Ok instead of bugging everyone with emails you may not want I decided to try this blog! This way if your interested in what Brian is doing or want an update you can come to this site and check it out. I think the easiest thing to do is to type what Brian has written in his letter. So I am typing this as his point of view (of course I have added in some of my own comments! lol)
Hey guys its Saturday, February 12th I just got a couple of letters from the 8th I've been getting them almost every day though so it's cool. It's really really hard to keep up with all the letter so just bare with me I reply as asap!
Today we hiked 8 kilometers with like 60 pounds on their backs plus our riffles and helmets. We also did pugle sticks which is stick fighting. I jammed my thumb really bad but I'm hiding it from drill instructors so I don't get sent to medical. (you can fall behind if you get hurt or sick etc... and not graduate with your squad)
Today we had senior drill instructor inspections which consists of like 20 DI's running into our barracks and destroying everything! LOL They flipped our racks (which is their beds) dumped all our stuff everywhere it was bad! We are on training day 17, training day 25 we take a 100 question test and start phase 2 of training (Phase 1 is just drill, physical training, martial arts & pugle sticks. Phase 2 is rifle range and alot more interesting things) 1st day of Phase 2 is Gas Chamber and rappel tower! (only my child would think this stuff is more interesting! lol)
I'm running out of time, no mail on Sundays so I will send this out on Monday. I miss you guys, love you all and I appreciate all the support and letters it helps keep me going.
I had also sent him a questionnaire for him to fill out to answer some of our questions we had (the website I get on for families of the marines gave me the idea) so here are some of the questions I asked that you may be interested in hearing the answers to.
Q. So what is the food like at boot camp? Are you eating MRE's (Mom-Mom knows about these not your mother) LOL
A. No MRE's yet! Food is like good school lunch, you get salad, jello, crackers couple of other sides to choose from plus bread and PB&J packets (which everyone lives off) I eat like 2 sandwiches per meal.
Q. What are you doing to get all of your IT's and what is an IT? (He told us in his 2 & 3rd letter about getting these - at first he just said lol but the next letter he said they said I have an attitude but I don't think I do!)
A. It is intense training they make you do all sorts of exercises and scream at you. I get IT'd less now but I was getting It'd cause they said I had an attitude.
Q. Did you make any friends?
A. Yeah I usually talk to a couple of kids I came down from MD with and a kid from Jersey.
Q. Did you get to watch the super bowl?
A. haha yeah I wish
Q. Who have you gotten letter from so far?
A. Mom-Mom & Pop-Pop, Grammy & Pappy, Gary & Tam, all you guys, Kelly, Keith S. & Pappy (Chris's Dad)(he was tellin me about when he was in boot camp)
(which for some of you he is talking about Christy Barber's Dad, Craig but he is Pappy to my kids too!)
Q. Is there anything special you want me to write to you about?
A. No keep writing them like you are I love reading them (I write him everyday because the website told me too! LOL but i just write about what is going on that day at the Logue house including updates on his DOG!! or send him a card or clippings out of the paper) Speaking of which if you want to send him a picture you can (he asked me to send him some) but a great easy way is to insert a picture on to your paper in word and that way you don't have to get an extra copy. When I read about that online I decided to start typing my letters too! Much quicker and then I can add pictures whenever right in my letter!
Q. When did you get your first letter? And from who? (They told us his mail would be delayed in the beginning so I asked him this a while back)
A. Got a couple on Feb. 3rd or 4th from Mom & Brandon(Brandon's was the 1st I read though)
(Gotta love thathe picks his brother over his mother LOL)
Lachelle got a letter as well she will be over when she gets off work tonight!
Lynn
3 comments:
LOL. I don't need the read the blog i get daily updates from his mother and get to read the letters too!!! But no more tears....thats a good thing she was making all of us cry with her :-)
what a great idea! thanks for sharing this with us. i loved reading what he has been up to. i think he will appreciate this blog when he gets home as well. hope you are hanging in there!
Great to hear he is doing good. Just think he is almost half way through
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