Day 67

Day 62 of BCT

While we all had hope to sleep in longer, wake up was at 0615. We did get a little extra time before first formation, which was at 0700, and there was no PT. We marched to the DFAC for breakfast. I was soooo happy to not have a Hot-A!
After breakfast we then started the daunting task of getting our gear accounted for, cleaned, and turned back in. Of course, there was lots of "hurry up and wait" while they tried to decide exactly how they wanted us to do it all. We finally ended up laying out all of our gear and then checking it in item by item. Once all 54 of each item was gathered we made teams to start cleaning them. Seems like it should have been fairly easy, right? Yeah. Not so much. It was mostly a disorganized disaster and I spent most of the time with ants in my pants ready to get it over with!
Lunch was back at the DFAC and this time we got our "Super Supper". Basically they had extra options on the serving line, including steak and shrimp, and we were allowed to have 2 meats. Then they also had desserts and ice creams for us. I ended up being a server (gotta love duty week!) so it was a bit stressful for me. No one could decide what they wanted and they kept yelling at us that we weren't serving fast enough! When we finally got our food I enjoyed a steak, a sloppy joe, and a piece of cheese cake. Yum! They did give us extra time to eat as well. I think we had more than 30 minutes! Even the drill sergeants sat and ate and spent time just conversing. It was probably the most relaxed meal we had ever had!
After chow they then asked for anyone one interested in donating blood to move to a new formation. I saw this as my chance to get out of the mess of cleaning gear (and because it's been awhile since I donated blood) so I quickly volunteered. The 4th PLT DS marched us over to our battalion headquarters where the blood donating team screened us. The donating won't actually be until tomorrow. They of course utilized us to set up the rooms for tomorrow as well. We somehow managed to make the whole thing take up several hours so by the time they ferried us all back in duty vans our platoon was finally done with the bulk of the gear cleaning.
We had chow again at the DFAC and then put the gear away in the T-50 room. The rifleman's kits and knee/elbow pads were still too wet, so they ended up spread out on the floor of the male's bay. Then started our next joyous task....cleaning our weapons! Turn in is Tuesday so we have a few days, but they all have to be absolutely spotless.
The evening then went as usual with personal time, Hydration Formation, and lights out at 2100. I had fireguard from 0100-0200.