AHall80:I’ll thinkaboutit.
AHall80:Igottago.
AHall80:Talksoon.
RubyMars:Okaybye.
AHall80:ByeRC
* * *
March19th
AHall80:Hey
RubyMars:Hey.
AHall80:I got your box today.Thankyou.
RubyMars:You’re welcome. I hope you aren’t getting bored I’m always sending the same kind of stuff, but why mess up a goodthing?
AHall80:It’s all great. I’ve told you before you don’t have to send me anything, but I’m not going to say no to booksandfood.
RubyMars:I forgot to ask. Did you end up trading forTheHobbit?
AHall80:Yeah. Already finished it and traded 2 Dan Brown books for the firstLOTRbook.
RubyMars:That’s a fair trade. Tell me what youthink.
AHall80:Iwill.
RubyMars:Have any of your other Help a Soldier people sent you thingsrecently?
AHall80:A couple weeks ago I got a big box of socks, baby wipes, andsnacks.
RubyMars:Soundslikefun.
AHall80:It was. I already ateeverything. :]
RubyMars:Partyanimal. :)
RubyMars:Have you heard anything else about when you’re leavingforgood?
AHall80:Not yet, but everything seems to be on schedule. Should be about 8 weeks. The longest 8 weeks ofmylife.
RubyMars:I’msure.
AHall80:I want a shitty, greasy, deep dish pizza like you can’t imagine. I can alreadytasteit.
AHall80:A hot shower… a real bed… ACeverywhere…
RubyMars:Cleanclothes?
AHall80:Clean clothes. Clean socks.Nosand.
RubyMars:Cleanunderwear.
RubyMars:No sand? I thought you were planning on going to thebeach?