Monday June 20

Hey baby,
I feel kind of spoiled because I got to talk to you yesterday and I got your letters and and card today. I can't even explain how good it was to hear your voice and Brooklyn's too. We are all teary after our calls. I was worried you weren't going to answer but I've never been happier to hear your voice. The pictures were perfect! And I loved the card with your perfect voices! Thank you so much.

You said you wanted to know a little about what I do day to day. This morning we woke up at 4 am so we would be ready for morning PT by 4:30. We had to do our warm up drills and then we broke up into our run groups and went on a 2 mile run. I wasn't that bad but not all that great either. There were some pretty good size hills that made it tough. After the run we had time to shower and change then we had breakfast. I'm getting pretty good at eating a lot of food really fast. After breakfast we had the second half of our combat life saver class. It was pretty fun because we got to practice a lot of the stuff. We had to practice carrying people on different types of stretchers. It was so hot though while we were hauling people around. We also got to practice a bunch of stuff like sealing chest wounds and we got to put these hose things down each others' noses in order to secure the airway. It felt pretty weird going in but even worse coming out. That class took up most of the day but I think it was some of the most important stuff I've learning so far. When we got back to the barracks we got a little surprise. One of the guys left his wall locker unlocked so the drill sergeants threw all his stuff out on the floor. He also sprayed his shaving cream all over the floor and flipped all our beds. There was toilet paper everywhere. It was a mess. Then we got 30 minutes to clean it all up and when it wasn't done in time we got smoked hard. When I say "smoked" that means we had to do pushups and stuff like that. It was tons of fun! On top of it all, the drill sergeants found a letter one of the females left out of her locker and it talked about how the drill sergeant was an (a-word) and how she called her boyfriend instead of her dad on Father's Day. So not only is he mad about what she called him but also she didn't follow the rules about the phones so we probably won't get to use them again for awhile (I could kill her!) Sorry, but that's how it is. It sucks getting punished for other people's mistakes but that's just the way it is. The worst part is the drill sergeants aren't bad people at all. They are really smart and know their stuff. They just get mad because we can't follow simple instructions or don't show proper respect. They might not always be polite but they don't need to be. It's us that need to change in order to make life easier on us.

And now I'm laying in bed with a flashlight because I'm supposed to be asleep. I hope you are well and loving on Brooklyn right now. I love you both.

Callen