December 20

I just got neens' other package. BRUCE!! AND AWESOMELY BAD KUNG FU
MOVIES!!!!! Very nice! Thank you sooooo much! Me and the other new guys are
the only ones getting gifts since most everyone on the ship had a
"Thanksgiving Christmas" (a common navy invented holiday in which one
combines the two holidays on either Christmas, Thanksgiving or some other
random day in October when deployment gets in the way.)

Whats wrong with arresting gear dept? Then again I never deal with those
people lol. The photogs (MC's mass communications specialists in navspeak)
aren't around too much lol. They do take pics of our unreps most times
though.

Ps the profanity censoring is thanks to a certain girlfriend. She bugs me
lol.

Pssss. I can chug coffee and then fall asleep now lol. 7 cups in 30 min on
the bridge. Fall asleep on bridge is something I don't want to find out
about.

HOPEFULLY I'll get your package at 2100 tonight so sorry in advance if
there's a late phone call.

Got anthrax shots today. Not too bad....OH MY GOD WHAT IS UNDER THE
SKIN OF MY ARM! Rumor is that smallpox can be much worse.

In class all week so I don't have to work!! WOO HOO! Just sit in sex ed,
hazmat, maintenance and such all day from 6-1400 so not bad, me thinks.

Oh went to GQ for 6 hours yesterday. FUN!!! Actually I'm a fireteam
investigator (AKA I look for fires) but 6 hours with little ventilation in a
small room with 100 people....not fun.

Tell Meredith happy birthday and that I'm sorry for a lack of gifts. Whole
deploying on short notice thing. I hope she understands.

Merry Christmas!