Sorry, I know I haven't "Blogged" in a long time. I'm only doing it now because I woke up from a dream/nightmare and now can't sleep so I figured I'll make something quick to let you know I'm still alive in a way.
So we did the pistol qualifying stuff for about a week and a half. I did pretty good with all that. No problems passing anything. After that, I scraped by another test. Passed but cut it close, yet again.
My parents and sisters came down to see me for spring break and that was awesome. They were here when I got pepper sprayed and tasered, pepper spray being the most painful thing I have ever endured and overcome physically so I guess that's an accomplishment. We had our "red man" fighting drill the next day. Where we do a bunch of physical things to get "tired out" and then have to fight our 4th or 5th degree, can't remember which, black belt instructor who just beats the crap out of you while saying that he's going to kill you and that you are weak and pushes you past where you thought you go. So all that was fun that week.
Now we are driving, which I am pretty good at. I don't think I'm the best driver in the world, but I knew before I came here that I was pretty decent, and my driving scores prove that so yay for me I guess.
I know it's a short one but like I said, just woke up and just need to do something to get my mind off things. I'll try and "blog" more often but there is only a little over 4 weeks left here. Still excited to come home, but now the feelings are both excited and terrified. Hope this next month is a blur and it's all over soon.
-Zach
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Boots 'n Cats
So today I didn't have to go to class. We have two Wednesdays off this month in case of bad weather aka snow or ice, but it hasn't happened yet so we just get the day off anyways. Sleeping in felt so good. Even though the past weeks have not been stressful, I'm still a heavy and long sleeper at heart. I finally got caught up with my laundry and got everything washed and folded perfectly. Vacuumed my car and leather treated the seats. Vacuumed the house and just watched Arrested Development for like 12 hours haha. Amazing really.
According to my calender I only have 43 training days left before I get to come home. This is not including weekends or days off. But it's like 57 days till I will be in my parents driveway. I'm really looking forward to the drive home because I bought an FM transmitter for my car and it has been amazing. No more burning CD's and it sounds really good. Having an iPod will help for sure.
The last few weeks have been pretty fun. We started doing firearms and have had a lot more free time throughout the days. More down time I should say. It helps me stay somewhat stress free. My mind feels much more at ease lately and I think having some time throughout the day to stop and just breathe has helped. I'm also hanging out with people in class outside of class and some other people I have met in the town. I like being with my new "friends" here outside of class. We went bowling last night and it was really fun. Not a huge group, just my class Sargent Robert, our class "Doc" Nathan, Emily, Mark Spain (Who is awesome), and Issac (who is gay but whatever he doesn't creep me out all the time). I would say that those people, minus Issac, are my closest friends here. The bowling alley is also where the local "younger" crowd hangs out so it's nice seeing people my own age and not just my class.
My roommate Sean, who is an active reserve marine, got called two days ago and found out that he was promoted to Captain and he is really excited and I'm happy for him. He is going to Africa to train a group of soldiers for something over there and he's really happy with all of this. This comes with a pay increase so he's also happy about that.
We got permission to use the hot tub that belongs to one of the other cabins so that is going to be nice after long workouts. I like having Sean's fiance here. She cooks very well, and the place is always clean. I feel bad but she seems like she enjoys taking care of us so I'll let her. They have an awesome dog that I love and he's super nice.
Other than that, not much has happened. Haven't gone hiking since the weather is rainy or cold here lately. It's supposed to warm up and I hope to hike again soon.
Hope you all are doing well who are reading this.
Thanks for your thoughts and time,
Zach
According to my calender I only have 43 training days left before I get to come home. This is not including weekends or days off. But it's like 57 days till I will be in my parents driveway. I'm really looking forward to the drive home because I bought an FM transmitter for my car and it has been amazing. No more burning CD's and it sounds really good. Having an iPod will help for sure.
The last few weeks have been pretty fun. We started doing firearms and have had a lot more free time throughout the days. More down time I should say. It helps me stay somewhat stress free. My mind feels much more at ease lately and I think having some time throughout the day to stop and just breathe has helped. I'm also hanging out with people in class outside of class and some other people I have met in the town. I like being with my new "friends" here outside of class. We went bowling last night and it was really fun. Not a huge group, just my class Sargent Robert, our class "Doc" Nathan, Emily, Mark Spain (Who is awesome), and Issac (who is gay but whatever he doesn't creep me out all the time). I would say that those people, minus Issac, are my closest friends here. The bowling alley is also where the local "younger" crowd hangs out so it's nice seeing people my own age and not just my class.
My roommate Sean, who is an active reserve marine, got called two days ago and found out that he was promoted to Captain and he is really excited and I'm happy for him. He is going to Africa to train a group of soldiers for something over there and he's really happy with all of this. This comes with a pay increase so he's also happy about that.
We got permission to use the hot tub that belongs to one of the other cabins so that is going to be nice after long workouts. I like having Sean's fiance here. She cooks very well, and the place is always clean. I feel bad but she seems like she enjoys taking care of us so I'll let her. They have an awesome dog that I love and he's super nice.
Other than that, not much has happened. Haven't gone hiking since the weather is rainy or cold here lately. It's supposed to warm up and I hope to hike again soon.
Hope you all are doing well who are reading this.
Thanks for your thoughts and time,
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