June 1st - And back to work! After work I went to the dojo because I missed my class on Monday (due to it being a holiday….) The class offered was the cross fit class taught by the JPO. It hurt. A LOT! Seriously, I am way out of shape. People twice my age were kicking my ass (granted, they do this class regularly…) It was nice having someone egging my on while I was pushing though… its been a while since I’ve had someone there to make my continue.
June 2nd - My ass hurt from the cross fit class. And I had to do rounds which consisted of lifting boxes of books in and out of a truck. So not a good day….
June 3rd - work work work. I had story time in the morning which was horse themed. We made horse bookmarks with long yarn tails. I think it went over pretty well! After work, I drove myself back over the mountains for another fun weekend of army. This weekend we were in a hotel. My roommate was one of the French horn players. We also had an additional person staying with us (which I am totally cool with, but I wish someone had bothered to ask me first….)
June 4th - Army Army Army! We rehearsed our MPT in the morning and I ate lunch by myself (my bestie didn’t make it to drill). After lunch we had unit PT. I joined the running group but they spent more time talking then running so I just started doing laps around the track (knocked out a couple miles…)
June 5th - This fun filled army day was devoted to concert band – prepping for our big concert the following month. It did not go well. I personally only have problems with one song… but everyone agrees the commander is taking it WAY too fast. My fingers literally cannot move that fast. But I have the rest of the music down that some of the rest of the band is choking up on. The commander told us to bring our sleeping bags and pjs for next month since we weren’t leaving on Saturday until the music was correct for the concert…. Awesome…
June 6th – had a stupid emotional, mind fuck type of day. I hate it when I get like that. So far the only cure that I have found is go to bed.
June 7th - Back to work! And to make it a fantastic day, the library chair crapper strikes again. Luckily I did not find it so I did not have to clean it! Yuck… It’s just absolutely disgusting! After work I drove over to Carson for my orchestra rehearsal.
June 8th - In the morning we found “cave paintings” in the bathroom from the day before. We think the work of the chair crapper, but that goes unverified…
June 9th - Since I was on orders, I had the day off of work so I got up at a reasonable hour and drove over the mountains to Camp Parks (3rd weekend in a row…) There were a TON of cops our on I80… the entire stretch of highway seemed to be one big speed trap. I met up with my MPT midafternoon to have a rehearsal. We had replayed Garrido with a clarinet player from the Oklahoma band (the 395th) Great player. Seemed to be enjoying watching our antics. After our rehearsal I went and found a hotel and relaxed for a bit. Then I got really girly and went shopping. Found a really cute lavender sundress for $15! For dinner I went to applebees and ate at the bar. I was watching some MMA fighting until it switched to some karate sport. Except that people didn’t fight, they just went through the movements for show. When the girls did it it looked like strippers without a pole who screamed instead of smiled… very odd! The Oklahoma clarinetist came and joined me for a drink and we had a fairly good chat. He wants to recruit me to his band solely to organize his music library!
June 10th - Gig day! Our gig was to play a change of command at the San Jose MEPS station. It was mixed serious so it was a bit interesting. It was sunny, but didn’t run too long. And they really appreciated us being there! Gave us certificates and everything! Boland got a field promotion with his! After a bit of a scuttle, I got back to Camp Parks. I stopped by and saw Leming at the combat medics school before driving myself back to Nevada.
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