Hey y'all,
Things have mellowed out a lot. On Mon- Wed we did first aid and that was the most boring thing I've ever done, death by PowerPoint. We use dummies and NPA's and we did partner drags and that was fun! Thursday we did the obstacle course and it was so fun! You by platoon, 3 people a@ a time: first obstacle was a pole that you have to kind of monkey bar across but it was hard. Second were tall monkey bars, third was a low crawl through a water pit under a log, then we ran to this rope bridge. After the rope bridge you have to drag your body across a rope over a ditch then run up this huge long hill and jump 3 walls. Then we rope swing across water and bunny hopped over a bunch of logs and then did the tire footwork thing. Then we did a 25 ft rope climb which was impossible because by the time if you get there your legs and arms are shot, after that is a low crawl under barbed wire and a sprint to the finish! We got to pick 2 people from each platoon to compete for a ribbon on our phase banner. We had this girl Wingo and a guy Ngou compete. Wings is our platoon guide, she is super tall, very nice, AMAZING athlete. She's the most athletic person ever, she can draw and sing as she kills it. They went and demolish the two other teams, like they won by at least 5 minutes. So our platoon (3rd platoon) is the leading platoon, not to mention the best behaved and overall great. People are always asking to switch to our platoon. I lost track of thought too much to write.
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| Toni dying from first aid powerpoints! |
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| At "Peace" doing the obstacle course. |
-Love Toni
Monday, Aug. 8
GAS same birthday! So we started off the day with a company run like 2 1/2 miles with sprints halfway through. When I say run I mean RUN, not jog. I run in B group which is 8:30 mile pace and it's tough but I feel really good afterwards. My knees and my shins hurt so bad! OK side-note, farting is such a normal thing here. People are always ripping um' with no warning - loud, smelly, in your face, they don't care, LOL. So it's 3rd week, 53 days left. DS Burgess made me guide on who is the person that marches in front of the company with a blue flag that says our company D CO 1-48. At first I was really confused because they didn't teach me how but I figured it out. It's also weird to have 200+ people marching behind me! So we march to the gas chamber, my platoon (3rd) was the first to go in. So I went in first group, last in line and you go into this tiny building with nothing in it but a table. We had our gas masks on and we all line up against the wall. One of the DS was "cooking" the gas (looks like he was cooking meth.) Your hands start to itch and tingle a little bit but not bad. CBRN and tells you to lift mask above face and say name, rank, and platoon then we steal and clear it. Then we had to take a lap around the room (I was last) and yell the soldiers creed with her mask off and above our heads. You get to about the second line and your skin starts burning, your eyes water so bad you can't see anything. Snot pours down your face and you just want it to stop, LOL. We ran out into the rubber pit and you just don't know what to do with yourself; running around blind and snotting and you can't breathe. People had bloody noses and stuff. It was horrible for like 5 minutes and then we walk around the pit flapping our arms and the burning went away. Oh yeah, we exercised in there too so when we took our mask off we inhaled everything LOL.
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| In the Chamber |
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| GAG!! |
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| Flapping her arms trying to make it all go away!
10 AUG 2016
Dear Family,
SEND ME PICTURES! Like 100! Off my Instagram and my wall just send hella pictures please! And send my friends my address! Thank you guys for all the mail! I love it! Zeke's letter made me cry before I even read it! I am SO proud of you guys for working out every day! I can't wait to see what y'all look like when I graduate! Dad, your letters crack me up because of the formality. Mom, I read every letter in your voice (even the whispers LOL)! I died when I read about Zeke's one arm teacher!! I am so excited and nervous for him to start school! I know Zac left yesterday! It's ALL mental, I'm praying for him. One of the girls here tried to OD and got sent to the psych ward :( It's not that bad here at all, I stay positive all day. I've only cried like 2X for like 5 seconds. Today I took my first APFT test. I did 23 push-ups, 51 sit-ups and ran my 2 miles in 17:11. Not bad considering I could do only 6 push-ups on my first test! My knees get worse everyday omg but my drill sergeant says to say, "F**k you knees, get stronger" or "F U head/teeth/arms get stronger" LOL! I never walk on my runs no matter how bad I wanna quit! We do land nav tomorrow and next week we go the range! I'm so excited! I've made a lot of friends here and I've really only had half a bad day. Oh I'm getting so many pimples! Also, I've lost a few lbs!
Please write to my friend PVT CARR, Heather and PVT WILLIAMS, Zoe. They haven't gotten mail yet! That's all for now (same address just different name)!
LOVE Y'ALL!
P.S. Don't forget pictures!
**Also enclosed was a letter from PVT Carr to me:
***I know I have asked many of you to write to these friends of Toni who are not receiving any mail. Thank you for not only being willing but also for doing it. I am sure they appreciate it! If you have time, please drop them another line because they are still not getting any mail from family and loved ones. Thank you. ~Kristy
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