good. Mom was just telling me about how she took the dogs to the dog park too. That park sounds actually pretty nice. Ours don't have any streams or anthing and barely any shade. We got ya beat on the small dog area tho. Mom says the dogs are gonna love having me back for a bit and we are gonna try to go to the dog park so they can have me aka "Coach" give them a good workout. I mss them. The other day I had to watch my drill sergants doverman pincer pup for CQ duty. Nice little puppy. I'm almost done here. After this week I am finally able to be called a soldier and then I start my 3 weeks of infantry training. Then its just two weeks of doing nothing really. Then Im done. Hard to think its been that easy. Time is gonna hopefully be on my side and go by quickly. The hardest is yet to come tho. I don't really need anything. Im outta axe (bodywash crossedout) well almost outta axe body wash but I got bar soap still that I can use till I get done from here. So I think I'm fine. Thanks tho. I miss ya and love ya.
Love,
Jeremiah.

From mom, October 20, 2009

October 20, 2009

Dear Beloved of Mine,

I know, cheesy. Well Pony went to her new home last night. I think she is going to do great. They have 2 boys ages 2 and 5. They have another dog who is 11 so Pony will have enough energy to keep up with the 2 little boys. Wes and the boys just brought me lunch. An Oregon, so good and perfect. I had 2 letters from you in my mail box last night. Sounds like you really know your way around, haha. The navigation is a very good skill to have. I always know which way is north, no matter what. So I think that has always kept me from getting lost. Besides having good recall. Mike said yesterday that sometimes he don’t know what direction he is headed, but the mile markers on the road will tell you if you look for them. The numbers get bigger heading north and east. The major roads are numbered a certain way also. I really need to get a USA road map. Right now Mike is in Kentucky. Just picked up a load of car parts and they are headed to Texas. Every time he talks to me I make him tell me where he is. The gap in you receiving my letters is my fault. Sometimes I don’t get it in the mail the same day that I write it. I’m still writing you as often, but lately with the little boys, I don’t make it to the mail box some nights. I’m lame, sorry. I called AT&T this morning about you taking over your contact, and it looks like it will have to wait until you come home. Because you need to sign something and they’ll do a credit check on you. So you maybe asked to put a deposit down. You should set up automatic payments at the same time. That way when your deployed you’ll have one less thing to worry about. I’m coughing, or rather trying not to cough. Sometimes I throw up if I can’t stop, hate it when it happens while I’m eating. I guess scarecrow had to replace a water heater at the end of his day Sunday. Was working until 7:00. so I think he worked on it for atleast 3 hours. It never takes me more then 1 hour to install one even if it doesn’t drain very well. He didn’t finish the residents sent him away. I don’t blame them. He tried to use pipe dope sealer instead of flux to solder. Flux is what helps the solder bond to the copper pipe. He would have never got it to work. Joseph had to go in there yestuday to fix it, said that there were drops of solder everywhere. They don’t even look the same. Pipe dope catches on fire, flux just melts. Ya know how to solder? If not I will show you sometime. It’s fun and there’s fire involved. =) I told Grandma, even she thought that was funny and I don’t think she has ever soldered in her life, but knows enough to understand what flux is. I can’t wait to see you again just a few weeks to go. Me and the boys are definitely gonna be there to pick you up. I’m looking forward to spending some time with you and it would be so awesome to do something special like we did before you left. Mike maybe home a few days at the same time. So you two may get to compare stories of your independence from mom. Lol. Or your travels. I have a feeling that you’ll end up with the long distance award. The shirts and sweat shirt you sent all fit. Bear slept in his shirt last night. I’m surprised that a shirt made for a four year old fit him so well. We know he is gonna be a tall one that’s for sure. I need to teach him to play basket ball and be his manager. Haha. Maybe baseball, I like baseball better. Well I’ll write more tomorrow, love you and miss you.

Love Mom.

