PT

I did my first PT yesterday! WOW! I passed. I ran 1.5 miles in 12 min 30 sec, did 50 sit-ups and 25 push ups! Better then the numbers I need to be doing to stay in the Navy! YEAH! I am so sore today though! During the run I was starting to get sick to my stomache, lesson, don't eat right before and running out side is different then running inside. The wind was blowing right at me and so my throat got so dry it started gagging me. UGH! When I crossed the finish line I stepped to the grass and sat down. My recruiter started telling me to get up and start walking. If I didn't I was going to pass out. Hopefully I will be shipping out for basic soon!!!!!!

The other thing that I have been thinking about is the fact that I am a divorced mom who let her ex husband take residential custody of the children. We still have shared custody with everything else. I have visitation rights. I posted a message on a facebook Navy sight and one of the replies was very jugemental. The best place for my children to be is with thier father. He and I couldn't get along. We had a lot of problems that we are both glad I left for. He was able to face them and to quit drinking so much. And, well, I was able to face a lot of things too. I have not been able to find full time work and for the last year not even part time work. So I came home to help my mom take care of my grandfather. She thought it would be a great idea to try and join the Navy. So here I am.  I will probably dealing with people who are quick to judge me because of this, but I am doing what is best for my kids. I am teaching my children something and I have not abandoned them. I know what that is. My mother and father didn't want me. My family that I love and charish are my foster family. He has a stability that I can not give my children yet. I call them every night and any chance I have to see them, we always work something out for. My time with my children is quality time. Whether it is on the phone or face to face. My babies are my world. I love them so much!

Mother's Day

This last weekend was Mother's Day. :) It went really well! We had my two babies up here for the weekend and everyone got along great! No melt downs or anyone trying to kill each other. It was great! So mom and I had a household of two 7 year olds, one 6 year old and one 4 year old, one 6 month old Newfoundland and two cats. A fun weekend indeed! It was bitter sweet. Everyone is starting to get the feeling that I will be leaving soon. There is a chance I will be leaving before the end of this month. I am really excited and sad all at the same time. I will miss my family dearly.

My first PT test is schedualed for Thursday! I feel that I am really close to ready. I am able to run 2 miles in less the 16 min and do the sit ups and push ups required. I wish I could do better then the required number on those though! I did sit ups yesterday in my jeans and today there are a few places that are a little raw. Hopefully it will heal before Thursday.

I have got the Sailor's Creed and the Eleven General Orders down pat! So all I need to do now is go through all of my kitchen boxes and get ride of most of it, move everything I am keeping to my storage unit and taking the rest up to the second hand store. I had an entire household, but it has been in boxes for a year now. I thought it would be good to keep it, but as time goes on and the realization that I will be stationed some where for three years, has me thinking less is better. The only things I will be keeping are the things I use now and the things I can not replace.

So wish me luck on my PT test!

Progress

So it took a lot of work and a lot of help from my mom to get all this stuff memorized. The final deal was a trip to town. Missoula is about 55 miles from where we live. She quized me and had me teacher her the whole way into town. I had to meet with my recruiter this day. We didn't think that I would be tested on what I had learned so far, but we were trying to be ready. I didn't think that I had them fully when I walked into the office, but I did. :D YEAH for mom's who work real hard on teaching us how to memorize! The last one, general order 11, was the hardest to remember. It has a few twists and turns in it.

11. To be especially watchful at night, and during the times for challenging, to challeng all persons on or near my post, and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.

Mom had  a hard time with 4.

4. To repeat all calls from post more distant from the guard house then my own.

So when I was sitting with the recruiter he started asking me about the orders. I knew them all and he signed me off on them. :D YEAH!

Now for the big news. I might be leaving for boot camp before the end of this month. That would be great! I get to get started! But it is a sad deal too. My mom is working on building a house and it is finally starting to come together so she really needs my help right now. I've been helping to take care of my 87 year old grandfather and helping with 7 year old twins. The hardest part will be not being able to talk to my children every night too. It is a bitter sweet deal. I start my life and get back on my feet, but will be missing my whole family to do it.

Memorizing

I have the general orders memorized and in random order! I have the Sailor's Creed down now too! YEAH! My shins are finally healed enough to run. So now I am going to hit the gym hard to get ready for my first phyiscal assesment test. :D I'll write more the next time I get on. It is already getting late tonight and I am beat.