Heard From My Son Today

As you may know if you have been reading this irregularly posted blog, my son is in Marine Boot Camp at Parris Island, SC. This is a wonderful vacation spot for young men and women. The camp counselors are fun and lovable and the accommodations are excellent. Did I meniton that it is an all expense paid trip too!!

All of the meals, lodging, and extra-curricular activites are part of the expense. Which is just one large piece of one's ass for at least four years:)

Well, we have been waiting for a letter or some word from Jason. I guess that he got some "writing time" in one day this past week to write home.

The letter consisted of a form letter, with fill-in-the-blanks, kind of like a government "madlib". It had 8 areas that the recruit could place information in, and that information was provided for the recruit by the DI (drill instructor). That's kind of the theme of boot camp.

He did have a place at the bottom, a P.S., which were two 3 inch lines to communicate to the folks back home. Tucked into these 6 inches of space, in my son's very small, and sometimes, illegible hand-printing, was his message home:

HELL...BUT I'LL MAKE IT AND SEE YOU SOON.
THEY EASE OFF LATER I GUESS...BUT IT'S BAD

Is he having fun or what!

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