Wednesday

Five am is entirely too early to be eating breakfast in my opinion. I ate some fruit though and got on the bus for a fun filled day at MEPS. Amazingly, we managed to fit about two hours of actual work into a full twelve hours there. I peed in a cup….I’m not pregnant, stripped to my skivvies to get height and weight…gained a little weight but still five six, and then lifted up my feet to show the Doctor whatever they were looking for. Fast forward about three hours of sitting there and I signed my contract saying I am going in for three years as an Officer Candidate. Fast forward a couple more hours, I signed another paper saying that nothing had changed since they talked to me three months prior. I ate a sandwich from Subway that the Army generously provided.
Meanwhile, I am trying to stay awake as you are not allowed to sleep at MEPS. Hours more and I finally raise my right hand and swear in. Then I waited another hour and a half for the transportation video brief which explained leaving the hotel to arriving at your final destination. In excruciating detail!…..such as….take your bag to the airline you will be departing from, stand in line, get your ticket, walk to security…you get my point. I suppose there are people who have never flown before but WOW! We finally made it back to the hotel where Sara was waiting to pick me up. We cruised around (also known as got lost) and chit chatted it up the whole time. We ate at Olive Garden and she gave me my graduation present…a coach purse! My friends know me too well. We chilled in the car for a while and she took off around nine. Thank you so much Sara for coming up there. It meant the world to me. I had a roommate this night in the hotel. A girl going to basic in Fort Jackson and she was NERVOUS. I tried to reassure her but it sure made me feel better that I’m not going to basic. I finally fell asleep around one am.