Ending October

Monday, October 28th, was a pretty easy day for me since half the band wasn't at work since it was a Comp Day for them.  I was able to get some paperwork done and practice.  Scary but true.  It turned out to be a long day though since i had to help make sure all the gear and vehicles were ready for Tuesday.

6519 Steps (2.84 miles)

Tuesday, October 29th, I was suppose to go to the M16 range to qualify.  It turned out to be a total cluster... we were tagging along with another company.  We were late leaving (they had us cooling our heels for a long time waiting on the convoy) and then the convoy took off through a yellow light and left us behind.  Luckily, we knew roughly where we were going... well, we got their eventually after a Russian officer tried to trade us a map for one of our vehicles.  Then, once we got there, we sat around waiting... after a couple hours and they had only zeroed maybe 30 people of the 150 people there, they decided no more zeroing - we'll all just try to qualify.  We packed back up and headed back to post.  (After we took pics of the bus they had destroyed getting to the range... thank goodness that wasn't us!)  One the way back, we listened to AFN and got a shout out on the radio... I happen to know the radio DJ...  and luckily, all the folk in my vehicle spent our time laughing about the day rather than spending too much time bitching...

6698 Steps (2.91 miles)

Wednesday, October 30th,  work work work.  Normal day though I was pretty short with people because I was ready to be gone!  After work I went to get my nails done and I coughed pretty much the entire time and as soon as I left, my nails got smudged.  Ugh...

13821 Steps (6.01 miles)

Thursday, October 31st, was my last day of work before leave!  Happy Halloween!!  It went by in mostly a blur thank goodness though I got into a fight with one of my friends which put me in a sour mood.  There was also a rumor about a surprise EDRE in the wee early morning so I was thinking I had to stay up late to sign out on leave at midnight so I went out and listened to a cover band (which was pretty good actually) and got very little sleep.

14414 Steps (6.27 miles)