Tech School

Yes it is me again its been a while but i decided that i needed to get on here and actually write something for once and not have Miranda do it. Although it is so much easier when she does it i like the things she writes they are good. Anyways an update here since she hasnt wrote anything for a while when i first got here i thought tech school was going to suck that was just because i was fresh outa basic and still thought it was going to be like that. I was clearly mistaken sorta :) anyways i got to school 5 days a week and have homework every night and it sucks but hey thats ok and that is why i didnt always make it to the library where the internet is free ;) so yeah i have already taken my first block test...just so you know my school is divided into 4 blocks the block tests are the main tests if i fail a block test twice or two different ones once each then i get kicked out of the air force...anyways i passed with like a 84% so i guess thats not to bad. I am trying to be a student leader and get a green rope. If i get it then i will let yall know i have my interview on tuesday i think so we will see how well that goes. My room mate is leaving this week some time so hopefully i dont get another room mate before i leave because i would really like to just have the room to myself it would make everything so much easier but we will see how that all works out for me. umm other then that nothing really exciting has happened i text everyone who has texting every night and tell them goodnight and call miranda every chance i get but i think ima start calling home at leaust once every other day umm if you want to see the type of truck i am going to be driving for my job look up MRU R-11 Kovatch its big but its kewl...umm yeah i think thats just about it...wait no Allison your in trouble you never once sent me a letter you jerk...and Amy you never sent me more then the one...Melissa never sent me one either...even Samuel sent me a letter...yall just dont love me anymore i see how you are... but you can make up for it by sending me home made goodies :) anyways i will try and update this at least when a big event happens so you can learn about that...oh i did go to a club last night..it was absolutely terrible i didnt get there in time so my buddy was completely wasted but i got him home so thats good umm yeah i am never going to a club again

New Address

David's new address is:

E3 David H. Potter
2850
General Delivery
Sheppard AFB, TX
76311-9999

not quite as long as his last one :) He wants lots of homemade treats, letters, all that fun stuff. I talked with him a little tonight, and he thinks he may have underestimated tech school. He is already getting stressed so keep him in your prayers. He sends his love to you all :)

Last week!

Hey!
David passed his Evals last week so he can graduate for sure... unless he does something really stupid... yesterday for PT they did over 100 push ups and 100 sit ups and a bunch of squats, he said he is feeling it today. basically he has this up coming entire weekend already planned haha he is super excited to get out of there and finally graduate!
keep praying for him, he sends his love and he misses everyone!

6th week update!

Hey!
So David survived BEST (Yay!) and in his words"It was the worst week of my life." Apparently wearing 60 lbs of gear all the time isn't very fun. He said he could feel the sweat pouring down his arms and legs.
He gave me a run down of his schedual for this next week, his TI is going to be gone for a couple days which means they get a "floater" I guess they yell all the time and are way strict.. anyway he gets to wear his Blues tomorrow for the first time, he has his PT evals Thursday I think, and his final written test of friday. Umm he said that he is super tired, but he sounded as happy as you can be living in hell.
The reason why they can't write letters is because they were sending all of their letters with one guy to go mail, which is illegal so they got in trouble and aren't supposed to mail anything anymore.
OH! This Friday is the last day to mail him letters so yeah make sure you do that :)
He sends his love to everyone, he misses you guys like crazy!

YaY!

Hey everybody,
I just talked to David and he is doin much better! He sounded pretty happy he even sang Leaving On A Jet Plane (he provides the musical entertainment for his flight hahaha) This week is BEAST so he would like it if you would hold off sending letters until Friday. His flight lost writing privileges so he wont be able to reply anyway.... that was about it. Next week, if he gets a call, I'll get BEAST stories to share so that will be interesting...

