Summary of last two weeks - 18 March - Mike

well, i'll say this for the ftx, it was fun. i actually had a great time, which was a little predictable because i heard so many horror stories i had really low expectations. however, i was suprised by good training and the opportunity to shoot people while blowing stuff up, it was pretty cool. anyway, as you may know, i didn't eat anything but MRE's for a few days last week, so i spent most of monday and tuesday carb loading with pasta and gatorade. i think i slipped into a gatorade coma at one point. then last weekend i pretty much "celebrated" with the people from my class and the korean class that was with us. papa johns and root beer. needless to say i ran yesterday for the first time in nearly two weeks, and it was a fun experience. i ran with alpha group, and inspite of sucking wind the whole time, i was able to keep up. which is good cause i have had this nausiated feeling i haven't been able to shake for the last two weeks. along with it's friend the headache, i've been pretty cranky to say the least. i'm almost positive it's from not training or working out for the last two weeks. for some reason, our DS decided that we didn't need to do pt with the company while we were on weapons immersion. i guess it's a necessary evil with the ftx and trying to train up for that, but i'm really looking forward to getting back on some kind of a work out schedule. next week i'll be in georgia with jess and the baby, which is fantastic, cause jess has to work, and if we don't send the baby to day care for at least half the day we'll lose his spot in the day care. and the waiting list is pretty long. so i'll have nothing to do but work out in the morning. jess says that ft. gordon has a pretty good gym and pool, so i'll start swimming laps again, which is good. i haven't swam laps since i worked with the special olympics in monterey last year. coincidently, i went and got some new board shorts for surfing...and swimming laps.
the vegitarian cheese tortilini is the greatest MRE main dish ever, EVER!
and it feels good to finally have an MOS. only took 2 1/2 years.