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June 13, 2012
Dear Rachel,
I'm in my second week of basic training. I'm kept really busy. They keep us to a strict schedule; the only break we seem to get is at meal time, plus we get a very small amount of personal time at the very end of the day, right before we go to sleep. The drill sergeants give us our mail all at once; they announce it out loud in front of everyone which is pretty cool – this way everyone in my group can hear about my beautiful theatre girlfriend.
I seem to be keeping up with everyone pretty well. This week we're doing a first aid review which is good because I know I failed that unit in health class. We're also working on hand-to-hand combat which is pretty awesome.
The best thing about being on the site is that they have sport teams for everything. I've signed up for football – they had try outs last week and the team captains were really impressed with what they saw.
I'm living in what's called 'single housing; it's different from 'married housing', which is where families live. I didn't know that entire families could live on the Army base – even if only one partner is enlisted. I have my own room and there's a community kitchen and living room that I share with three other guys. The food in the mess hall – McKinley's version of a cafeteria – is pretty terrible, so I might hit up some of the other recruits for cooking lessons. Wouldn't it be awesome if I could cook for you when we see each other again?
The drums are calling for lights out, so I'll write more soon. At least we live in the same time zone, so it's not like I'm calling you at 2 in the morning or something. I miss you a bunch.
Love Finn.