A fourth of the way through

Alrighty, so I kinda slacked off, but I talked to David last Saturday... to be honest he isn't doing very well. I guess most of the guys in his flight are sick, and so is he...
I also got a couple letters. The second one was him basically saying he doesn't want to be there anymore :( He is excited for a long hot shower when he comes home, so he can actually clean off better.
The first one is full of smiley faces :) He misses talking, texting, and especially candy. Ummm for the Saturday dinner he wants brownies, candied yams, veggie tray, orange juice, steak, and biscuits haha. He surprised a bunch of the guys down there when he started yelling at them to get cleaning the latrines. Lots of Harry Potter jokes. He passed his PT evaluation : 51 push ups and 58 sit-ups, his run was a 11:11, which is not happy about. During the obstacle course apparently he had a stalker :P and wants me to ask you guys to keep sending the letters and pictures, and thanks for the ones you have sent. :)

Almost a month...

Hey everybody!
David called today, he says he is doing well but he has some stories... Yesterday (Monday) was the gas chamber. He said it wasn't too horrible, he got through it fine. The problem came that night at dinner when he nearly died eating pork... They were being rushed like usual and he tried to swallow his meat followed with some water but it got stuck and he started choking. Luckily someone noticed and a TI gave him the Heimlich and he is perfectly fine now. Then today was the obstacle course and he said he dominated that so no worries... besides his bumped up chin... He gets is name on his uniform on Thursday along with his Blues, which he's excited about :) I think thats everything.... He loves and misses everybody, keep the pictures and letters comming :D

Apology and Appreciation

So I got an Apology and Appreciation letter today. In it he says he hates wearing socks to bed (I dont blame him :P) Andrew if you need to know David's TI's name its Staff Sergeant Hesper (or Heaper... I cant tell what the third letter is haha)
He says: "I truely do value everything so much more, like the little things even. I miss cleaning my house even if it wasn't cleaning. Holding my niece while my sister did laundry, doing my own laundry even. I value time and sleep a ton. Peace and quiet, everything... I feel so terrible about all the bad moods and it was so stupid....... This place has given me a different out look of what people go through and i respect my sister for everything she does around the house, so much, and my dad for working as hard as he did and still does to raise us and my mom for being a super mom..."
I just thought I'd share that with you guys and let ya'll know he is thinking of you and appreciates everything you have done for him :)

19 days later...

Hey!
As you probably guessed I just got off the phone with David :) He is stressed but doing fine. He is sleeping better lately. He was bragging how he is up, showered, dressed, eaten breakfast and had the bathrooms cleaned before I'm even at school haha. Andrew he is excited to see you at church when you go down there :) He would like pictures of everyone ummm oh he said he "smiled and nodded" (he said Mom would know what that means??) He sends his love and prayers and he cant wait to be done.

He called :)

Hey Everybody!
I just got off the phone with David! He is alive and well. He says he is super tired and its hard to sleep even though they are constantly marching and doing some sort of physical activity. Graduation is May 7th. He wants everyone to know that he loves and misses them, and thanks for the prayers!! :D

I have his address

Thanks again everybody :)

I got a postcard from him today with his address:

AB Potter, David H.
323 TRS/FLT 317 (Dorm B-9)
PSCS
1320 Truemper St. Unit 369558
Lackland, AFB, TX 78236-5570

For additional info: http://www.basictraining.af.mil

So there you go :)

Hey!

Hey Everybody its Miranda
So... I have never blogged before so we'll see how this works out :)
On Tuesday David and I got to the airport and met up with Andrew, Lilly, Susanna, Rebecca, and your Dad, talked for a while then sent David through security. We couldn't follow him after that obviously so he gave us a wave goodbye. He called a couple hours later when his plane landed in San Antonio safe and sound, and then once more right before he headed for base. About 10:30 that night he called and said his scripted call. Basically he said dont contact his squadron directly... I think... he was talking way fast.. I'll try and get details when i can :)
Ummmm still no address... and thats about all I know for now. I'll try and keep everyone updated as much as i can.

ok so heres how its going to go...I am going to call Miranda like i already said but she is going to keep everyone updated on here with my blog so dont think its me doing it it....she is the one who is so yeah now you know...so yeah she will pretty much just telll you whatever it is that i tell her on the phone

Leaving

Okay, so i am leaving in a week from today...I guess all of you knew that if not then you do now. Anyways i might get to make one phone call once in a while and i figure i am going to use it to call Miranda and if that doesnt fly because she is sleeping or busy with school or work then i will leave her a message and call somebody else. But my calls will be limited and everything so thats why i figured i would just call Miranda...anyways but i will be able to write probably alot more then i can call so if i do get chances to write and anyone wants me to write them then you better give me your address because im not a genius who knows everything about his family K? cause theres lots of you and you live everywhere so if you want a letter then give me your address if not then you can just hear about it from mom or susannah or dad or somebody.

