Phone Call 1.25.09

I received a letter from Dan on Friday, but it was just a recap of the first 4 days and had talked to him twice since then. So there wasn't anything new to report.

Dan called this morning though! We got to talk for 20 minutes, so I'll do my best to remember what all was said. It's one of those things where you have a lot to say, then you forget when the time comes and you get off the phone and your mind sorta blanks out again.

Dan said that so far things are going well. The classwork is easy and pretty basic. He has 2 new roommates, they change every 2 weeks. They are both snorers so Dan's had some trouble getting sleep. They get woken up at 5am, workout, eat, class work, lunch, class, etc until taps at 10pm. He said once they get e-mail to the outside world (right now they have it just within the company) he'll send me his schedule and some other info. He's a little worried what is going to happen this week because apparently some of the other OCs are having trouble remembering not to talk in the Wardroom and other little things like that. They usually take away/grant privileges on Fridays so hopefully it's not too bad since they were able to keep phone priviliges. A lot of other OCs have been calling home frequently which I asked him about. He said when other shipmates need help with something he's been stepping up to help and be a team player. That's good to hear. I told him from day 1 I'd rather him take care of stuff there then worry about trying to call me for a few minutes. This class will be sailing on the Eagle (sometimes they take other ships this time of year). It looks like the beginning of March they will be flying to Norfolk to meet up with the Eagle then go from there. The cruise is usually about 2 weeks long.

Landon talked briefly to Daddy, we were just sitting down to breakfast when he called. Logan was in the background jabbering.

Dan said he'll try to call on Friday during the day since it's Logan's birthday. If he is unable to then he'll try again on Saturday during the party. Hopefully it will be like today where we had a bit of time because no one else was in line waiting to use a phone and maybe we can pass him around a little.

Next time I'll have to have a list of things to talk about and a notebook to record what he says so I can remember it all! But I think I got the big stuff this time.