July 27 and 29

July 27
Hey babe,
I have to write this quick because I don't have much time. Some idiot in our platoon messed up at the range yesterday so as punishment we all have to copy a bunch of pages out of our soldier's book every night from now until we graduate. I hope we doesn't stick with it, but for now I don't have a lot of time. Other than this bull crap assignment things are going pretty well. We did combatives again today which I loved. It makes me miss wrestling so much. Remember how I told you about the heat? Well, a soldier in a different company died yesterday because of it. I don't know all of the details but I'm sure our drill sgts will be even more careful with us in the heat now. Oh and one of my friends broke his pinky finger today while we were doing pt. Hopefully he will be able to to take the final pt test so he can graduate with us. My ankle is doing much better so there is no need to worry about that. Let me know what you found out from OCS about the long pass, but for now I'm planning on loving you all I can while you're here and flying down there. I'm scared about the whole situation. Anyway, I need to go. I hope you are having a wonderful day! I love you and Brooklyn so much you can't even imagine it! Be good and send some love my way!
Love,
Me

July 29
Hi sweet girl,
I loved your letter and package today! Thank you so much for putting so much time into that, I love it. I'm sorry letters have been a little sporadic lately. Things have been crazy! Today we had to get up at 1:30 am so we could be ready to go to the range by 2:15 am to do night fire. It has been a long day! Yesterday was the pugil tournament and our platoon won so we got another streamer for our phase banner. So far we have won 3 out of 4 of the streamers. It's always fun to compete, especially when you win! TOmorrow we have a PT test and a blood drive. Hopefully it will cool down a little so we can train more. I was a little bummed to hear what the people at OCS said but I kind of thought that would be what they said. I'll take you when I can get you and be happy about it! As far as what we do while you're here I really don't care as long as I'm with you and Brooklyn. I haven't even thought much about what we would do. I'm so proud of the hard work you're doing on your training. You are so focused and strong! And trust me I'm more excited to see you than you are for me to see you. As far as that dude hitting on you I don't like that very much. I understand that you are hot, but I don't like it! :) Try not to worry too much about my other training because from what I understand they are pretty lenient with the reserves, especially when it concerns school. I can't wait to see the two of you and to hear Brooklyn's sweet voice say her new words. I'm sure she has gotten so big I won't believe it. I need to get some rest babe. I love you and think about you always.
Love,
Me
Packing list:
1. ACU top and bottom
2. Boots
3. Green socks
4. 4 pairs of underwear
5. My spandex shorts
6. You!
7. My baby