week 6

it was a nice weekend here in sunny georgia. we did not get a pass friday night, but i believe this was intentional, not really due to anything we did. saturday morning had two events. firstly a blood drive. i was fortunate to be able to donate; there are many of my fellow candidates who were not able to because of vaccinations or deployments outside the us (or oconus as they say). i got a cool t-shirt, which is pretty good motivation to do anything. secondly, we had our first in-depth barracks inspection. wall lockers, bunks, displays, etc. i ended up with a negative spot report because my acu tops were not zipped up while hung, i did not know this was required, but i do now. a buddy of mine got busted because his boots on display weren't tied. i've never heard of that, we usually just inch up the laces and tuck them in. ah well, we'll do better next time. after the painful walk through, we sat around until it was time for chow, then we got released until sunday night. nice.

being that today is my birthday (yay me) i went out with some friends for a late dinner and some beers. some became a few and we stayed out till 2 am, woot. i still managed to get up in time for church (thanks for the 8 am phone call mom). now its time to hydrate for our student-graded pt test tomorrow.

we turn the corner as we enter week 6. this is our last week as basic officer candidates and we transition, early week 7, to senior officer candidates. it will be quite a week- 3 exams: supply and training, military intelligence and history 1- our pt test- a 5 mile release run and then on friday we select our branches. this is a huge milestone in the course of a cycle. it will be nice to get through this week to focus on the next set of challenges: leadership exercises.

i should have my first duty station location and follow-on training orders in about a month, so i will finally be able to tell people where we'll be living!

rock on.