Letter 1

Received: Thursday February 1, 2007


2007-01-25

Ixchelle (and all),

Hi! How you doin? All is well. I'm trying to journal my experiences, but I'm not done on our first day thus just a letter to you. I figure a journal format would make it easier for my side of the family, to put on the blog. I suppose you could say I'm doing good, but hey up to you. Today we got our camo and boots. SWEET! Though we haven't been able to wear them really. I'll let you know about it.
Sorry I haven't been able to call you yet :( They haven't let us. But as soon as I can I will. My feet are super sore. So are my legs (from standing mostly all day) and my shoulders, arms, and pectorals (from people in our squad who can't seem to call the Sergeant the right thing). So Pain!! The first "day" was really long and pretty bad. We got Zero hours of sleep on Tuesday night. I was able to get some sleep on the plane, but not enough to really help. More on that in my journal.
We got new running shoes too. We got a card with $250 on it, catch is it comes out of my first check. Awesome... /eyeroll. Oh and the running shoes I had to use the card to buy. I also got this pen & pad of paper, envelopes, and stamps. I'll let you know when I run out. Got to go now. Love you tons.
Love, Chris
PS. I don't have a return address yet. Won't get one until actual BT starts. Once I know I'll let you know.