3/25/09--3/29/09

3/25/09
Rainy and nasty day. Ran a couple miles this morning. They are waiting to march to class. The had class on a missile that you fire from your shoulder and some long range scopes. They were both cool. Finance class sucked again. They got smoked afterwards. He got a letter from my mom and grandma that they sent while in KY with Chuck. He appreciated it. He wasn't supposed to have fireguard again, but got told he had to do it tonight.

3/26/09
Easy PT this am. Had class on calling for artillery fire. He really liked this one. People were screwing around during class so they're going to get smoked later. Then he drew me a picture of me with my new coach purse that I got for my B-day to make me smile.

3/27/09
They had classes on the Bradley fighting vehicle today. Chuck was made platoon leader again. If you are platoon leader you don't have to do fireguard which is a plus, but you are always the last in line to eat so that evens it out. He said this has been the best week so far. Good PT, good classes. He just doesn't like the smoking because people are still screwing up. He also said today that my dad has some of the worst handwriting he has ever seen. But he still appreciated the letter, though. C-troop had family weekend this weekend. Chuck said he wished it was them again, but C-troop will be wishing they were F-troop when they graduate in 6 weeks. Some guys got caught with food in their lockers and got in a lot of trouble. Some are losing pay over it.

3/28/09
Troop run this am. Had a good day. Good classes. They had a tornado warning tonight and all had to go in the halls. Did more PT after dinner and then Chuck ran 2 miles. That's a total of 4 miles for the day. Studying for a few more tests they'll have to take.

3/29/09
Got to go to the PX today for some much needed supplies. We got to talk on the phone tonight so that was great. Chuck got a free hour to call and go to the PX so we talked for almost 30 minutes and then he went shopping (and got a candy bar). After mass today they were supposed to have bible study but instead someone was there to do a financial class. How exciting. This one was a little more about investing so Chuck got more out of it.