Journal entry 37: July 4th 2120
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Today was independance day. My mother, and a lot of other parents, came to visit us. It was a good day, perhaps the last time I'll see her for a couple of months. I told her about the "Centaur Club." This term is new to her, but she admits that rape does sometimes happen in these camps. She never talks about my father, maybe I don't need to know certain things. Londan and his rival Munich are engaged in a competition. Whoever gets the most girls pregnant before their tour of duty ends wins. They also include the new draftees that they're training, thus both Munich and London are putting pressure on the newbies to seduce us before the end of August. There was one boy in London's group I felt sorry for, a young immigrant from Nigeria. London berated him, for being uncomfortable about getting multiple girls pregnant. I also introduced mom to some of my new housemates. Paris is a new girl like me, don't know much about her yet. Toronto and Bogata are both near the end of their tours, Toronto is pregnant, Bogata has a neworn that she will soon put up for adoption. I know I have to get pregnant soon, and I will, I'm just nervous. My mother said it's normal to be nervous at this stage. I heard a number of other parents tell their daughters the same thing today. But the good news is that I'm almost through my tobacco and alcohol withdrawel. And like I said it was a good day, even if I didn't get to eat the foods I wanted to.