"E is for Extreme..."
Things have been extremely busy for me lately. ROTC had me so inundated
with work to the point where I really thought that I was going to go
nuts. Between Ranger Challenge in the mornings, being Platoon Leader, a
member of the Gold Bar Club, and the NCOIC of the Color Guard, it was a
constant barrage of work to do on top of all of my reading and such for
my regular classes. I managed to survive the trials and tribulations of
being the first Platoon Leader and I passed the responsibility on to
another MS III cadet at the end of Thursday's lab. I turned my yellow
card in (the card I fill out with my personal evaluation of myself) to
CPT Dahlgren and he told me that he had already made up his mind as to
what my overall evaluation was: E. E for Excellent, which is the
highest rating that one can get. I was so excited and proud to learn
this news. We still have to meet up and have our counseling session so
he can explain why I got the rating that I did, but he told me that I'm
performing up and above the standard that I'm expected to be performing
at at this time and that gave me the biggest boost of confidence. I
just have to keep this up and take everything in as it comes to me.
Saturday was full of more Ranger Challenge stuff followed by a carwash to raise some money for the Gold Bar Club and then I just crashed. I was so tired. I woke up and did some homework and went out for a bit to wish Chugg a happy 21st birthday. Afterwards, I just headed for bed because I had to wake up mad early the next morning again to head to Pittsburgh. Sunday I went to Pittsburgh to do a Color Guard presentation for the Pirates V.S. Cubs baseball game. It was a good time, and the first time that I ever did Color Guard for a professional baseball game. With the exception of hockey, I have now done one for each major professional sport. Here are a few pictures that I figured I'd just throw in.
I'm looking forward to this weekend: Family Weekend. Ma dukes, Steve, Tara, Rob, and Tanya all are coming out. Tara, Rob, and possibly Tanya will be staying to party. I need to get drunk after the last few weeks...
I just want this week to be over already.
Saturday was full of more Ranger Challenge stuff followed by a carwash to raise some money for the Gold Bar Club and then I just crashed. I was so tired. I woke up and did some homework and went out for a bit to wish Chugg a happy 21st birthday. Afterwards, I just headed for bed because I had to wake up mad early the next morning again to head to Pittsburgh. Sunday I went to Pittsburgh to do a Color Guard presentation for the Pirates V.S. Cubs baseball game. It was a good time, and the first time that I ever did Color Guard for a professional baseball game. With the exception of hockey, I have now done one for each major professional sport. Here are a few pictures that I figured I'd just throw in.
I'm looking forward to this weekend: Family Weekend. Ma dukes, Steve, Tara, Rob, and Tanya all are coming out. Tara, Rob, and possibly Tanya will be staying to party. I need to get drunk after the last few weeks...
I just want this week to be over already.