Friday – 15 Jan
We began the morning with our weigh-ins. For those who don’t make the standard weight, body fat is measured. Needless to say I have to be taped for body fat on these things. I haven’t been 168 since high school. Thankfully my body fat is not too bad. After this, we had to change into out ACU’s and sit in the classroom for Tri-care and some other briefings. At 11:00 am, we had to make it over for the PT test. This was just an assessment consisting of push-ups, sit-ups, and a 1 mile run. This is half of a normal PT test. I came ready to pass a full one if I needed too, so hearing that this was only half of a normal test was welcome news. It was a nice day outside to do this, around 60 degrees. Most everyone ran their best times in the mile, there was a lot of enthusiasm to get this done. I ran my best mile ever 7:43. We will be having two a days starting next week, a lot of physical training but I’m looking forward to making good strides and losing some weight.
After the testing we had to meet back at the chaplain school for D & C (drill and ceremony). Basically marching in formation. I really enjoyed this. Now we’re learning real soldiering. Saluting, marching, drill seargant barking commands. We just kept on turning directions and marching all over the parking lot. We were done at 3pm and surprizingly they called it a day and let us go. MLK weekend so we have several days off.
I had to go to Sumter to do my house closing. That did not go so well. I really don’t like unprofessionalism or the way some people do business. That’s all I want to say about that!! At least we don’t have to worry about our home in Sumter anymore, I hope!!!
The good news is that I got to see Rachel and Stephanie. That was great seeing them again. We had a great dinner as well and talked plenty, with plenty of hugs. It’s only been a week but it seems like several. It was sad to say goodbye, again.
