Chapter 3
Dear Kris,
Hey! Well, I've been here for three months now. Thanks for the care packages! I appreciated them. It reminded me of the Kid-Kits we used to have. I've been thinking about the baby sitters club. I've had a lot of free time on my hands. It's been hard, Kris, these last few weeks. I'll be honest: morale is low, this hard and there is no end in sight. I'm trying to be helpful to my troops, but it isn't getting any easy.
My work is hard; there are a lot of people here, and the schedule gets pretty demanding. Tonight I have guard duty. It's slow and quiet. At least we sometimes have fun things to look forward to. (Although tofu is hard to come by, I managed to work out a deal with a buddy of my friend.) I've lost some weight (I'm a skinny rabbit again!) and I bought some presents for everybody. I hope you like yours. Our money is worth more here. At least I finally got a cooler and stuff for it! Oh, and if you can please send me some nylon stockings! (Their useful for keeping bugs out of my boots.)
I miss the life we all had; when all I had to worry about was being late to a BSC meeting. We need a reunion once I get out of this "sandbox" in a few months. Well I got to go!
Forever Your Treasurer,
Dawn
Kid-Kits? Wow! I haven't thought about these in a while. I'm Kristin Leery former president of the baby-sitters club. Good times. Now I run my own business from home. I'm a real estate broker. I also run after my three year old, Andrew. He's named after my stepbrother who passed away a few years ago. He was very sick. My husband Denny is the president of a Sporting Goods store and together we coach Little League. The main office of the store is located in Stamford Conn, not far from where I used to live. That's where I met Denny, at my real estate class. He offered to help me with some work and I accepted. But funnily enough, I thought Denny was gay so I agreed. I had just ended a draining relationship and Denny came to school everyday looking like a member of the Fab Five. He carried a silk bag and always commented on woman's clothing. I thought it was cute and my classmate Allison hinted that he might be gay. It turned out he was straight and he had a crush on me. Who knew? After a brief dating period and a long engagement we married and not long after that Andrew was born.
Hmm. A reunion? I should've thought of it first! If I could get them together…it could take months. And with Dawn deployed, I should have enough time to get it all together to surprise her.
Wow! I can't wait to get started!
But first, I'll write Dawn a letter.