Drama, drama, running!

Wednesday, 7 August, was a dramatic day and I hate drama filled days.  I absolutely hate rumor mills, and the army in general and the bands in particular seem to thrive on having a gossip train.  I was the latest victim and I did learn a valuable lesson about the fact that my coworkers are not my friends.  Sometimes, it sucks to be a female soldier.  I also am being yanked around by my branch manager which is yet another mess I have to figure out while being polite.

On a lighter note, that night we played at the General's house again for dinner which is surprising fun.  I hope the new General and his wife like WWQ as well!

13062 steps (5.68 miles)

Thursday, 8 August - we did strength training in the morning and my wing muscles were incredibly sore!  Hopefully I stretched them out with the 70 burpees I did!  In the morning we had OPSEC and ASAP training and then Drill Band (I was the only sax player out there, surprisingly!)  For lunch I went to change uniforms because I was drenched in sweat.  After lunch we had concert band - our director is taking Overture to Candide incredibly fast so I will have to practice to get the runs up to his speed!

17057 steps (7.42 miles)

Friday, 9 August, wasn't a busy day, thankfully!  Went running for PT in the morning (was shown MP hill which is insane... I need to start adding it into my hill workouts..)  Afterwards, I worked on training paperwork all morning including the silly new BN slides.  I also got myself and 8 other bandsmen signed up for either the 5k, 10k or half marathon at the end of september (I'm doing the half)  After lunch I got to watch people for a drug test, then guard the CQ desk.  Eventually I got cut loose and then I met up with Carter for a quiet night of talking and beer at the Navy Club.

11408 steps (4.96 miles)

Saturday, 10 August, I didn't sleep in as much as a should have, but I did spend the whole day reading, which was delightful.  That evening, I went to a band going away party at the Copacabana - a Brazilian Barbecue place for a dinner of all meat.  The group went to go have a beer at the Rainbow bar above a church.  I stayed for one beer and then headed back to post.

7140 steps (3.11 miles)

Sunday, 11 August was the quinticential lazy day - I read and watched Masterchef.  I did go for a 5 mile run, but mostly just relaxed.  It was also skype central day - Kate and Andy in the morning, Mom and Matt in the evening. :-)

14437 steps (6.28 miles)