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prophet_marcusDid I mention we finally heard from Eric? We finally heard from Eric. He called Saturday night to give us his address. Why are military addresses so freaking long and complicated? I'm sure they could just treat the post as its own town and give street addresses. But I've sent him a letter. The first of many. It's been ages since I wrote letters regularly. And snail-mail yet!
Ah, well. In other news, I spent five minutes fixing the back gate today. It took me longer to walk three blocks to buy the screws than to fix the gate. Makes me feel like Tim Allen.
Ah, well. In other news, I spent five minutes fixing the back gate today. It took me longer to walk three blocks to buy the screws than to fix the gate. Makes me feel like Tim Allen.
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Date: 2006-04-18 12:40 am (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2006-04-18 03:54 pm (UTC)In part, because they're set up so that when the Soldier gets reassigned to another post, gets deployed, etc., the military post office can forward the mail in a more or less effective manner. I was Navy, which is slightly different, and my initial training pipeline included several relatively long stages. Still, I think I had five different barracks, in three different commands, on two separate bases - all in my first year of service. Trying to forward mail via street addresses just ain't gonna cut it.
All that being said, though, it's great that you've heard from him and that he'll be hearing from you throughout boot camp. Mail from home can be a huge morale boost.