From mom, October 19, 2009

October 19, 2009

Dear Jeremiah,

Happy week ten! I bet you have a daily count down going. No call from you yesterday, but ya know I didn’t expect it. It seems like you really only get a chance to call every other weekend. Not much going on around here. We are all doing well and healthy except Grandma has a cold again. The weekend was kinda quiet. Ann had the boys until I picked them up at 2pm Sunday. So Saturday I really didn’t do much besides open the door for the dogs to go in and out. Did some power napping. Sunday I swept the house and dusted in my room a bit and did laundry. We had a lot of rain Saturday. JD’s corner was all flooded across the street. I finally took the air conditioner out of my window. The dogs keep my room so warm. That I want to be able to open the windows and air it out during the day. I think Dutch is the major factor in the over heating of my room. He has been limping around for a couple of days. I don’t know why, I checked him out and don’t find anything. Maybe he got bit. I got my ad in the Oregonian Thursday night, nothing Friday and all day Saturday until about 9:30 at night. I got a response from a lady. I replied back and still haven’t heard back. Then Sunday morning early 6:30 am some one else emailed me about Pony. He is coming out today after I get off work. He says that they live on 10 acreas and have other animals besides having 2 young boys. He thinks Pony will fit in great with his family. I guess they lost their dog last June, he was 13 years old. Hopefully they all fall in love with her. It sounds like a good home for her. Fritz has had his nose just about attached to Sadies backside since Friday. I checked her out yesterday and there’s a bit of blood. So she’s in heat. She is kinda snappy right now with Fritz and Gretchen is all excited about it too. I hope Hiedi will follow suit and start her heat. I’m going to let Sadie breed. She is doing good and is nice and fat. She can pick her guy between the two and we’ll see what comes out. So if she breeds next weekend, she will have puppies between Christmas and New Years. I would rather have more puppies in the spring than in the fall, unless I have puppies in time for Christmas. Lulu’s, Fritz’s hot date, is getting all fat. I emailed her family last weekend to check up on her. So he’s definitely gonna be a papa again. I wonder what color will come out of her? I’m almost considering not breeding Fritz because of the limitations on the color he produces. But at the same, I charges less for his puppies and that makes them more affordable. By the way, bad economy or not people are still spending money. They may not be traveling as much or they are putting off buying houses but they are still making purchases. If I sell Pony tonight I think I’m going to take Wes and the boys out to dinner. Probably Shari’s Today is Wes’ first day caring for the boys. Plus he has to clean up downstairs. So going out will be nice for him. They all do well together. Wes and Theo eat pretty much the same thing. Well that’s about all I have to say now. Take care, do good. I love you and miss you.

Love Mom.

14 Oct 09

14 Oct 09

Dear Mom,

Sorry I couldn't write you yesterday, I had absolutely no personal time. We were put on lockdown because a night vision optic scope went missing. Turns out it was just in some supply closet or something. But they tore apart everything and yeah we didn't get to bed until pretty late. Then when they were tearing apart our bay they found some chew, So yeah. We were screwed. So yeah, but this week we are doing land navigation which I am pretty much rocking the shit out of. I don't think that I am ever gonna get lost now and I got my team through. We walked quite a bit today through mud, clay, forest, water, swampland and rain. It was crazy but we made it and we found all 4 of our points when we only need to find 3. And when we got back I heard a lot of people saying they got pretty lost and shit which my team didn't. But we do it during the night time tomorrow and then after this week we are going to be actual soldiers and then we start to do our three weeks of infantry training. Amazing to think that I will be coming home soon. Huh, are you excited? I don't quite know when I'm gonna be arriving on my flight back home but I think I'm gonna work it out to where I come early Sunday morning ya know. Take a redeye Saturday night. So I hope you can deal with that. Maybe if you have the boys too or if not then Fritz and Sadie haha. And then we can go to Fatty Patty's and see everyone and yeah. That will be what I'm aiming for. More then likely and I hope it can work out that way. I have likely and I hope it can work out that way. I have a friend that might email for that pic. Name is Paige. Well I can't think of anything else tonight. I love you and miss ya lots.

Love Jeremiah
Your Fav.

