this week kinda sucked

[pascovel]

So tuesday i went back to work, and of course, the first day back from block leave, we ran our semi-annual Yarborough Mile, which is actualy like 5 miles, plus we have to do a bunch of obstacles and other stupid shit. So i started out feeling really weak for whatever reason and knowing that i was going to be suckin' pretty bad. Then they gave me a 35 lbs mortar round to carry, and that really sucked, and then since the very beginning we had to crawl through a tunnel filled with water, my legs were smoked by the time i finished the first 20 meters or so. Then we ran through the woods and some swamps and stuff, then they put an IV in somebody, and we had to drag him up a hill, then everybody started throwing up. then we had to put a radio together and set it up and send a message. Then we had to run to an obstacle course where we crawled under some barbed wire, then did the weaver which is simple to describe if you have a picture, but would take far too much effort to use only words, then we crossed a series of logs that we had to jump like walls, then move somebody across on a litter, then cross a rope bridge, then go over some more wall-like logs, without using our hand, then pass a barrel and two 4x4s across withouth letting them touch anything, then do the a-frame, similar in situation to the weaver. Then we ran to the finish line where we had to assemble 2 weapons systems and do a functions check, and where i threw up, violoently, for a few minutes, and then proceeded to start recovering. Then the rest of that day sucked b/c we were out in the sun doing a basic airborne refresher in 110+ degree weather, which is really bad when half your platoon were heat casualties earlier that day. Then wednesday we did some more stuff that was kinda gay. Then thursday we did some more gay stuff, then we had a battalion mass tac jump thursday night. I had about 100 lbs or so of equipment all on my harness with my 35 lbs of chute and 55lbs of ruck and then my weapon also, so that kinda sucked. Then i fell a lot faster than i wanted to. Then i barely got my ruck lowered in time and definitely rode my m-4 in and then landed on my ruck, which usually will snap your legs, i guess i was just good enough to not let that happen. Anyways then we did our mission which was pretty gay and everyone left tired b/c even though we got back to the company at 2 we didnt get released until about 615. Then i slept yesterday and drank last night and now im updating my journal.

oh yeah, and i bought the complete rocky anthology on DVD today for only 40 bucks.