Oh Happy DAY

OK, so that was yesterday, but I am still on a high from it! I actually got the time to work on my WIP!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!! I managed to get enough time in a row to re-read the damn thing 'cause I didn't remember half of the stuff that I started and still need to tie up. AND, I managed to add about 3 pages there at the end! Today, during lecture (shhh, don't tell... the class was on abnormal behavior and anyone who knows me, knows I'm an EXPERT in that particular field ;) ) I wrote up a little goal sheet that sets a certain number of pages per week, depending on how much course work and afterhours that are in the schedule for each week for the reat of the time I am here at training in GA. According to my schedule, I should be able to get 110 pages done in the next 5 and a half weeks.... if I can keep my eyes open and form a coherent thought.

I needed a schedule to start moving again, and I'm going to try not to beat myself up if I don't make the goal for the week.... I mean I do have a lot of stuff that I have to do for training afterhours as well as during the regular hours.... and plan in sleeping and eating in there somewhere.

My PT test this morning went about as well as I expected it would. I managed to screw up my knee again. This really needs to stop happening, otherwise they could send me home and recycle me when they feel it's appropriate. But, there is NO WAY I want to come back and do this 4 weeks over again. I went to the trainer after class today and it seemed to help some.... it's not aching like it was, but I'm not sure it has completely thawed yet either. In case you weren't aware, being submerged to your hip in a metal tank in 50 degree water....WITH ICE IN IT, is not exactly fun. It worked, but wasn't by any means fun. Something tells me that when they have to put a special covering on your feet, SO THEY DON'T GET FROSTBITTEN that it is not exactly a good thing. But another PT test tomorrow should be LOADS of fun.... looks like I'll be soaking in ice again. yeah.

Well, I'm off to get some rest before the long day tomorrow.

Whew *wipes brow* that's over!

A hectic week is now over! Yeah! I passed 2 shooting qualifications, arrest techniques and was sprayed with pepper spray and still able to arrest someone after the pepper spray took effect. YEAH! That's 4 more hellish ordeals over with and many, many more to go. But, I passed. And, that was the goal of the week.

I also ran for the first time since being off of restriction. I managed to finish the run with the rest of the class and not come in LAST, for ONCE!!!! Yeah me! Did I mention I HATE running... especially long distances. I'm a quick sprinter, eventhough I really don't like to do it, I can. But the long distances are kicking my ass. My knee is still aching from the run, but it could be worse. We will be tested by our Sgt for how much we have improved over the last 4 weeks on Monday at 5am! So, we shall see how badly I do. There are some areas where I don't think I have improved much... or at all, but Monday will tell the tale.

I went out for dinner yesterday with the whole group. I had a good time, but when they went out to a bar after, I came home. I knew that the girl we had problems with a couple of weeks ago would be worse last night (it was her b-day) and there was NO WAY that I was going to be responsible for carrying her out of the bar. I'm sorry, but I wasn't hired to be the group mother and if you aren't grown up enough to say, "I've had enough to drink" and cut yourself off, I can't help. Even if I said, "you've had enough, you're cut off" they are all adults, they can make their own decisions and who says they have to listen to me, right? I knew that I was in no temperment to go out with them last night. When I talked to last night's DD, she said that they had to carry the girl out of the bar AGAIN. Good thing I didn't go.

Looks like tonight is going to be a quiet one. No one has come knocking on my door to get me to go out tonight, so I am going to sit down and read a book. I might even attempt to work on mine. We'll see how creative my mind wants to be tonight. Wish me luck and I'll talk to ya'll soon.

Another quick one

Man, I really need sleep, so this is gonna be short.

Training is tough.... obviously. I've finally gotten medical clearance to "try out" my knee with running and see how it goes..... the first "trial?" Try a 5 mile run at the hottest time of day here in GA. Yeah. <- Did you hear the enthusiasm? I hope so, 'cause I didn't.

Question... I'll be sprayed this week with pepper spray. How am I supposed to pass a firearms qualification less than 12 hours later? I have a real doubt that I'll be able to see at all, let alone look at a target 25 yards away and actually hit it with a bullet. I'm sorry, but whoever designed this schedule is nuts!

Ok, enough of my moaning. I'm off to bed. Maybe I won't be so grumpy tomorrow.

1 more week down....

Well, another week is gone. I passed a written test and 2 more driving tests! Yeah me! It's next week that is going to be tough. I have 2 shooting proficiency tests, a practical exam on arrests and I get to be gassed and pepper sprayed. You know I'm looking forward to that!

