He's Off!

The eagle has begun to soar. Zack left at about 2:30 yesterday with Sargent Torres. They were off to do his run, his last qualifying event-an 8 minute mile- and then they were going to the Raddison for the night and he will ship out today or tomorrow. The hardest part is that we will have no contact with him in boot camp. He can write us letters but that is all for a few weeks and then he'll be allowed a 5 minute call on Sundays, but I don't think every Sunday.

Zack seemed mostly excited and a bit nervous. He was excited about the physical part, but then he saw some stuff on TV about the Marines and got cold feet for a while, but I think he'll be fine. He is pretty much into competition. Much more so than I was. I think that will give him extra umphh. He always does great if there is a contest of some kind and usually will win.

So, no news on him for a while I guess. Pretty quiet here now. We'll keep you posted.

Bob