BOLC Week 2

I can't believe we are done with another week. This was a busy week for sure. Tuesday morning was a PT test for the first three platoons. My roommate, who is a direct commission, was nervous about the test so I decided to go and be a cheerleader. We were up at about 0330 and out the door by 0400 for the 0500 test. The Army loves to get you there early to stand around for a little bit. The whole "hurry up and wait" dynamic. The nice part about being up so early is that it is quite a bit cooler at 0430. She did great! Still needs a little work on her run, but things went well. The rest of the day was more briefings getting our gear for the field. Pretty uneventful.

The next day was my turn. I was hoping to max the test even though I haven't in quite a while. All those mornings E motivated and pushed me to work out paid off. I ended up doing 60 push ups, 90 sit ups, and ran my two miles in 15:17. Non of these were personal bests, but they were good stepping stone scores for getting back into PT. Overall I scored a 327. Again, the rest of the day was spent sitting in briefings. We did get the opportunity to meet our Platoon Advisers that afternoon as well. Our PA is great. She means business, but as long as everyone is doing what they should, we have a great time. She's had some great experiences and loves to tell us stories.

Thursday was our first day of organized PT and actually having class all day in our platoons. I am liking this A LOT more. PT was good. Nothing difficult, but a good follow up to the test. Getting showered up after was another story. There are way too many females for the amount of showers we have. My roommate and I finally opted to wash our hair in the sink and put on a little extra deodorant. It was the only way to make sure we were actually going to make it to breakfast, which is a MUST for me. Anyone who knows me, knows I don't like missing a meal. :) After breakfast we had an accountability formation and headed to our classrooms. We had one of the combatives instructors talk to our class briefly. The are offering 5 slots per platoon to try for Level 1 Certification. My platoon has 60 people and 15 people were interested. It came down to our pt score. Luckily some of the top PT'ers were already certified so I was able to get a slot. Ironically enough, some of the other platoons were going to pt scores as low as 270 and our lowest person to receive a slot had a 310. My first day is this coming Tuesday. I'm really excited and I think it will be good training, especially as a female in today's crazy society. They compared the moves to UFC fighting. So this should be interesting.

Friday we didn't have scheduled PT. We just came in and had class all day. We were notified that we would be moving from the Holiday Inn back on post, so that was a bummer. Instead of hitting the Riverwalk, Julie and I packed up our room and moved that evening. We finally finished bringing in our things at 1 am. Whew, that was a LONG day.

Yesterday I attempted to sleep in as all the rest of our classmates moved in. There were doors slamming, people talking, all kinds of ruckus. I eventually got up and headed down to the continental breakfast put on by the hotel. Our new place is fine. We definitely have a lot more storage capacity than the Holiday Inn. This place is meant for extended stay. We have a kitchenette and did I mention a lot more storage room?? We have our own desks too, which is nice. Yesterday afternoon we went over to the north star mall and got a few things. We were both in need of some shorts. Pant and capris don't cut it down here...it's still too hot.

Here it is Sunday, our laundry is in the washer, and we've got a "to-do" list about a mile long before we start the next week. It's only two more weeks before we head to the field. Once we get to the field things will go twice as fast. Granted we're out there for three weeks, but it will go quick. After the field it's just two weeks of nurse track time and I'm done.

I'm looking forward to seeing E again. I miss him and hate being away from him this long. He'll be done with school and down here before we know it!! :)