Thank you

Alright so i am not so good at this blog thing as you well know. But i am even worse at saying thank you to everyone. But i am sure as heck going to give it a try...P.S. i leave for Basic Training March 9th thats in 2 weeks.

So i want to say thank you to everyone. You have all been a big help and a major comfort...even when i didnt show it :) i dont remember alot of my childhood really but im sure everyone was there and helped me in same way...

Amy...Since you are like 16 years older then me im sure you where there when i was just a little lad and took care of me and helped mom out and all that grand stuff. I could be wrong you coulda been majorly popular and hung out with friends i dont know i was to young :) but i do know you love me so that has to count for something right? And im sure if i needed to talk to you you would be only a phone call away..unless you werent home in which case it would be more of a wait then phone call because you dont believe in cell phones :) But i just wanted to say thank you for everything im sure you have done for me growing up and i just dont remember and everything you are bound to do in the future. So thank you and know that i love you.

Alison...your not quite as old as Amy (no offense Amy) but still with the distance in age i dont fully remember growing up. But im sure you were there just as Amy was and thats just amazing...unless you are the popular girl and spent all your time with friends...Again i was to young so not fully sure...But i do remember different occasions in Texas (two in particular) that you held me when i cried...obviously i was a little tyke because you know how i do "I'm a big kid now" but i dont think i ever thanked you for that and you have always been a comfort to me. Oh and your the only one who calls me "David Hollis" its how i know im in trouble :) but anytime i think about you i always think about when you just held me while i cried...so thank you very much and always know i love you.

Andrew...your just way awesome and your a super big help with information about Basic Training and getting around base. But you have always just been an awesome big brother with being nice and all that. I remember i used to always want to be just like you...wanted to be tall ish and since your the only brother married im assuming your good looking so i always wanted that to...and your smart so i wanted to be smart. Obviously im no genius and im not to tall either but i think i kick your butt in the looks department...No just kidding but seriously though you have and always will be a big help...its really kind of weird to tell your brothers you love them but yeah i love you man...

Jonathan...obviously you dont have a Blog but im sure Susannah will let you know about this...but as big as a pain in the butt that you are you really awesome at the same time. For every mean thing you do you do twice as many good. and i am no good at working on cars or even understanding them in the least So thank you for all the help you have provided me with and im sure you will help in the future especially when it comes to mechanics because i am completely clueless and since your family i guess i am required to love you...no jk but yeah i love you to just like everyone else in our family.

Susannah... you help on a daily basis and your always just in the other room or at most a text away and so i know i could talk to you with ease...my problem is i dont really like to talk about things that bother me...it causes emotions and emotions cause tears and such and im not big on tears in public...but i really enjoy going places with you because you get to talk and i enjoy listening to you talk...even if its complaining about ashley or whomever it is your having an issue with at the time...its still just fun to listen and maybe eventually you will be the listener...but thats a different subject all together..maybe :) Oh and i know i hardly ever or never say it but thank you so much for the hard work that you do with cooking and cleaning and everything i know its especially hard with having Rebecca and everything but thats why you have family right? we are always here to help...so long as we are actually home...so yeah thanks for everything and know i love you.

Melissa...i dont know if you have my blog accessible or not i dont have yours unless i do loops and stuff through other peoples but just like with Jonathan someone will let you know about this. I want you to know that you have been a really great big sister and really patient when dad was staying with you and me samuel and kayleigh would come up for a weekend. I know i never once said thank you and i feel terrible for it but in my defense i was young and stupid and really didnt say thank you to anyone for anything. Now i am older smarter...well older anyways :) and so thankyou so much for being who you are. You are and always will be amazing. I heard about your baby and i feel really bad and i pray for you every night and day and i hope you are doing better. I love you Melissa again thanks for everything.

