So yea i think it's about time to update.  Not sure whether people still read this or not, but oh well. 

I'm on leave for Christmas for bootcamp.  It's so good to be home.  I got in on the evening of the 18th.  Sunday and Monday were such long days.  Sunday everyone waited around all day to out process.  Sunday night no one got any sleep.  The soldiers flying out of Columbia, SC finally left battalion around 0430 in the morning.  At 1030 I was finally on board to plane to leave South Carolina.  WOOHOO!!! 

Then I got to Atlanta around 1115 and had to wait for my next flight out to Houston.  blah blah blah.  So I finally got to Austin around 1645 in the afternoon...I was so glad to be back in Texas!

To put it all in a nutshell...bootcamp is bootcamp.  We had rifle training, we've been gassed, we've gotten stronger and can run longer, we've done bayonets, learned cadences, and entered the world of the MRE farts!!!  So that's a summation of bootcamp so far. 

All I can say now is I'm so glad to be home.  I still am getting up at 3 in the morning...hopefully I'll break that habit in a couple of more days. 

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You know...it's really hot outside today.  Though I don't think we have it as bad as west Texas.  A little town in west Texas called Wink (hometown of Roy Orbison.) was 126 degrees on sunday.  Crikey!!  that's like hot and dry enough to suck all the water out of your face, and maybe even your face along with it. 

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well heck, it's been ages since i've updated...why not?

things are going really well.  can't wait til sam gets back from baghdad.  there will definitely be an all nighter consisting of videogames, mountain dew, and pizza!  i got my first check from the army for my first drill...it was much better than i expected.  God is good, cuz I was beginning to struggle financially.  He has also sent some much needed rain this morning.  Abundant in blessings is He. 

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woohoo!!  i'm in the army!! after a long episode of processing and this and that.  i was FINALLY officially sworn in yesterday afternoon.  i got high marks on the asvab, as well as referred somebody who signed up, so i'm going in as an E-3 (private first class).  i got a really nice enlistment bonus, plus the GI bill, plus the kicker bonus.  so i actually leave for boot camp september 12.  bootcamp will be nine weeks.  then AIT will be 14 weeks and 2 days.  but it's all gonna be worth it!  well, i hope everyone has a blessed day.  god bless us, everyone!

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Welp, tis official.  I'm officially in the U.S. Army...it's about time.  It took me three years to really get in.  So I leave for bootcamp August 15 in Fort Jackson, SC.  After nine weeks of that, I'll then have ten weeks and two days of AIT for my job.  I'm excited!

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