From mom, October 16, 2009

October 16, 2009

Dear Jeremiah,

It’s Friday. I’m beat. So freaking tired today. I didn’t sleep very good last night and woke up with breathing issues. I’m fine now. It just makes it hard to get ready for work and I feel like I’m an hour off. Woke up an hour late so everything is an hour late too. So I got my ad in the Oregonian for Pony last night. Hopefully someone calls and gets her this weekend. Because Mike just started working, his first pay check is small and he’ll need it for living expenses on the road. So I’m been paying for everything for the boys. Ann isn’t watching the boys next week or after. She says she is going to be busy packing to move to Eugene. I talked (well texted) her about it last night. She has a friend there that she is moving in with and is planning on getting her drivers license, ged and starting college after that. Which is good if she really does those things. She said eventually they where gonna get a place with four bedrooms. Mike told me this morning the she doesn’t seem to realize that she won’t be getting money for the boy’s care. She may be able to get financial aide to go to school but she would most likely need a part time job to help make ends meet. I don’t know how the boys fit into all this. Maybe they don’t. anyways. I don’t really, care what Ann does, it’s the boys that I have my concerns about. They deserve to have a stable home life just like any kid does. I was thinking just a little while ago that I don’t really work all that fast and yet I’m a week ahead of schedule. Joseph just did a move out walk thru and had me change the locks then instead of waiting for it to come up on the schedule. It’s funny that all I remember seeing in this unit was black people. The people there to do the move out were Mexicans. We had so much trouble from these last occupants. Tons of complaints and stuff. I can see how people get racially prejudice against black people by the example of people like this. It’s like having one kid in the class that causes trouble and everyone has to stay inside for recess. Of course around here lately everyone seems like a trouble maker. The bar has been lowered. It don’t matter who it is either. Most seem like trash. In fact that’s one of the reasons I have to do so many turn over. More people are skipping out or getting evicted than those who actually give notice. I got your letter yesterday about staying in for only 3 years and then going to school. I think it is a good plan. You will just have to be more careful with your money and save as much as possible. When your three years come up just re-evaluate your situation, the direction your heading in, maybe see what the economy is doing and go from there. You still have a lot of time to decide what your gonna do and what holds your interest. Trust your instincts. If something feels bad, it probably is. Set some long term goals and short term too. Figure out what you really and truly want and take the steps to get there. You never know. You so far have only had a small taste of the Army. Your next duty station will give you a better picture of what it’s really like everyday living. You’re always going to have good moments and bad moments no matter where you are. Just try to have more good than bad. Stuff happens. Don’t try to control what you can’t control, it’s pointless. Maybe someday you and Quincy could get a shrimpin boat and be shrimpin boat captains. Now that would be the life have it all figured out, so much for gas, so much for nets. You could sleep on the boat…….

I kill myself sometimes. Smile for me. I love you so much. You are my favorite. Love mom.

From mom, October 15, 2009

October 15th, 2009

Dear Jeremiah,

Well it’s Thursday again, goes fast sometimes. Yeah it’s payday for me and you. Mine is gone. I paid the mortgage. Bye Bye. =) Its about 4pm. I’m starving, by the time I get home I won’t be hungry. Never fails. I just got finished in J201, another eviction. I’m trapped in here though because scarecrow is power washing outside on the stairs. These guys had left behind a bunch of crap. So Joseph hired the guys to come back and trash it out for us. Isn’t that wonderful? Remember all the times I’ve had to trash out a unit, most of the time by myself? I’m kinda pissed at Ann today because last weekend I finally get the boy’s rash cleared up and now it’s back again. Bear has a pretty bad area along the diaper line that was so bad last night when I changed him that it looked like blisters. This morning it was looking better. It’s not hard to prevent it. Just change the freaking diapers. I know it hurts him cause he cries and tries to get away when I clean him. Poor guy, the diaper gotta be rubbing the area anytime he moves. Last night when I picked up the boys, Ann was all made up and hair done. Then later when I was talking to Mike on the phone, he said that Ann was going out with friends and I said yeah she’s going out. She has on tons of make up and her hair all straightened out like she spent hours getting ready. Mike said she had a date with some guy. And was pissed cause she has been like all the passed week talking about wanting to get back together and stuff. Mike doesn’t want her to know that he kinda likes this other chick. Cause she will flip out mental. He shouldn’t be talking to her anyways unless it’s about the boys. Their personal lives are now their own. I just wish Mike would take a longer break before getting involved with someone new ya know? Let stuff settle down a bit with the new job and taking care of the boys. I don’t know why Mike always has to be with someone. Do you think he’s afraid to end up alone? I don’t know. When I talked to him earlier today he had made his drop in Billings MT and was headed to a small town in Wyoming to pick up their next load to take to Salt Lake City UT. He said that they maybe going to Columbus OH next. Just back and forth up and down. I wonder if he’ll forget where he is someday. =) I was thinking about taking the boys over to G&G’s tonight but I think I’ll just take them home and let them play in the bath tub until they are nice and wrinkly =) When you put Booboo in the tub you have to be all slow and quiet or else he gets all scared. But quietly put in means that he’s all relaxed and will lay in the water and kick his legs and splash water a bit and have fun. If he’s put in crying he won’t relax and the echoing noise that he makes, make him make more. Not as fun. I got Bear down to one bottle a night which means he don’t pee threw his diaper. Also I’m not letting him drink it in the car or pretty much anywhere else. He can drink out of a cup just fine. I’m still aiming to have him off it next weekend. It is really just a source of comfort for him. So I just give him another comfort. I give him lots of hugs and kisses, hold him and tell him I love you. Let him sit next to me with my arm around him when we watch tv together. So he knows he is secure. I gotta get some Dr. Seuss books. I gotta go buy diapers tonight so I’ll have to see if I can find a couple old favorites. Oh and I need to dig thru Mike’s room and find Mike’s old bear. He showed it to me awhile back so I know that it’s in there. Well I gotta get my trash thrown into the compactor and make some key packets. Take care of yourself. Hope your having a good week nine. I love you and miss you. Love Mom.

