Carry On!!

I'm multi-tasking... sitting in a flight meeting crammed into a dorm room with 16 people. Today we completed the assault course. No, this does not involve guns.... it's really just a big obstacle course. It was actually FUN! The first "fun" so far! Although it was very hot and very dirty. We did the low crawl, face in the dirt. I have learned that I really don't like sand in my mouth.

For those psychologists and mental health professionals reading this, our group is entering the "storming" phase of group process. Yes, I am enjoying watching the people become very frustrated with our leader, questioning her decisions, and starting to simply ignore what she says. Poor girl. She's a brand new dentist, and she probably had no idea what she was getting herself into becoming the leader. I, however, knew exactly what leading this group would be like. Therefore, I am the postal officer, which has turned out to be a bigger job than I imagined. Think 330 people, all getting mail? I had the backseat of my car completely full of boxes and cards/letters. (I got one from my mom, thanks, mom!) It's fun to be the person who gets to deliver those boxes!

Tomorrow we go to Project X. I'm not exactly sure what this entails, but I sense it is a field problem solving exercise where we will have been told to bring a change of clothes and old shoes. Our flight commander (instructor) said, "I wouldn't stand in the water with an open wound." That's a little unnerving.

Today for breakfast... an MRE. Meatball Marinara at 5am is not exactly my idea of breakfast. Tomorrow I'll take a granola bar with me. We didn't get lunch until 12:00pm and dinner at 6:30pm. That's a long time to go with only the food you can stuff into your stomach in 9 minutes. The Air Force might just be a fantastic weight loss program!

I have managed to go two meals without mashed potatoes AND I've found the cake! It took awhile because you can't turn around when you're in line and they strategically place the cake in the middle of the serving area, which you have your back to. I kept seeing "cake" on the menu, but I could never find it? I've had German chocolate and tonight a coconut vanilla. Yummy!

It's late... gotta get to bed. To quote my flight commander as he leaves the room....

"CARRY ON"!!!!!