North Carolina

Well we made to NC no problem this afternoon. We ate at a good barbecue place in town then headed to my place in the mountains. I had such high expectations for my place, everything seemed well. But when we got there, it was nothing like how the lady advertised. The master room is awesome, as is the kitchen and living room. But my so called "room" was nothing more than a hallway with a small twin bed in it. I was so devastated. Mixtures of anger and sadness overwhelmed me and it was all just a lot to deal with. Basically I panicked. I thought that I couldn't live in the space and although I was going to tough it out, my dad immediately started looking for a new place. Problem being, that it was 4pm on Saturday. We didn't hear back from anything we found, or that my mom found actually, she was such a big help. My landlord was talking to dad and I, by the way she sounds like she may die any second, she's just old, and my roommate Shaun showed up. He was in Afganistan for a while fighting for our country so it's cool to be rooming with him. He's a solid guy and I see us being friends through the rest of our time here together. He is pretty in shape so I have a lot of work to do to get at his level but I'll try.

Long story short, I'm staying in my current place. Shaun and I may look at other options once we get going with training but we will just have to see. I think I can tolerate it for now and we will see how I hold up as I get further into training.

Dad took me to Wal-Mart to get groceries and picked up the bill, such a great guy. I'm so glad he is here with me. I'm not sure what I would have done if he had not been here when I saw my place. I really don't know, I'm so unstable right now and I think being alone here without him would have proven to be not too good. So glad he is here to be my rock and shoulder to lean on.

I'd like to say congrats to my friend for buying a new car today!! Always fun to get new stuff in my opinion.

K now on to the mountains. OH MY GOSH! The scenery here is out of this world. I've never seen anywhere so beautiful (except Colorado where I want to live someday) I plan on taking so many pictures while I'm here. I am going to explore every time I have free time. I may add more to this later but I'm sleepy and need to start getting some good rest. I still think too much at night and that keeps me up late so I'm hoping that stops soon.

Till whenever,

Zach