Talked to Sam
04 November 2006
Talked to Sam
Yesterday, I went out for about 15 mins. and left my cell phone on the charger. During that time, Sam tried to call me. Her voice sounded awful on the message she left. She had no way of knowing when she could call again and her 5 mins. was up. The frustration of missing that call hit me harder than anything else this week.
This morning, however, my phone woke me up ringing. I couldn't find it and was afraid that I was going to miss another call. I got it just before it went to voice mail and it was Sam. She sounded MUCH better. She said she had been going well until she couldn't get through to me on the phone and that really hit her hard as well. They only have their PT uniforms (tee shirt and exercise shorts) so she has been a little cold. Also, the first night they didn't get into bed until after 1:00 and had to be up at 5:00. The next night she had to do 2 hours of "fire duty" in the middle of the night. So she hasn't gotten much sleep. But the good news is that she protected the barracks. They did not burn down the whole night.
She is anxious to get out of "reception" and into her training unit. That is scheduled to take place next Thursday if everything continues to go well.
She told me Thursday about two girls at MEPS who were drinking large amounts of water to try to meet the MINIMUM weight standard to enlist. She didn't have a lot of sympathy for them. Sam is going to do well. Can you imagine her sparring with one of those waifs?
More news as I have it.
Don
Talked to Sam
Yesterday, I went out for about 15 mins. and left my cell phone on the charger. During that time, Sam tried to call me. Her voice sounded awful on the message she left. She had no way of knowing when she could call again and her 5 mins. was up. The frustration of missing that call hit me harder than anything else this week.
This morning, however, my phone woke me up ringing. I couldn't find it and was afraid that I was going to miss another call. I got it just before it went to voice mail and it was Sam. She sounded MUCH better. She said she had been going well until she couldn't get through to me on the phone and that really hit her hard as well. They only have their PT uniforms (tee shirt and exercise shorts) so she has been a little cold. Also, the first night they didn't get into bed until after 1:00 and had to be up at 5:00. The next night she had to do 2 hours of "fire duty" in the middle of the night. So she hasn't gotten much sleep. But the good news is that she protected the barracks. They did not burn down the whole night.
She is anxious to get out of "reception" and into her training unit. That is scheduled to take place next Thursday if everything continues to go well.
She told me Thursday about two girls at MEPS who were drinking large amounts of water to try to meet the MINIMUM weight standard to enlist. She didn't have a lot of sympathy for them. Sam is going to do well. Can you imagine her sparring with one of those waifs?
More news as I have it.
Don
posted by Anonymous | 11/04/2006 02:33:00 PM
5 Comments:
Glad to hear she's doing okay. Nice the way the hit you with the sleep deprivation right away!
Thanks for letting us know, Don.
I'm thinking about her and you and the kiddos constantly. Call if/when you need me.
Hugs Don...hoping you and the kids are doing well during this time of adjustment...please be sure to tell her we love her....
Yeah ... just tell her that I'm sending warm licks her way.
;)
Sounds like so far nothing has changed in the 38 years since I was at Fort Jackson for basic. We all had to take turns with that stupid fire duty.
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