A Burger? Why Not.

It's freaky. I have not been this light since high school, I think. Of course, I was well over 200 back then. Because of that, and the fact that our CO gave us the weekend off, I went to Fuddrucker's today. I ordered a 1/2 pound burger, fries, and a shake. Oh yeah, I treated myself. It was tasty.

Tactical week turned out to be extremely easy. The freak 3 day monsoon this week kept us out of the field. We will go on Monday to make it up. We took the tactics test on Friday and it was extremely easy. I might be very disappointed if I get something below a 95 percent. I don't want to sound cocky, but that test was very easy. Following the test, we had yet another class in land navigation. We later found out that the last cycle had 51 failures on the first course. I guess that freaked out the cadre a little and they are doing what they can to try and teach us the necessary skills needed to be successful on the land nav course. The recycles are telling horror stories about this course that is freaking out the other candidates. At Fort Hood, I found all of my required land nav points in 2 hours over rugged and rocky terrain. I can't imaging that this would be harder. There will be 2 hours in the dark, which could add some interesting challenges, but I really don't fear the course. Really, the only thing I fear right now is freezing to death in the 3 weeks of fun in the field in January. The thing that will likely keep me going will be the fact that once the field leadership exercises are over, we are pretty much done with the course. I'm all for that.

This weekend is yet another good time for relaxation. I am going to chill out off post for a few days and then return Sunday for duty at 8 AM. We are all supposed to be back for a recall formation at 3 PM. Any time off is definitely welcomed.