From mom, October 14, 2009

October 14, 2009

Dearest Jerm,

Its windy again today. And we’re having a bit of rain here and there as you may have noticed by my water marked paper. One nice thing is that it’s a bit warmer today than it has been for a few days. Tomorrow is Payday! Yeah! I need to by Booboo diapers. I put a bid on some sheets for my bed on Ebay. I bid pretty low so if I don’t get it than I don’t care. I also found a lady from Battleground trying to get rid of some small crates on Craig’s list for $25. I told here if they still had the trays that I would take them. One is supposed to be the same size as Emma’s crate. Pony is using one of the big crates. So it would be nice to have. I’m going to advertise her to sell this weekend. I could use the money to make up for her being at the vet’s when she got ill. If I do all those things and get gas my check will be already spent. Haha. Did Quincy ever find out what was going on with his accounts? That’s probably hard on his family to be missing that much money. You need to do something about Michelle she is out of control and self destructing. You can’t be talking to her or writing her. If you made it clear, the situation, then cut her off and away. You don’t want to be caught up in the mess she is creating for herself. If she writes you, you can return her letters without opening them. Just write return to sender and put it back in the mail. You’re not doing her any favors or her family by talking to her. Definitely don’t tell her or anyone who might tell her when your coming back home. Don’t want her to try faking pregnancy or something on you. Nip it. Nip it in the bud. =) the apartment I’m in now has fleas. Man I’m so tired. Booboo was up before 6am wanting to watch tv again on my bed. I just put him by my legs and Fritz is on my other side. All so cozy this morning I had him watching country music videos. Well anyways its been a quiet day around here. Wes just called and said he was making chicken and tattertots for diner. Which means I won’t have to cook anything. Cool. The pipes in the water heater keep making noise. Kinda weird. I gotta wrap stuff up and cycle the compactor one more time before I leave. I love you and miss you bunches.

Love Mom.

