Letters

Chapter 4

July 27, 2016

Dear Aurora,

Wow! Or should I say whoa! I don't think it's time for a mail order husband yet! Lol, you have a few years and there's gotta be a few old hermits around there looking for a wife!

Just kidding! God, I hope you take that as a joke!

Honestly I don't mind answering your questions, I could use a friend too..although I do have the guys in the squad..it's not the same.

I like the color blue, and I don't have a girlfriend, my last one wasn't so happy with long distance relationships and wrote me a "Dear John" letter about a year into my first deployment...since then it's just been weekend or leave girls...I'm not saying I sleep around but I do go out on dates when I can..and some don't end there...
My last leave was almost 2 months long(sorry can say why), and I had the start of something good with a lovely lady...unfortunately she forgot to mention her fiancee who was out of the country at the time..After that I kind stayed away from one -on-one dates unless it was a group outing..the guys can always use a wing man! Lol

Great Ryan...great thing to write about..

Man, this letter isn't going well..new topic.
Yes, the guys in my squad are my friends.They are a great group and although I never stay with one group or place too long I like them a lot.It's hard to have friends outside the army as my day to day life isn't something most people share or want to know about.I didn't have a lot of friends as a kid since I was moved around alot in the foster care.I did seem to have mostly good families...they were just already full of kids and i was kind of one more..you know what I mean?

Hmm..I'm not sure what my future plans are.I have 3 more years left before I really need to decide if I want to re-up or not.(That means re-enlist for you civilians).That's a long time.I'd like to think I would stay but who knows what will happen in the future?

I hope your staying safe too! Did you say bears and wolves? Wow! Do you live off the grid? We've traveled to areas where we stayed like that.No hunting animals for us.The army supplies everything we need, but I think it's awesome that you can do that all.Tell me more about your place.I wanna be able to picture it.

Not being sexist, but is it hard to be a woman living alone? Do you find it lonely?

I guess I'd better go. I'm gonna include a few pictures of me and some of the areas around here.I'm not sure if they will all pass the checks but you'll at least be able to see me! Lol

Keep safe!
Ryan