June 7th and 8th

June 7
It's only 7 pm here but it feels much later and it feels like it has been a lot longer since we said goodbye. So far things have gone well and surprisingly things aren't that much different than I imagined. I knew this first week was going to be a lot of hurry up and wait and I knew the days would be long, but everything so far has been more extreme than I thought. I never would have imagined how much time it would take to do seemingly simple things and I couldn't have guessed at how lost I would feel. I'm not a big fan of not being in the loop on things but I'm learning pretty fast to just do exactly what I'm told and not worrying about the rest.

So far I've met a few other guys who are going to OCS after. They all seem like pretty good guys so far. I think it'll be kind of good to get to know some of these guys here so we can help each other more when it gets really rough at OCS. It might be kind of bad to say but after talking to a couple of these guys I feel a lot more confidence in the running and stuff I did to prepare.

So far there really isn't too much to say though unless you want to hear about standing in lines. By the way, 4:30 am comes early when you don't get to bed until 2:00 am.

June 8
Some of these people are so loud! It is starting to drive me crazy! Maybe I'll start wearing the earplugs they gave me.... I was actually thinking about how much this reminds me of the MTC sometimes.

So I just heard that one of the guys in another company had his baby die back home and it made me sick to my stomach. I think having something like that happen back home is everyone's worst nightmare, I know it's mine. Tomorrow is supposed to be our last full day at reception and then it'll be the real thing with the mean drill sergeants. I'm excited to get out of here and get to work. But I'm pretty nervous as well. Well, it's almost lights out but I love you and I'm thinking about you and Brooklyn too.

(He didn't sign it... guess he ran out of time. :) )