A LETTER A DAY

Friday, July 30th

Hey Everyone!

Well, I figured I'd keep my streak alive by writing a letter everyday this week. And actually, I have a few things to talk about. I'll start with Allie and Facebook. Apparently you won this weekly Trivia question on the Company facebook page which is AWESOME! You will be rewarded with pictures of ME! And another with Hughes, Hernandez and Mann(my battle buddy). So job well done sister! You all now get to see my shaved head, birth-control glasses and large ears..... Laugh @ will.......

Today we also received 4 restarts. 3 of them are Specialists and 1 is a Sergeant. Yes, we now have a non-commissioned officer in our platoon who will be training with us (well...not me....) We have to extend the same courtesies and professionalism to him as we would the DS's. Part of me thinks this will be good for the platoon because if he tells you to do something, you have to do it. All the lazy people will have to do something instead of laying around doing nothing in the mornings which is when we have the most problems. But, it could also be bad for obvious reasons. I guess we'll find out soon enough right?

Also today I found out some GREAT news! I went to the range Simulator today and as far as I know, I will be able to qualify in Rifle Marksmanship! Supposedly, I can do some training which is awesome because this is basically my job. I have to be able to shoot right??? And maybe this will count as a gate in training. Either way, I'm happy to know that I won't be completely worthless.....

So that was pretty much my day. We got to do laundry early today, so that's what I'm up to now. Knees are the same, and I have a feeling it's going to be like this for a while. Hopefully they heal fast though.....

Random Thoughts.....
1) Ice Cream sounds delicious right now.
2) Can someone send some pics. of what my life was like before the Army? ie college pics
3) The Reds suck! FACE SCW!!!
4) Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) can be delicious especially one's with pound cake/blackberry & cherry cobbler.
5) I should have gotten paid today.
6) Mad Men and Psych have both started. I will have a lot of catch up to do....
7) PLEASE send Lyrics.....I'm going to be very bored in the near future.
8) Can someone send me a Mizzou Schedule?
9) Oz, Fantasy Stats for my individual players (EX: games, HR's. RBI, etc.
10) Allie/Oz - some acknowledgement for my Fantasy Football team.

Alrighty, that's all I have for now. Chow is in about 5 minutes so I have to get going.

Embraceth Thy Sucketh
SPC Martin