"Right now we haven't done too much. So far we've done a lot of PT and some team-building skills... Today we did the Eagle Tower. It's like a giant 80 foot wood tower and one one side there's a huge cargo net to climb down. Then, my favorite. On the other side is a giant wall that you do a tactical rappel down. It was scary at first, but once I got it figured out, I had so much fun!"
Alex has always wanted to rappel down a building - between that and getting his rifle, he's in hog heaven!!
"Also, I hear we have the [tear] gas chamber this coming Thursday. However, I may miss it because I'll be on sick call for a while. I woke up this morning and felt like absolute crap - my throat is core, my nose is clogged, and I have chills when it's like 90ยบ outside. I hope I don't have to recycle, but they're making me go so everyone else doesn't get sick."
Awww... my baby is sick - far, far away from home! Sorry, that sent me into full on, overblown Mommy mode!! The Army medical staff won't be able to take good enough care of him. They don't know what kind of Gatorade he likes best. They don't have the recipe for Mom Mom's soup. I'll bet there's no TV in sick call - who's going to sit with him and watch old '70s TV shows on TV Land? And it's killing me that I can't call him to ask how he's feeling.
And I certainly hope he doesn't have to recycle - I know he's not very far in, but it would be a shame to have to start over. And then he probably wouldn't graduate before Christmas! Now I really can't wait to get a second letter. He said he'd keep me updated.
Thanks, as always, for letting me share!!
You can share with us any time Gail! I, for one, love getting the updates.
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thanks, shar!!!
ReplyDeleteSo, is he training to be Spiderman?
ReplyDeleteOf course you're in Mom mode :) Sounds like he's enjoying himself, and that's a good thing. Though it sounds like a lot of hard work to me. Keep posting!!!
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