tech school.

Alright, so I'm here!  I'm at Ft. Sam Houston, and I LOVE it.  This place is gunna rock.  There is SO much to post about BMT, but I need to organize it first.  I took lots of notes and stuff while I was there to post some good stuff.  Other than that, I had "class" today, though we weren't supposed to, to get a head start.  I'm going to be Dental Lab, 4Y0X1, Medics HUA!  Seems super fun.  I found out my PCS (Duty Station) today, but I'm going to keep that semi-under wraps for a while until someone can guess it. (:  More later, it's the weekend, pizza/movie night in the NPO room!  Xo

t-minus 5 days.

Trip to Traverse

    Today has been a very hectic day.  I woke up out of a dead sleep after a late night hanging out with family, and a long day driving to and home from Traverse City with my grandpa, to my grandma yelling about something, but she's nuts so I just rolled over and went back to sleep.  Then, I heard her yell for my uncle to get up because she was calling 911.  God, I have never gotten out of bed so fast.  I didn't know if something happened to my little sisters, or if my grandpa had a heart attack, or what.  Anyways, I sprung up, and it was my grandpa.  He was fine when I got out, but apparently he passed out a bit before and his pace maker zapped him back.  The EMT's got here in record time (they're volunteer in my town), and I rode the rig up to the hospital with him - unshowered, hair not brushed, morning breath and all.  We got up there (the hospital is about an hour away), and his heart doctor and a bunch of people came and were trying to get the scoop on what happened.  Once they interrogated his pace maker, they determined that the shock was justified, and without it he would have died instantly.  It took them about 3 hours to figure this all out, and then he got moved to the ICU.  He'll be in the ICU for a couple days for observation.  I didn't leave the hospital until dinner time, and I was so starving from being there all day and tired.  But at least he's going to be alright, I hate that this is happening right before I leave.  He promised he'd hang on to his health and get back in shape and lose weight until I get home from basic and tech school.  Hopefully there will be no more emergencies.

(My) Turkey Day!

    Anyways, the original plan for today was faux-Thanksgiving with my family and best friend.  They thought about not cooking it once the hoopla happened, but I would have been very upset if I got no Thanksgiving before I left!  We had a turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberries, and deviled eggs.  Thanksgiving and Christmas are my favorite holiday's other than Halloween because of the food!  It would have been better if my grandpa could have been there and not having an eggbeater-salad sandwich in the hospital because he is a turkey junkie, but he'll have his Thanksgiving with the rest of the family in November when I'm gone to Tech School.  My friend Jordan had plans to come too, but he had to drive someone to Detroit and fly back, and it went a little later than expected.  But I got my beautiful turkey, and that's all that matters!

Chocolate mousse, white chocolate
strawberry, and caramel chocolate
dessert shooters.

    Yesterday, I got to go on an outing with my grandpa for a doctors appointment in Traverse City, which is about 3 hours away.  We didn't do anything too exciting, but the drive was fun.  Listening to channel 10 on Sirius radio, looking at the fall colors changing already, and just relaxing.  I had Olive Garden for the first time ever, and it was amazing!  I ate myself sick on fettuccine alfredo, bread sticks, salad, and dessert shooters.  On the way home, I got a Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks, because I just happened to read on Facebook that it was the opening day for the flavor, and it's my favorite!  Normally, my mom and I make a 2 hour trip in the fall and in the winter to Starbucks once the seasonal flavors are released, so I'm happy I got to get some before I leave.

    All in all, it's been an alright couple of days, minus the hospital trip this morning.  My Uncle and Aunt are up with their little baby Vivian, and we're all just hanging out.  There are so many children in this house, its silly.  3 children under 2 years old is fun sometimes, but most of the time it's just a little bit much!  I'm enjoying the mayhem and chaos while I can, because come Monday, I'm out of here!  My oldest sister, Sophie, keeps asking me if she can come to the Air Force with me.  Maybe I'll start a line of future Airmen. (:

t-minus 12 days.

Wow!  It's getting so real.  Today, I had my 15 day briefing, because my recruiter was busy these past few days.  It was pretty uneventful.  Signed my usual briefing paper saying I'm not pregnant, newly tattooed, a new felon, etc.  I found my sheet from MEPS that has all the jobs I qualified for, and I has highlighted all the ones in my aptitude area to consider.  She went over the good ones with me and circled some, and crossed others off that were below me/boring.  Currently, I'm torn between a medical job and an intelligence job.  I originally wanted Operational Intelligence, but now I'm leaning more toward the medical field.  I'm super torn, and probably will just go with my gut when the time comes to fill out what jobs I want.  I'm not picky, I'd be happy doing most anything on the General Aptitude list of mine, but those are the two I really wish I could just do both!  Anyways, we just chatted mostly about what's been new with both of us, cause my recruiter is super cool.

These next 12 days feel so busy and so empty at the same time.  I have so much to do in a little amount of time, but really not many plans.  The fair is in town til Sunday, so I'm trying to get my friend to get time off of being on EMT call so we can go one night and ride some rides! (: Hopefully someone will have a heart and cover, because I've been looking forward to this since April.  Other than that, I think we're doing dinner/coffee/something tomorrow since he's been so busy I haven't seen him in 2 weeks!  Then this weekend, my mama and I are going to see a movie - either "Paranorman" or "Hope Springs" and get some dinner or something.  Saturday, I'll go to the fair with my little sister to ride the kiddie rides and such, and Sunday/Monday I have my Uncle and Aunt coming to town.  We'll BBQ/going away party for Labor Day on Monday, and then Wednesday we're having a faux-Thanksgiving meal since I'll be in tech school for Thanksgiving. (:  Friday is my final briefing with my recruiter, and a haircut, and I'll be out the door the following Monday to Lansing to fly out!

It's going so fast and so slow at the same time.  All I want is a nap. (: