Training Day 61

Friday! Woo!

Language: I can't really remember what happened Friday... We did watch a documentary on a territorial dispute between my target country and one of it's neighbors. My class has really, really slowed down. We are going to spend all of next week reviewing this unit and taking the next test. Weird.

Military: Today was detachment-wide PT. It's a chance to exercise, build camaraderie, and hurt each other under the guise of some sort of game. Sometimes we have a long cadence run all over the base which is pretty fun. Normally we play trashball but today we played this bizarre game called 'Parker ball'. There's goals and there are balls (or potatoes due to St. Patrick's Day... it's weird what we've done to holidays) but after that the game gets interesting. We all have to wear some form of slipper or shower shoe on our hands and can only hit the balls with our shower shoes. No carrying either.

The first round I played sucked as I was at the part of the field with all the muscle-bound, over-aggressive idiots. These are the guys who like to hurt people for fun. They aren't even interested so much in playing the game as colliding with people. Bah.

The second round I played was a blast. I was with the people who were there to have fun and, while we still tumbled, the focus was on overall enjoyment and not doing damage. I found my niche in running around and snagging forgotten balls to move towards the goal. Diving for the stray potato and trying to wrestle it away from other Marines was fun... I even got into a tangle with Master Guns a few times. Heh.

And it was a pretty decent cardio workout running back and forth chasing produce.

Fitness: See above.

Automotive: My car was quasi-fixed during lunch. We put the spare on the proper limb, moved the spare tire to the rear, and put two good tires on the front drive wheels. Now I can move from point A to point B without fear of damage to my car. It was a bit frustrating as the civilians at the autoport were moving really sloooow and I was nearly late to class. Still. Mobility!

Personal: I just don't get some people... I really, really don't. And it's really frustrating when a situation appears to be one-sided where I'm the bad guy for sticking to what's important to me while other people can do whatever they want. Then there's the ambiguity of it all and...

Gah. It's frustrating. It's frustrating when I seem to be my own worst enemy too. It's frustrating when I'm approaching the end and I can't seem to do anything right.

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