That can't be comfortable!
Today’s
PT consisted of circuit training. Normally circuit training is a piece
of cake and all is well, but today we had the very de-motivational
sergeant that has come a few times in the past. I swear this sergeant is
the worst one on post. He is just horrible. Everyone hates this guy. So
my day started off pretty crappy just dealing with this sergeant and it
made me start off the day demotivated. It was one of those days I just
didn’t feel like doing all the army things...I just wanted to hang out
in my room and maybe watch a movie or two.
Class
was pretty boring in the morning...so boring in fact that PFC Metal
created a projectile weapon out of his mechanical pencil. He then became
a sniper and started shooting people in class which was pretty funny.
The things we do to entertain ourselves...lol
After
lunch me and all the others in our class that are going overseas (with
last names starting with M-Z) had to go to the medical clinic for shots.
We arrived and were given a small brief to let us know what we needed
to do. I had to go to the lab for some blood work. I then had to get
smallpox, typhoid, and anthrax shots. The smallpox shot will end up
turning into a blister on my arm and then fill with puss. It sounds
pretty crazy what we have to do after this shot. We have a bandage that
we leave on for three days and then we change it daily after that. We
are supposed to take the used bandage and put it in a baggy with some
bleach to keep it from spreading. We also can’t be around kids under 1
year old and a host of other warnings and precautions. Holy Cow! We have
to go back in a week and have it checked out. Right in the middle of
this with about 40 people in the clinic they had a fire drill of all
things. We all had to go out wait for a specified period of time before
going back in.
After
we finished at the medical center the young Hawaiian and I went to the
IET center. There wasn’t enough time to head back to the schoolhouse, so
we hung out in the IET center for a bit and then went to the DFAC to
eat dinner.
Tonight
we had yet another mandatory training. It was the last in the series
that we’ve been doing for the last few weeks. This one had to be the
best though! We learned how stress is bad for us and how to deal with
it. He had everyone close their eyes and take some deep breaths, it was
the first time during training we could close our eyes and relax without
having to worry about a sergeant yelling at us....lol
We
were told after training that Charlie doesn’t have any PT tomorrow,
instead we have some sort of accountability over at the company. All we
know is that we have to be in ACUs in formation at 4:30 in the morning.
I’m glad we don’t have PT because my right arm where they gave me the
two shots is pretty sore, it hurts every time I move it.
When
we arrived back at RBK we found out we have a formation tonight at
20:30. WTF?? I hate living in barracks! I hate having my personal time
taken for granted by whatever NCO needs his ego stroked. It turned out
after we all formed up that it was the same exact message we just heard
at the training we just came from. (We will not be doing PT and will
need to be in formation at 4:30 in our ACUs). What a waste of time.
Overheard Quote:
“Wow look at that bubble up! Don’t worry, that’s normal. Even if it
wasn’t we would say it is” (The doctors who were giving me the anthrax
vaccine said this after they gave it to me.- My arm started to bulge out
where they gave me the shot)
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