Anyways, Im gonna give a little of what I have been doing since I last had a chance to write!
November 13th I headed for Parris Island.. and I had a blast while I was there. If I could only tell you how much I enjoyed it. Im not going to write it on here though, I used to always google bootcamp in hopes of finding out something about how it would be like. I never did though, and I now know why. Bootcamp is something you will never ever understand until you go through it. It feels like its my secret from everyone. But during bootcamp I made some of the closest friends.. I made friends with girls that I probally never would have spoke to if I had been at home. 61 of them to be exact not including the girls I met in our sister platoon. When bootcamp came to a end on Febuary 8th.. I can honestly say I have never been more proud of anything I have ever done. I made through Marine Corps bootcamp! My parents, Mike and Brenda, Bonnie and Marcus, and my cousins Joey and Loni came to see me. It really was awesome!
Home was alot of fun. I wish I had spent more time with my family though. Time flew by though. I got to march the colors at a softball game, that was really cool. I did a little partying but not to much to be honest. I didnt see to much of my friends that I was used to hanging out with. In a sense I feel like its harder to talk to them now. My drill instructors would always tell us that when we went home it was gonna be hard to hang around your friends. I love em all though! I had 2 weeks recruiters assistance.. it wasnt bad. I was with a guy who graduated bootcamp the same day I did. Hes actually in North Carolina where I just was. March 3rd was my last day home and I flew to North Carolina to marine combat training.
Marine combat training sucked! To me it was like 4 times harder then bootcamp. We shot all the weapons which was alot of fun! We hiked alot with really heavy packs.. that honestly was the worst part of it. MCT we were with males, more then half of our platoon was males. So that really stepped it up a bit. Easter day I went to the hospital.. and found out I might possibly have a heart disorder. We were sitting down after a little hike and when I stood up I got dizzy and then my heart started beating hella fast. I went and told my instructors but they told me I would be fine, and if I fainted they would catch me. So I waited for it to get better and it never did. I convinced myself I was having some sort of panic attack or something and just kept going. Then we stepped off onto a 2 mile hike and I made it more then halfway until I had to quit. They found me a corpsman, who freaked me out even more. He was getting all worried while he was taking my vitals. He couldnt get my pulse.. my heart was beating so fast that no blood was getting circulated so then he told me I needed to go to the hospital. So they put me in a ambulance and they ran all these tests and took all these pictures of my heart. It turns out my heart was beating at 283 when it should be beating in the 80s or 90s. So basically 200 times to fast. So thats my major concern right now. I will have to go get it checked when I get to my permanent duty station. So I finished MCT April 1 thank god.
I flew into Mississippi on the 1st and I have been going to school for my mos ever since then. I should be graduating June 3rd. My mos is Aviation Supply Specialist. Basically ill be in a warehouse keeping track of plane parts, so when a plane breaks we can give them what they need. I have to be stationed at a airwing. Theres like 5 choices. But I get no say in my choice! I can request overseas and more then likely ill get Okinawa Japan like I want! So if I do get orders there ill be coming home for a month before I go. Ill be in Japan for 2 years. Im really hoping to go there.. I dont know many people who can tell you they lived in Japan! I feel like if I dont go, then im missing out.
This is where im at now. Midterms Wednesday. So im gonna quit writing and hit the rack. I still have so much to say but its late and I have to wake up early. Wish me luck!
