July26,2008
DearAaron,
It’s Ruby. I’m back home in Houston. If you’re curious, my vacation went great. I even got a pretty serious tan. That was my sixth time going to Orlando with my family, and it nevergetsold.
I have some more questionsforyou:
Have you ever been to Orlando/Disney?
Apples ororanges?
Cakeorpie?
Bestwishes,
Ruby
Chapter3
August
August2,2008
DearAaron,
I hope you’re doing okay. I contacted the Help a Soldier foundation to make sure you’re fine and to double-check the address/e-mail I have for you since I haven’t gotten a response. Hopefully I’m only overreacting. I know I’ve told you I’ve done this before, but every other soldier has always reached out to me at least through e-mail once a month (not that I’m putting pressure on you, I just want to make sure I have all the right information and I’m not sending things to the wrong person oraddress).
I just realized how clingy that sounds, but I don’t mean it inthatway.
I hope you’re fine, and I’ll leave you with another joke since I spared you from one lastmonth.
A group of soldiers were standing at formation when their instructor said, “All right, all you dummiesfallout.”
Only one man in the squad stayed at attention while the restwanderedoff.
The instructor walked over to the soldier who hadn’t left and met him eye to eye. The soldier smiled and said, “Sure was a lot of them,huh,sir?”
Bestwishes,
-RubySantos
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August9,2008
DearAaron,
I decided to switch it up this week again and send you something different. The picture I’ve sent along is one of my favorites in the whole world. I bought it when I was eighteen. My sister took me with her to Iceland for her college graduation present and I found the print at a little store. I bought three copies and gave one to my best friend. Sometimes when I have a bad day, it’s nice to remind myself that the world is a lot bigger than I am and whatever crap I have going on in my life, and the Aurora Borealis has that effect on me. Isn’t itbeautiful?
Hope you’redoingwell.
Allthebest,
Ruby
P.S. I still haven’t heard back from thefoundation.
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