Green As They Come

Day 3 (Official 1st day) 07 June 02 Friday

After getting up at 0400, we marched to the mess hall where we stood and waited. And waited. Anyways, today was a day to prepare for basic. We got blood drawn into three different tubes and received three different immunization shots. The day dragged on with a lot of walking to and from places only to stand. Boring! We did get issued all of our stuff though and the building we went to get it had cushioned benches so there was a great sigh when everyone sat down. So far though, we ave done nothing that relates to a physical aspect of basic training. The processing part is only partially complete and will not be completed till Monday because there is no processing over the weekend. This is bad because it means that I will be down here for two more days and as hard as I try not to think about Rachel and how much I would love to see her in person (I brought two pics of her and I from prom) I only get sad because I know I can't. But I do think that I'll write a poem about her, that usually helps. Well, it's lights out in a minute so I'll go. Goodnight and sweet dreams Rachel.