My Soldier

Soon, I will have another BFF. Hopefully. Sometimes I get too excited about new friends, and then it doesn't work out. Like that girl who lived behind me. I thought she was too cool for me and was way excited when it seemed like she wanted to be friends. I pictured it being like college again; having all your friends in the same building. Then we went out to dinner one night, and the crazy in her was revealed. She talked about getting hit on while buying cigarettes when she was 8 months pregnant, mentioned that the baby lives in Wisconsin with no further explanation, and then gave a detailed description of her digestive problems. My hope of us becoming BFFs turned into dread of running into her.

Anyway, I digress. So I saw this foreign news correspondent on The Daily Show:



and I thought, I need to support our troops. That's not just for Republicans. I disagree with the war in Iraq, but I still have the utmost respect and admiration for our soldiers and what they do for our country. That's one reason I oppose the war; I don't want them to die needlessly.

So I found this program called My Soldier and signed up to get a soldier as a pen pal. All I know about him is that his name is Leonardo. I sent him a letter, and hopefully we can be friends and I can send him letters and care packages and many words of encouragement and support. I'm really excited about this. I hope he wants to be pen pals, too!