Yea. I got to move to a new barrack. It's so nice compared to my old one. Rooming in with two of my buddies back from bootcamp. No more 8 people to a bathroom without a lock. I got a whole  desk and dresser to myself. We even got rocking chairs We even got carpets  Now i can walk around barefeet.  Only thing sucky bout it is the water pressure for the shower and toilet is pretty weak. And I sleep rite next to the vent where the A/C comes out. Other then that its great.    Oh yea. Finally be able to get my own DSL/Cable (Not sure which one)  internet connection. You know what that means

Went to the movies today and watched Narnia. It was a pretty good movie. This week I have Test #1 which i need to pass. If not, i wont get my yellow card and I get mandatory night study. I just want my yellow card. Been on white card for a month already.  We have 3 phases we go through. Basically white cards, you cant drink at all even if your over the age of 21, curfew at 10pm, no civilian clothes, leave base at most 25 miles radius, and you cant drive at all. Yellow cards, we have curfew at 12, drink only on weekends if your 21+, you can wear cilivian clothes, 125 miles radius from base and you can drive. Blue cards your pretty much free to do anythin you want. I wont get blue card till I graduate I could get what they call a blue weekend liberty card if i can keep my average 90+. Lol that would never happen   This week is the last week of class before we go on standby. Two of my roomates are leaving on vacation this friday. Me and my other roomate wont leave till after Christmas Its gonna suck because im gonna have duty every 3 days instead of the normal 6 days period. In other news my computer parts are comin in this week Spent like $1700 on all the parts. This and buying all the gifts for chirstmas, im pretty much broke rite now. Gonna take awhile before i can recover from this loss  

Talk about a sucky weather today. First it snowed, then rained, then snowed, then hailed, back to snowing and just when classes was over, the sun decides to come out  Good news is they might cancel class on Monday   I feel like total crap. Think im gettin sick. Been coughin like crazy since this morning.

THIS IS FUCKIN BULLSHIT. I GOT SCREWED OVER AGAIN. FIRST, I LOST CHRISTMAS LEAVE. NOW THEY PUSHIN BACK MY LEAVE DATE BY TWO DAYS. NOW MY LEAVE DATE IS EITHER THE 28TH OR 29TH. BASICALLY I GET LIKE 5 DAYS OF LEAVE WHILE PEOPLE WHO GOT CHIRSTMAS LEAVE HAS THE 16TH TILL 27TH .

It finally snowed  here in CT. However that means we're gonna have snow watches Basically if its your turn then you have to go shovel the snow so people can walk on the sidewalk.  Things been goin great here. Classes sucks major ass tho. Too much note takin. First day of class and i wrote 5-6 pages bac and front of notes. Then i get 2 hours of night study  

Blah. Missed my cousin wedding last Sat. Heard my parents and releative had  a great time. Wish I could have been there. Too lazy to upload pics rite now  Finally got my hands on a laptop. Got it at a pretty decent price. ($1200)  Gonna be using it for entertainment then actual work

Well. Im broke. After yesterday shoppin spree i only got $98 in my checkin and bout $80 in cash and bout $200 in my savings which i wont touch. O wells. Getting paid in bout 5 days. At least im done with X-mas shopping  Now i got to figure out how to get it home. Gonna take out $1500 loan on Monday. Use it to buy a laptop and build some credit.

This is total bullshit. I requested to put on the first week leave so i can go back to NYC on Christmas and spend time with friends and family. My class leader thought it would be funny and put me in on second week of leave. That means the earliest day i can go home is the 27th since i have duty on the 26th.  Damnit. if i was on Bravo or Echo duty section i would have lefted on the 25th and still made it for X-Mas. Blah just feel like crackin someone over thier head

The mailing system here on base sucks. Takes like 2 weeks just to receive my goddman mail. I ended up opening my own PO box. For those I already given you my address or those who still needs it. This is my new mailing address.

Johnny Vo

P.O. Box 5411

Groton, CT 06349

Christmas is around the corner. All i want for X-mas is $$$. You guys can mail it there

Oh yea. I found out on Monday I will be getting Sub-Pay. A xtra $150 each pay and then I will get a 4% raise starting Jan 1, I believe. I'm pretty happy bout that. For X-Mas leave i might take bout 10 days off to go back to NYC.

Blah this week been borin. Did nothing but sign papers. Today all i did was PT and clean the BESS building. Lol its funny how I never spent my money in bootcamp and yet im sorta broke now. Only got $200 left in my checkin account and $700 in my savings.  lol i got to stop eating out and start eating the crappy food served here. Bootcamp chow was 4star compared to here.