Reality

Oct. 30 - Nov. 4 2005

# of hours spent polishing shoes = 10

# of hours striping and polishing brass = 11

# of hours doing pushups = 1

# of pushups = 500

# of hours spent in lectures = 30

# of hours spent marching = 8

Average day from when I wake up to when I am finished for the day = 0530 - 2100

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Ahhh…. my first week.  I’m sore in places i’ve never seen advertised on those tv commercials.  There are still 50 of us left in our class and no one has been kicked out yet.  It really feels like some sort of reality tv show sometimes with the element of voting someone off (though that’s not how it works here…). 

The hardest part so far has been not having any time for myself.  Every minute of your day is accounted for, and though you have breaks, they are often taken up by some dodo in the class asking some irrevelant question right before the lecture is to end.  They will be the first ones that I vote off (ha).

Everyone is pretty nice, and so far we are working as a team.  The instructors are drilling into our heads:  teamwork, honesty and integrity.  Most of this drilling is in the form of pushups.  YUM.

Anyhow, its now 5:30 and need to hit the road.

ps:  Had my first donut in 9 years yesterday.  DELICIOUS