crazy weekend at the 344th
Live from Lackland! I finally have internet! It only took a month and a half.
A bunch of things have already happened and will happen this weekend. What has happened:
1. Another 100% on my test today. Is it getting old? Nope. But now we’re moving into the notoriously most difficult block of material in the entire Airborne Mission Systems course. 3 weeks of study into 4 1/2 days. Please pray for it. It’s on computers though, so I already know about half of it.
2. Our punishment ended! Haha, funny to say. I finally got moved into Phase III of tech school, which means I have no curfew on the weekend, and I can go off base outside of class hours in my civilian clothes. Praise the Lord after 2 weeks of not knowing if Ashley can come visit - BUT NOW SHE CAN! :)
What will happen:
Tomorrow the entire 344th training squadron (my dorm) is moving to another dorm to make room for another tech school group that won’t move in for months. For the next month and a half I will have a room that half my size, share a bathroom with 5 people instead of 2, and have to fight to wash my clothes. Here’s to a great rest of my time at Lackland before I go get destroyed in Washington.
And now, what you’ve been waiting for. The ‘Stache.
My class of 1A3s (my job code is 1A3X1) decided to start an AMStache contest. There are AF regulations: it can’t touch your nose or your upper lip, and it can’t go beyond the corners of your mouth. Yes, I read the rules. I am of course in the lead by leaps and bounds. Even with the rest of my face being perma-grey, it’s unbelievable how dark it already is after only 7 days. I have developed a few nicknames that have already been picked up by a few people outside my class, as well as my instructor: Wolfman, Pep Boys, Used Car Salesman and Chief of Stache, as well as a few others I can’t mention here. At first it was to only go as far as whoever had the lowest test score had to shave, but since all of us have gotten 100s on both tests since we started, it’s now to the point of holding onto them for the mere fact that they look absolutely ridiculous. We completely hate them and have decided to only shave when our wives come to visit. Looks like I’ve got 2 more weeks. But hey, when am I gonna do it again?
So that’s the low-down right now. So glad I’ll be able to do this more often. And by the way, I have a webcam! Get one so we can talk!!
-sam
