Chunnie and I were wondering how long it would take before someone asked me for an autograph. Now I have the answer: almost exactly one week.

Kudos to the guy who came up to me during our lunch break. He's not even in my unit and he clearly wasn't at all comfortable asking. The opposite, really. Only, it seems, his girlfriend is a biiiig fan. And he was clearly trying to please her. Even from in here.

We dragged him to our table and kept it funny, talking about all the outrageous things our families have made us do in the past. At one point, it got a little too hilarious for our sergeant, but once he'd been told the reason he only made us run a few laps around the parade ground for being excessively noisy.

It's getting a little easier now that we all know our way around a bit more. The guys in my unit can see that I'm no different than they are. I have family and friends I miss, just as they do. So hopefully, it won't get too crazy. Even if I have to buy an extra set of pens before we finish training.