This week was tough, but I made it through. It's getting harder and harder to stay positive, but I am trying as best I can.

I know this short but I'm needing a nap. I hope to update at least more time this week.

Naps

I took a nap this afternoon.... and I already need another one.

The knee is feeling somewhat better, but the true test will be my arrest tech. class in the morning. I went today without the brace, hoping that some light walking without it would help to strengthen it. Wishful thinking, but it's worth a try.... right? I'll be working out a little tonight... I think I'm going to stick around my room though. Somehow I think that running today would defeat the whole "rest the knee" concept. I'll be doing enough running Tues, Wed, Thurs, and any other day that they feel like torturing me.

I spent a good amount of time reading material for my classes today.... hence the nap (fell asleep while reading about "radio communications"). Our first test is on Thursday. The academics is the only part of this training that I'm not worried about. I'm good with that, it's all the rest that worries me. We are now shooting with different weapons because all of ours were recalled... I think it is because they don't clean them right around here. But I am shooting better with this gun, however when I get back to MD, I will be shooting my weapon again! How am I supposed to get familiar with shotting my weapon so I can qualify with it, when they are giving us different weapons down here???

Anywho, I'm off to eat some dinner and do some push-ups.... fun, fun, fun. Then I think I'll reward myself with a movie. If I don't blog again 'til the weekend, I hope ya'll have a good week!

Another week down

It's been a busy week. Two 5am PT sessions plus 4 days of after hours training... making my days about 14 hours long.... too long. The good news, I passed my first driving evaluation! Yeah me! It was a speed track, with 6 graded turns and at least 6 more that weren't graded. They were some big turns too and we had to complete the entire 1.5 mile track in under 1 min 25 sec. not an easy task. But, I PASSED!!!!! Then, just after that, I broke myself during the PT session. I actually had to sit out part of it, because my knee wouldn't hold up my weight at all. I finished the run despite the pain I was in and I was able to get up the last 20 minutes of class or so to box with the rest of the class. I only sat with ice on my knee for about 20 minutes. I figure I was doing pretty good. I'm just ecstatic that I passed my first graded portion of the training. 1 down and countless more to go.

We all went back out to the club last night and apparently will be going out again tonight. Hopefully tonight I'll be able to dance a little and not just sit around with intense pain in my leg. One of the girls in my class is threatening that if I don't go out onto the dance floor tonight that she is going to have one of the guys carry me out onto the dance floor and sit me on a chair in the middle... so she can give me a lap dance. I'm thinking that I'll happily walk, well limp, my ass out onto the dance floor on my own if it'll avoid that little scene.

We will be heading to the beach in a little bit for a couple hours. We're going to a different beach, so hopefully the sand will be nice on this beach, not like concrete, like the last one. I'm guessing there will be more football, but I don't think I'll be participating. See later.

I'm Baaack!

I finally got the internet hooked up in my dorm room down here in GA, so as long as I'm not half dead, I'll be able to update some. Thank God! I was going through withdrawl! A week is waaaay to long to go without the internet! No email, no blogging, no nothing!

Not that I really had that much time. When I wasn't sleeping, I was in class or being tortured. Like tomorrow, we have a 4:30am PT. Boo Hoo! Whaaaa! I've had a couple of nervous breakdowns since arriving, but have made it through relatively unscathed. I worked out yesterday in the weight room, and by last night, I was unable to feel 2 of my fingers in my left hand. I worked my bad shoulder too hard... damnit! I didn't even max it out! A swim in the pool helped some today.

We went dancing on Friday. There were 16 of the 21 in our group that came out. We all had a pretty good time. Only had to carry one person out of the bar..... maybe that is what happened to my shoulder? We had to carry the same one out of the bar Saturday night too. Everyone else went to another bar, and I got to babysit the drunks. Sometimes, being the DD really sucks. I hate being the babysitter of the group. It's always my night that gets ruined 'cause someone can't hold their booze and say, I've had enough. 2 and a half hours on the floor of the parking lot watching someone puke and keeping an eye out for the cops so we all don't get in deep shit, while everyone else heads to another bar, is not exactly my idea of a good time. Luckily, no one puked in my truck.... otherwise they would end up.... dead.

My brother's dog is still alive and hasn't needed stitches, so I assume that is a good sign that he and my kitty are tolerating one another. Well, since I still haven't unpacked, I should go and get that done. I'll be in class 'til 6:30 tomorrow, so I may not get to blog.... a 14 hour day is a little much, but we'll see.