Yesterday's waiting started at 5:30 am in the chow line, then a dark bus trip to the main post. Visits included immunizations with 5 shots for me, and appointments for more shots on Wednesday. And Monday night started a fast for me, since I'll be needing the complete, over-40 physical. Yeah, the one Bill Engval relives so vividly. I must say, however, that the numerous stations and briefings have been relatively relaxed and respectful: we're not new recruits, but experienced veterans. They have rented two or three reasonably comfortable tour buses to move 46 of us around, and they do their best to keep us fed, healthy, outfitted, and properly moving through this pipeline.
I went for a 3-mile run on my own and found the PT track, some of the National Guard training area, and an after-hours club called the "Impact Zone"-- but it's only open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. They have a better wifi than the barracks, but I'm thankful we get any kind of Internet on post at all. Ft. Dix had zip in 2007, and a flaky setup at best this past summer. My arms are sore from the shots! In the dark!
