Sunday, November 30, 2008

Mom learning how to "blog" to the fam!

Hi guys! Yes, it's actually true! Steve taught me how to use the blog, most of the way at least, so now I am trying this out for my first time!! I just need to figure out how to add pictures! I hope all of you are doing great, and I can't wait until December 18 when we are all together again!


Love everyone tons!!!

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Voicemail and Quote

Voice message from Mom and Dad to Steve:

Mom: Hey Steve it's Mom...
Dad: ... and Dad...
Mom: ... calling you...
Dad: ... from home...
Mom: ... while we're eating...
Dad: ... apples.

Mom: We love you...
Dad: ... a lot...
Together: bye (bye).


Quote of the year (from Dad):
Setting - when we pull up to the O.A.R. concert for his birthday in East Lansing.

"This could be the biggest surprise since each of you were born."


Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Moving on up

Hey guys! So I haven’t written in a while but I hope I’ve kept you pretty up to date on the phone. Lately, we’ve been really busy helping the upper class graduate and preparing to in-process the lower class (aka “LowBots”, since we’re in the BOT-basic officer training program). We’re excited to be the upper class because a lot of the attention (and yelling) will be on fixing all the lowbots and getting them in gear. As I mentioned, I’ll be interacting with them on sort of a different level because while I need to keep holding them to their training standards, I will also be responsible for being cognizant of their morale. I’ll work to help them be comfortable enough to come to me if they need a more sane upperclassmen to talk to in the first days and weeks here.

In honor of this new class, I found a picture that was taken of me on TD-0 shortly after I arrived. Posting on the wall with our Talon (the book) in our face and/or getting yelled at and reciting information from the Talon pretty clearly characterizes a lot of our first weeks here! The funny thing now is that on Wednesday we’ll be those people in the blues…7 weeks to get this far and about 6 more to go till we’re on our way out J Love you all and look forward to talking soon.

Jeff