The Struggle is Upon Us May 1-7th

This week we don't have an exam this week but the information overload is setting in. Maritime just has so much information in it. As much as I wanted to do something else with my life I had to make sure I was getting some type of studying done. I will not lie I did fall asleep a lot while attempting to look at this material but it is not a fun read.

On top of the mental torment we did have the leadership portions in the afternoon to ease some of the pain off of our brains but I basically got senioritis with this lesson. Plus I had other things on my mind like the PRT that I would be taking the week that I got back to California and how I don't want to be a crappy Ensign. The PRT is just the fitness test that consist of push ups, sit ups, and a 1.5 mile run in a certain amount of time. Alternate cardio is offered but you need to know your requirements on that so you don't go and fail. A classmate and I attempted to run but that run was horrible lol (i hate running).

I made the comment about doing the bike as my alternate cardio because that run/jog/walk killed my soul. I asked one of my friends who does the bike where was the requirements for how many calories you would have to burn on the bike located. He told me the location and we went and looked up what we needed to do to be successful. For my weight group you only need to burn 100 calories to pass the run portion of the PRT. Now before I got myself all hyped up I sent an email to my squadron to make sure I was eve allowed to do the alternate cardio and once I got the email saying I could my focus shifted.

The first day I attempted the bike was horrible and I doubted myself, but after doing it a few times I knew that I would not have any issues the day of the PRT. I did the bike everyday so my body could get used to the resistance I was using and made a great playlist to help me push through the pain.

Almost Like Old Times

I mentioned before that I did have some girls stationed out here in Virginia. We haven't got much time to hang out since they actually have to do their jobs on their ships and having duty every so many days. But May 5th (Cinco de Mayo) both Candis and Bri were off and I was ready to have a good time with them. This was probably the first time since coming back from Atlanta that all of us were drinking together. Plus its always fun to wind down after a long work week/death by PowerPoint. We started at Bri's house and went down to the strip. We all had a fun time that night and even made sure that Bri was able to make to duty the next morning since we were out late Friday night. All you really need to know about duty is that you are on the ship for 24 hours.


Now Saturday was super fun and I finally got to use some of these military benefits. Candis and I went to Busch Gardens and the great thing about this is that military is able to get in free once a year to one of Seaworld's Parks. We got our fast passes and went to the rides that were on our passes first then got on the other ones. I think we only got one decent picture on the roller coasters 😂 the rest look like we were stressed out. I enjoy going on roller coasters I just hate the load up portion. I'm not sure if it is the clicking sounds or just being able to watch your precious life go from safe to "why did I pick this ride" in a matter of minutes. I'll open my eyes once the ride starts but anything before that I have my eyes shut tight and a small prayer going on. After about 5-6 hours of being at the park we were able to get on all the rides. We were tired and ready to be in bed by 8 that night lol.

And Sunday was may dreadful can I drop out, I hope I don't fail, what happens if I don't show up tomorrow exam preparation. I probably had 2 mental breakdowns and recalculated how many questions I could get wrong and still pass a few times that day.