2/13/15- Toughest time of my life.. settling into Medic training

It has been about a month since I last wrote... a whole lot has happened in what feels like a short time.  

Not sure if anyone is really reading this anymore but I needed to do a little release writing.  I am currently studying Gynecology Emergencies.. gross. haha.  This far into it we have taken 8 MOD tests in class totaling 33 chapters and 800 pages of material. High Speed.  I currently am the Team Leader in my class and have the highest average with a 89.2  I am not ok with being anything less than an A so that will come up.  Overall out of 240 or so soldiers it is probably top 20.. again.. not good enough.  We also took our first Fitness Test this past Monday.  I totaled 81 push ups in 2 minutes.. 74 sit-ups in 2 minutes.. and a 12:32 2 mile run.  Good enough for 291 of a total 300 points.  My best score so far but once I can get those final 8 situps I will hit perfect score as well as get extra points for doing extra in the pushups and 2 mile run.  I have exactly 3 weeks until the next Fitness test so that will be accomplished.

This past week was the hardest test in my life this far.  My grandma DD had a small accident and was not able to recover from it and passed away.  She was being stubborn trying to walk around instead of running everything over in her scooter.  She was by far my main woman in my life.  My mom is great but whats better than her mom right??  She taught me the importance of family.. accepting everyone.. being generous.. loving life.. and so many more lessons that I can wait to live and pass on.  I can only hope that as she looks down on me from Heaven that I continue to make her happy with how I live.  After going through the Red Cross I was able to go home for the weekend to attend her funeral.  It was crushing but pleasing at the same time.  Getting to see the whole family and enjoying her life made up for it.  Makes me want to work even harder here as well as finish up to get back home to life.

AIT transition... life here at Fort Sam continues to get a little better.  Falling into a good pattern.. getting to know these younger kids and new group of brothers/sisters/soldiers.  We have about 1 more week of class left for the "civilian medic" training.  We have 2 more tests.. Skills testing for real medical and trauma scenarios as well as taking our National EMT cert test.  Busy busy week ahead for us.  Time management is not an easy task here.. its bed or sacrifice sleep to study and maybe luck out 4-5 hours of sleep if that.  I just have to remember its a temporary step in the long run.

Once again.. short but hopefully after this week I can start adding more details once we start doing the Whisky "combat medic" training because I am sure that will be more interested to read about.

Hope everyone is doing great--- SMILE