A email Conversation 8-19-10

Mom:
Is there a guy there by the name Andrew? I did a search on your address and found his mom's myspace page. He has a nick name of Chubbz. He's from Brookings OR.

Jeremiah:
yeah he is in my platoon in third squad

Mom:
Hey,

I see that you won Warrior of the Week.

Jeremiah:
yeah i got that before the bullshit started happening

Mom:
Running you ragged?

Jeremiah:
i didnt expect for this place to be dragging me down so soon... i get depressed randomly and so i keep eating sugar and yeah i dont know

Mom:
I would expect you to get a down because you have so much time left and your homesick. Not only that, I could see you getting bored by the sameness of being there. You are restricted by the rules of army life and chain of commandment, it could build resentment inside yourself because you have no release for it.

Jeremiah:
yeah i mean sometimes i just dont know what to do and i dont really want to talk to anyone... blah... i just cant wait to be out of this place and out of the army

Mom:
I never really know what to do. I have a lot of intentions, but feel like I don't ever get much accomplished. Time will pass and soon you will be out. I know it can feel like there is so much more time left for your enlistment left. Try to think of it like Pollyanna would, I know that it is silly to try and find the good in everything, but it can help.

For example: Pollyanna would say that your already about a 1/3 of the way done. By the time you return to the states, you'll be halfway done.

You've already done alot, and the older you get the faster time passes. Look at Ryan, he is on his second enlistment, to me it seems like a short time ago that he even went to boot camp. The other day I drove home from work and there were two boys tossing a football in the road in front of the house and one said Hi to me. It took me a few seconds to realize that one was Ryan's little brother, Sam, and the other was Ant. They were so much taller than I picture them in my head, it was quite a shock to see how much they have grown.

Make plans for what you want to do in the future and talk about them to others, that will help make them more real. For instance, lets make plans to go camping at someplace cool like the beach, which I've never ever never done or at a nice place in the mountains. I think you should go to NY and see John and Jenny too.

Jeremiah:
oh jeez camping would be funn but please keep me away from the mountains dear lord i dont want to touch another one without a snow board...
i have always thought about going to new york i might try to do it in christmas time cuz thats prolly gonna be the last time i go on leave in the army so i can save up my days and get out a few months earlier

Mom:
Hey I bet you have awesome calves. hehe. It would probably be to cold to go camping on your next leave anyways. I was thinking about taking the big tent up to Shirley's labor day weekend and introduce the littles to camping.

Jeremiah:
yeah it would be fun to go camping we might have to do that but if i go then i would want to bring everyone like andy and amanda, mike and the boys, you, levi maybe
just the fun group fer sure

something to make a good memory or two out of

i miss ya