Poor Chicks

Day 4 08 June 02 Saturday

I got up today again at 0430 and I realized that that's 0315 MN time, early! Yesterday I said that I was writing a poem about Rachel for Rachel but I don't know if I'm going to send it to her or even give it to her. I think I'll write her and ask if she wants it. Today has been uneventful thus far. Chow was normal, 2 min to eat and after we cleaned our barracks, make our beds /cots to Army standard. There wasn't much to do today except to stand in line for chow. When we were cleaning there was a birds nest above the door to the inside. 5 chicks were up there and the D.S. (drill sergeant) in charge ordered the men to tear down the nest and break the necks of the chicks. If I were one of those guys, I couldn't have done it. So today was a lounge day. Got to sit in the barracks and talk. My battle buddy and I sat and talked to a guy in the bunk next to us. We talked about about school, cars, sports, work and prom. It was an interesting conversation. We have found out that we will be having 17-19 hour days starting at about 0400 til 2100. That means not only is there time to write/read letters but we get around 7 hours of sleep! Over the course of the day I have been adding to my poetry. I also have finished my first letter which will be sent out to Rachel Monday.