[Joe Wicked]

Ron,
Seattle needs to find a way to divert the water to Lake Shasta.

Making the final preparations for attending my Step Sons Boot Camp graduation this weekend. Really proud of him. He did not want to go to school after high school, and has spent the last couple of years working unloading trucks at Walmart, Target, K-Mart, etc... Nothing wrong with it, but he is a real smart kid and can go far if he applies himself. Really surprised me last spring when he said he was talking to recruiters from the Navy and from the Air Force. He decided on the Air Force and went through with it. They are really different then my Boot Camp graduation. We did everything in 1 day, started early and finished at almost dinner time. His is spread out over 2 days. Starts Thursday (we will miss these ceremonies) and ends on Friday. Thursday we can only watch, not get to see him at all. Friday after the parade and final ceremony, we will get to go back to the barracks and see him there. He will get a day pass on Saturday and we can go out in town. Sunday he is limited to Base only privileges. We got liberty on Friday and had to be back by Sat 0700, Then by 0730 we were back out on liberty and had to be back at 0700 Sunday. Back on liberty at 0730 and had to be back at 0000. Much different.