Timothy... I am sure mom will give you the heads up on this but you have always been my inspiration. Like Andrew i always wanted to be like you but different i dont know how to explain it umm...i always saw you reading your scriptures and praying and i have always wanted to be like that...i have recently been doing a ton better i read just about every day i miss once in a while and i pray every day. And you have always been super smart and everything and a really good artist and i have always wanted to be able to even draw half as good as you. You have helped me sometimes but i just get angry with myself and frustrated that i give up where you just keep it up. Again you are a huge inspiration and motivation and i just wanted to say thank you. I love you man

Mathew...I never really knew you at least not here on earth anyways but im sure we would have gotten along really well...im not sure if you are reading this even but im sure someone will mention it in a prayer and you will hear about it...But im not sure what it is but sometimes i feel like your here...even though i have never really known you its like i can feel you watching over me you know? but yeah i love you and thank you for being around even when i dont know it.

Nathan...when we were younger we were really good friends always played games and talked and such...im not really sure what happened but we dont do anything together anymore...we dont even talk its really kind of sad...i feel like i dont really know you that well like you have changed i dont know how to describe it. maybe it was just because we both got older and both of our interests changed and we dont have much in common to even talk about anymore...i dont really know but as younger lads that we were you were a really good friend so thank you and know i love you...no matter how much we are different and change.

ME...well we all know me so ya'll can just fill in the blank for this one :)

Samuel... you have always made me jealous...you always got dads attention and stole it from me when i tried...all you had to do was talk about computers or construction or whatever and dad was right there discussing it with you...not to mention you had straight teeth your whole life and i had to have braces to fix mine. and your just super smart with computers and thats just something i dont understand like mechanics but your always there to help me when i need it and i want to say thank you...plus your just really fun to hang out with and all that jaz your funny and stuff so thanks again i love you man

Kayleigh...i hope i spelled your name right...if not i think you will forgive me...if not then i will make it up to you eventually i will buy you pom poms and bring them to you how about that? i will even try and swing pink ones. but you have been the best little sister i think anyone could ask for. You always made people laugh and you gave amazing hugs. Your kisses were sometimes slobbery when you stuck your tongue out at the last second but it always made for a good laugh. Anytime you needed help there was always someone there to help you and no matter what we always dropped what we were doing to help you. I think you brought us all closer together our family is like one of those puzzle ball things and your the key to it. We all love you and miss you and i know you watch over me just as much as Mathew does...I feel you near especially when i feel sad or alone. So thank you so much Baby Becca you are amazing and i love you.

Mom... I know a week ago or few days or something im not sure time is all a blur to me but i blew up on you...i told you i had a terrible child hood and i blamed you and Dad saying it was ya'lls divorce and not having family home evening and not having family moments and stuff like that killed my childhood...but it was a lie...I had a wonderful Childhood...yeah if you and Dad never got a divorce it woulda been better but it was the best that you and Dad could have given me. I think back now and i see all the little sacrifices you made to make it as good as it could have possibly been and i am sorry i blew up on you the other day. You are the single most perfect mom anyone could ask for. and you did everything perfectly and you just amazing and the only flaw you have is your not married to dad yet so you need to hope on it woman. But yeah thanks for always helping me with school and raising me from a tiny little guy and just being there when i need a listener I love you mom...and dont you forget it

Dad...well old man i remember once i gave you crap about never being home and never being around and i was being stupid then and selfish and i guess i just missed always having a parent around cause mom just never really had a job...well she did for a minute but you know cleaning ceramics is hardly a job (sorry mom) and she did it during school hours so she was always home and when i moved here you where always at work and it doesnt change you are still always at work. But my idiot childish selfish mind didnt see that it was because you had to so you could support your big family and so we could eat and have the stuff we had and needed and your fixing the house and still dont have time for me but thats ok because everyone has to grow up sometime...right? So i guess when i leave for basic i get to grow up and then go on a mission and grow alittle more...and then go to collage and get married and grow some more...but i will always ask you and mom for advice and everything and i will visit as often as i can... I love you Dad..Thanks for everything...


haha so i hope i got everybody....if not i am a terrible brother and i apologize and i will fix it so just tell me if i forgot anyone... I love you Family