Holy crap. I have so much to say and so little time. This week has been crazy busy. I'm so tired! I can't think right now. Let me fill you in on life.
Monday (5th), I got fitted for my blues. Not gonna lie. Not my favorite military uniform. In fact the pants are awful. They are straight up mom jean style slacks! UGLY! I've been very sleep deprived this week. We woke up at 3am today. 4 yesterday and 4 monday. Then all day long, I've been trying to get everyone's clothing in order (folded correctly, rolled correctly, as perfect as possible). I hope my letters aren't boring. I just tell my weekly account of "Memoirs from the Top Bunk." Okay, back to Monday! So, Yay! We got our name tapes on our ABUs. Exciting right?! I'm officially half-way through BMT! Woot! So in our box lunch Monday we got OREOS! So, in a nut shell that was Monday. I got all my dress stuff for graduation.
Tuesday (6th) we had classes all day. I think. I really can't remember Tuesday.
Wednesday (7th) we had the obstacle course. Sounds fun. It wasn't bad. But I hit a low this week. Nothing depressing, just found a lack of motivation. We do the same thing day after day. I was a little down on myself. I'm okay. I promise. I think it just hit me that I've written about 8-10 different people that haven't written me back. Maybe they never got my letters. It's been known to happen. I don't know what but a few trainees have said the same thing happened to them. So I don't get it, I just wasn't feeling the support from home. Which is funny cause it hasn't bothered me until it's been four weeks. So I finished the obstacle course. Fell in the water twice (which actually felt good. But my boots weighed like 20 pounds afterwards). So that was Wednesday. Oh! We had our M16 weapons evaluation too. The top ten girls from my flight that could break down and rebuild it in four minutes and knew the parts went to get tested. So I had one of the girls in the flight go, "Hunter-Lovelady knows her stuff." So I got volunteered to be one of the ten. Lankford was right. I could break it down in about 28 seconds and put it back together in 40-something. I also knew all my parts. So me + nine others went to get tested. We had to break the weapon down under 2 mins and put it back under 2 mins. This is all for points towards your flight. The eval was worth 20 points...we got 19. One of the girls messed up putting it back together. But everyone knew their questions. It was good.
Thursday (8th) we had open ranks. It's where our flight stands in formation and everyone has to be in uniform and do the right commands. It's pretty easy. But we got an 11 out of 15. The evaluator guy went around and asked people questions. Everyone did pretty well. We had a few dumb demerits that cost us the 4 points. Like one girl's shoelaces weren't properly laced. Isn't basic training exciting? :) We also had our fourth week PT eval in the morning. We ran a mile and a half. Push-ups and sit ups in a minute. So I was sore from the obstacle course. I only did 28 push ups and 38 sit ups in a minute (each, not both in a minute. 2 separate mins) I feel brain dead! :) I think that was all to Thurs. Oh and classes.
Okay, ready for Friday?! :) So this was a day I actually was not looking forward to! But it actually turned out to be a really good day! I had a few bad days in a row. But I'm okay. I don't want to blow it out of proportion either. I just wasn't motivated this week. But the gas chamber changed that. For whatever reason I wasn't nervous at all. I just kept telling myself, "it's not gonna be that bad!" So we learned how to put on our gas masks. Which I've done before with my brother. It's pretty easy. Then you check the seal. Then we put on our MOPP gear (boots, pants, jacket, gloves and mask). We lined up and got ready to go in the chamber. I was pumped and ready to get it over with. So we had to take a few deep breaths with our mask on once we were in there. It wasn't how I imagined it. I pictured it being really cloudy. It wasn't. So we did 10 jumping jacks. Moved around. Then it was time to take the mask off. You had to take a breath and say "Sir, trainee Hunter-Lovelady reports as ordered," then hold your mask to your chest and slowly walk out. Some people started choking on the gas right away. NOT ME! :) I was a friggin bad ass! I did what I needed to do. It wasn't til I got outside that it actually starts hurting you. I don't remember coughing at all. But I'm sure it was done. I just remember my eyes burning (not crazy bad) and I had to blink a million times to get it out of my system. My whole flight kicked ass. No one threw up or was over dramatic. We just did what we needed to do and got out. It took about 2 minutes for my eyes to stop hurting and I could blink normal again! I was so happy after this. It was the confidence booster I needed!
Today (10th) we just cleaned up and did laundry stuff. Literally all day, folding and rolling. But always having fun at the same time. We sang some Aladdin. A Whole New World! It was great. Half the flight was downstairs in the chow hall all day doing KP. Two of my lil buddies were down there and told me they missed me when they got back. So I know I'm doing something right around here! :)
It's 11pm and I need to get some sleep. I'll try to write more tomorrow if I can! I've had no time this week. I hate that I can't even write all that I want to write! But you basically know the events of last week. Oh! This week. Monday (12th) Holiday, Tuesday (13th) flight photos and individual pictures! :) Wednesday (14th) Nothing special...classes. Thursday (15th) Pugil sticks! YAY I get to beat up on someone. Friday (16th) M16 weapon range! I've been waiting for Friday! I can't wait to go shoot the ol weapon. My goal is to get expert. I will not settle for anything less. 3 weeks from Friday I graduate! :)
Kristi
Tuesday (6th) we had classes all day. I think. I really can't remember Tuesday.
