1/30/09-1/31/09

1/30/09
Since the storm they haven't had any mail received so he is hoping that they'll start getting letters again soon. He hung his clothes up again to dry since the power goes out every time he tries to dry them. Still no power or heat in the barracks. His group did go to an area high school and shovel and break ice for 3 1/2 hours. He was excited about that because then the gave them a cup of coffee and a bowl of soup. Coffee has been his big thing that he's missed not having. Someone stole a packet of hot chocolate and then flushed it down the toilet. Of course it came back up and now they are in trouble. The drill Sgt is trying to figure out who did it. They did finally get a hot meal for dinner since the power was back on. He's still not feeling well. He is coughing still and he said his eyes are watering and matting shut while he is sleeping. He's gonna try to go to sick call on Monday. He is craving foods from home. First was a potbellies sandwich and chili and a shake, and then later was a whopper Jr. They are going to be starting a combat live saver class soon and they'll all get to start IVs on each other.

1/31/09
They finally did some training today after quite a while off from the storm. They did some rifle training on a computer simulator. He said that he did really good so hopefully he keeps that up and qualifies really good so we get a long phone call. He said that as they were marching back they were called to a halt and everyone stopped not sure what was going on. All the sudden a possum walked over the feet of the guy next to Chuck then right next to Chuck's feet. He said that then it ran up the middle of formation and took off. It startled them because they weren't expecting it and I'm sure they startled the possum also. They had 45 seconds for showers tonight and he said he almost didn't know what to do with all the extra time. Now he is craving ice cream sandwiches. He still has his cough, so he decided not to go to church. They were told that they should start running this week, if the weather is OK. They still aren't getting any incoming mail, so that sucks because they aren't getting any letters. I hate to see how many push ups he's gonna have to do because I know I sent a lot of letters and others have sent some too. That's it for now.
I'll keep everyone posted!
Nel