Day 42

Day 37 of BCT

Today was a difficult day. Being President's Day, We got to sleep in until 0600 and didn't have PT. We went to the DFAC for chow and then got ready for a day of combatives. I decided to take advantage of a slower day and got to sick call to get my knees checked out and hopefully get some ibuprofen.
There ended up being quite a few of us going to sick call, so we took the bus. I lucked out and was in to see the doctor fairly quickly. He felt around on my knees and was pretty quick to say it was runner's knees which didn't surprise me since I had it before. He did give me Motrin and a no running profile for the week. I was worried I wouldn't be able to march tomorrow, but he said I could and my DS okayed it.
WhenI got back around 1100, they were still doing combatives and I was glad I didn't have to join in. I really don't like doing the Eel. We then went to the DFAC for lunch and afterwards, they had more combatives, this time letting some actually have matches. Those of us on profiles didn't get to watch, which was a bummer.
Being a holiday, we headed back early for chow at DFAC. We then spent our evening packing out ruck sacks for the field later this week and cleaning our weapons. It was a pretty low key evening. We then got almost two hours of personal time before HF and bed. I had first fireguard so an hour later to bed for me. Tomorrow will be a tough morning, but should be an easy day after the march. 7.5 miles here I come!