Wednesday (7th) we had the obstacle course. Sounds fun. It wasn't bad. But I hit a low this week. Nothing depressing, just found a lack of motivation. We do the same thing day after day. I was a little down on myself. I'm okay. I promise. I think it just hit me that I've written about 8-10 different people that haven't written me back. Maybe they never got my letters. It's been known to happen. I don't know what but a few trainees have said the same thing happened to them. So I don't get it, I just wasn't feeling the support from home. Which is funny cause it hasn't bothered me until it's been four weeks. So I finished the obstacle course. Fell in the water twice (which actually felt good. But my boots weighed like 20 pounds afterwards). So that was Wednesday. Oh! We had our M16 weapons evaluation too. The top ten girls from my flight that could break down and rebuild it in four minutes and knew the parts went to get tested. So I had one of the girls in the flight go, "Hunter-Lovelady knows her stuff." So I got volunteered to be one of the ten. Lankford was right. I could break it down in about 28 seconds and put it back together in 40-something. I also knew all my parts. So me + nine others went to get tested. We had to break the weapon down under 2 mins and put it back under 2 mins. This is all for points towards your flight. The eval was worth 20 points...we got 19. One of the girls messed up putting it back together. But everyone knew their questions. It was good.
Thursday (8th) we had open ranks. It's where our flight stands in formation and everyone has to be in uniform and do the right commands. It's pretty easy. But we got an 11 out of 15. The evaluator guy went around and asked people questions. Everyone did pretty well. We had a few dumb demerits that cost us the 4 points. Like one girl's shoelaces weren't properly laced. Isn't basic training exciting? :) We also had our fourth week PT eval in the morning. We ran a mile and a half. Push-ups and sit ups in a minute. So I was sore from the obstacle course. I only did 28 push ups and 38 sit ups in a minute (each, not both in a minute. 2 separate mins) I feel brain dead! :) I think that was all to Thurs. Oh and classes.
Okay, ready for Friday?! :) So this was a day I actually was not looking forward to! But it actually turned out to be a really good day! I had a few bad days in a row. But I'm okay. I don't want to blow it out of proportion either. I just wasn't motivated this week. But the gas chamber changed that. For whatever reason I wasn't nervous at all. I just kept telling myself, "it's not gonna be that bad!" So we learned how to put on our gas masks. Which I've done before with my brother. It's pretty easy. Then you check the seal. Then we put on our MOPP gear (boots, pants, jacket, gloves and mask). We lined up and got ready to go in the chamber. I was pumped and ready to get it over with. So we had to take a few deep breaths with our mask on once we were in there. It wasn't how I imagined it. I pictured it being really cloudy. It wasn't. So we did 10 jumping jacks. Moved around. Then it was time to take the mask off. You had to take a breath and say "Sir, trainee Hunter-Lovelady reports as ordered," then hold your mask to your chest and slowly walk out. Some people started choking on the gas right away. NOT ME! :) I was a friggin bad ass! I did what I needed to do. It wasn't til I got outside that it actually starts hurting you. I don't remember coughing at all. But I'm sure it was done. I just remember my eyes burning (not crazy bad) and I had to blink a million times to get it out of my system. My whole flight kicked ass. No one threw up or was over dramatic. We just did what we needed to do and got out. It took about 2 minutes for my eyes to stop hurting and I could blink normal again! I was so happy after this. It was the confidence booster I needed!
Today (10th) we just cleaned up and did laundry stuff. Literally all day, folding and rolling. But always having fun at the same time. We sang some Aladdin. A Whole New World! It was great. Half the flight was downstairs in the chow hall all day doing KP. Two of my lil buddies were down there and told me they missed me when they got back. So I know I'm doing something right around here! :)
It's 11pm and I need to get some sleep. I'll try to write more tomorrow if I can! I've had no time this week. I hate that I can't even write all that I want to write! But you basically know the events of last week. Oh! This week. Monday (12th) Holiday, Tuesday (13th) flight photos and individual pictures! :) Wednesday (14th) Nothing special...classes. Thursday (15th) Pugil sticks! YAY I get to beat up on someone. Friday (16th) M16 weapon range! I've been waiting for Friday! I can't wait to go shoot the ol weapon. My goal is to get expert. I will not settle for anything less. 3 weeks from Friday I graduate! :)
Kristi
