Day 58

Day 53 of BCT

I had FG 0200-0300 and since one of my battles was amazing and did my shift's cleaning for me, I was able to spend the time finishing my locker for inspection. I then slept another 1-1/2 hours before getting up for my PT test. There were 14 of us that had failed. They had us do our pushups and situps in the classroom.

I was mentally trying to stay as positive as possible but when my turn came, I was only able to do 2 pushups. My arms were still so sore from Monday that I could not push back up. I was completely lost, thinking I was done. They would most likely be sending me home. Just in case there was any last glimmer of hope, I still pushed myself on the situps, getting 64, and then when we went out to do the run, I gave it my best. A girl from my platoon volunteered to run with me. She's an awesome runner and is actually not someone I've gotten along with very well, so I was surprised she volunteered. With her help, I cut a minute off my run time and came in at 17:45. 1SG came around about that time and said those of us that still failed would go be going home. It was all I could do not to give up right there. They made us then do PT with everyone else. It was a sprint day. Those were the toughest sprints ever!

My DS's didn't say anything to me during or after PT and I was too scared to ask what was going to happen. I could barely keep back the tears. After chow at the DFAC, we got ready for the inspection. It was mentally tough to put on that uniform not knowing if I could even be staying in the military much longer.

The 1SG did our inspection. He checked our uniforms, asked us chain of command questions, and checked our weapons. I did okay except my points on the uniform were a little too big (I guess I've lost more weight) and I had forgotten to put my towels away in my locker. After the inspections, we had chow and then spent the afternoon scrubbing the floor again. We were still trying to get the scratches up from changing lockers.

The rest of the day went as usual. Chow, mail call (no mail again), personal time, HF, and bedtime. I finally had the night off from FG!

Highlight of the day: we got our razors back! Yay for smooth legs again! Lol.