Letter 1

Hi, Sweetie,

I love you and miss you a lot. A week ago today we said goodbye... or see you later! I don't remember, but I feels like a long time ago.

Boot camp is not fun at all. We get yelled at all day long. People running this camp have a very limited vocabulary and use curse words all day long.

We sleep 8 hrs a day and 16 hrs of the day we are in training. We got our NWU's today (Navy Work Uniforms). They are cool looking. I just got done with processing week today. Tomorrow is my first day in "training". They go by weeks. I was told that the more difficult part of BC (boot camp) is over, but you know me: That doesn't make it any more relaxing. I feel so much release to be able to write to you. We are not allowed to talk...at all. Anywhere. So I can't release my "wiggles". You know how hard it is to be quiet when you are doing something new and want help or want to help others. So no communication except by writing. During the night there's some time to talk when everybody is in bed, but I'd rather go to sleep. Tonight is special. I want to spend a few minutes of my long-awaited and much-needed "sleep time" to let you know that I'm ok. And that I miss my babies' faces. You're lucky to have 'em. Please kiss 'em good night for me and good morning for me when you get 'em out of bed.

Say hi to your parents and your siblings for me if you see my family online tell them that I love 'em, too.

Ok,

Good night...