From mom, October 13, 2009

October 13, 2009

Dear Jeremiah,


Today is a blustery day. It’s been windy, raining and cold. Half of a tree broke off and fell back near the CC building and another larger branch came down out of a sweet gum by B104. they didn’t land on anything which is good. Sometimes they land on cars or carports. One time half a tree landed on a stair case. The clouds are moving pretty fast because of the wind. So every once in a while the sun breaks threw the clouds. I love fall days like this. Makes me wanna stay home in bed with a good book or a movie. Drink tea. I took the boys over to G&G’s last night and had a good visit with them. We watched the cars movie. I hadn’t seen it before. Grandma found some sheets for Bear’s new bed. So he is now set in that department. When we got home I put the boys to bed. But BooBoo decided that he needed to be awake so I laid him at the foot of my bed so he could watch tv. We watched A Walk in the Clouds. After that was over he finally accepted a bottle and went to sleep on my arm. I fell asleep too. Wes came in later and asked why I didn’t put him in bed and I told him I couldn’t pick him up cause my arm was asleep. So Wes rescued me. =) Booboo’s head was right on the vien that supply’s blood to my arm. Then I could finally change the channel on the tv cause apparently I was watching an infomercial for Girls Gone Wild in my sleep. The sound is pretty irritating. BooBoo can almost roll over completely. He is pretty good at turning on his side. Gotta watch him now to make sure he doesn’t roll off the bed. I don’t know how all this stuff with the boys will work out. It’s really hard to say. Ann says she wants to move to Eugene and make a fresh start. Then the next minute she says that she doesn’t want to lose the boys. It’s hard for Mike because he isn’t here. But at the same time I think its good for him to be away from her. I think it’s good for Ann to want a new start. I don’t think that she has the means to support herself and 2 babies. She is sorely lacking in life skills much less education and job skills. So I don’t know what she would live on. Mike called and left a message with his child support case worker for him/her to call him. Mike also asked that we call child support and DSHS for him to tell them that he has the boys since 9-11-9. so Wes called them yesterday, (I’m surprised they were working on a holiday) and told them about Mike having the boys for the past month. So they said that they were going to mail out forms for variation of custody. But that was about all. When we get them for Mike, I can fax them to him where ever he is so he can fill them out. We will just go from there. Mike dropped his load off this morning at 3am near Chicago. Now they are on the way to a small town in Wisconsin to pick another load up to take to Montana, well to Billings. So they will be driving thru Wisconsin, South Dakota, Wyoming and then up to Billings. Mike and his trainer are now driving as a team. So they can switch off driving and not have so much down time. Team driving also pays more per mile so Mike’s trainer likes that. Mike will still be getting paid the same base pay. Mike has been sending my email pictures. Today he says he sent a picture of corn fields. Says he wants to drive thru them like the movie Son-in-law. Haha. I got the shirts you sent us. Thank you. I really like mine. Very cool. I will put the boys in their shirts and take a picture to send you. They really need a cool Uncle like you. They have so many grandmas and grandpas that it gets confusing with everyone having the same name. they only have one Uncle. Who else is going to show them how to do the things their parents won’t? Sure Mike can teach them catch. Who’s gonna teach the dangerous stuff, like climbing the tallest trees, peeing on electric fences, blowing stuff up? Parents don’t do that. Well I betting get started on my work. I love you and miss you greatly.



Love Mom.

08 Oct 09

08 Oct 09

Dear Madre,

How on earth did you get those shirts so fast? I sent them out on the 5th. Oh wait I just re-read your letters and now I know what you were talking about. Your talking about the one from the recruiters office. Well yeah, I'm sure that by the time you are reading this that you should already have my packages I sent. I hope they fit everyone. Especially Bear and BooBoo. That was really hard for me to try and size them up. I'm sorry about the downsides of work for ya like healthcare. If ya want I can find out how much it would cost to put you and Wes on something with me. I was thinking about doing it for the boys. Well just seeking how much it would be. No offense to Mike or anything. What a Godfather good for. If I am one. Trust me my back is killing me too. BTW I just got back from my hard core camping trip and damn 8 mile ruck march with 12 different hills. All steep as shit. Barely any sleep. But hey I made it and it really was no problem except my small legs. =~. That made the march quite difficult. But I did manage to work my way from the back to the front of formation. Which seems like an accomplishment to me. The one in AIT (which starts soon) is supposed to be like a week long. And also very exhausting. Since its more of infantry training. Family day is the day after tomorrow so I'm pretty psyched for that. I will be able to figure out the phone stuff and sleep in a comfy bed for once. Then it's only a short while after that till I'm done. Which is sweet. Thank you for the long letter too, that was nice especially since I only got one from you for the past three days. Oh well. I hope everything works out for Mike. If I'm lucky I will get to see him when I get back. Also first dinner and I'm serious. Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. Talk about craving. Well I'm gonna wash but I love you and will definitely try to talk to you soon. Miss ya.

Love Ya,
Jeremiah,
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