Today is Sunday, November 1st, 2009 and I just took my first relaxing poop since I’ve been here. Usually the D.I.’s hover your dome everywhere you go, but we obtained our first real liberty today. We have a total of 4 hours of free time which includes church, bathroom time, fixing your gear and writing home. I was taking my dump when the church call came so I missed it. I’ve spent the last hour prepping my gear, cleaning up, ironing and I’m finally sitting down to write. The time is somewhere around 0900 (9am).
Only 10 out of 76 recruits didn’t go to church, so the barracks is extremely quiet. I go in for my check-up tomorrow to make sure the green stuff is out of my lungs.
Tomorrow starts week 3 and time is starting to move a little faster.
There are a few must-have items that have become essentials during boot camp. Hand sanitizer, nail clippers and canteens are probably in the top five along with soap and laundry detergent. I use the hand sanitizer on everything, including the toilet seat, before I handle my bidness. It’s not business here…it’s bidness.
We also were able to have more time in the bathroom this morning. The first week we had 10 seconds to do everything. 10 seconds to shave, 10 seconds to use the head, 10 seconds to shower, etc. Today we had about 8 minutes to do it all, which seemed like eternity.
I still really enjoy drilling with the rifles. I thought it would be gay, but it’s very rewarding to see the whole platoon move in harmony.
The toughest part for me still remains being away from my wife. In fact, since I prepared well for boot camp, this would be a cake walk if I didn’t spend my time thinking about her. I miss you a lot Baby!
11 more weeks to go and that will all change. I can’t wait!
#1 by Mike at December 10th, 2009
Haha, I did the whole hand sanitizer on the toilet thing too. The biggest thing I was worried about before boot was being able to shit in peace… Now two years later, still the biggest thing I stress about when going to the field