Got an update from Blake when he called this morning. He's having a blast in Houston with his friends, but he called saying he was having a problem with his ipod. It wasn't playing the audio over it now. He was afraid it had a virus from one of the computers he had charged it to, but I didn't know. He's going to take it to the Apple Store in Houston and have one of them take a look at it.
While he was on the phone, he told me that just before he left for R&R, he had taken another PT test and had spectacular results this time. He was afraid that he would have trouble passing because of the altitude, so he went all out on everything. His score was 370, which didn't mean too much to me until I learned that 300 was a perfect score. Apparently, if you score higher on the repetitions or time, you can get points added to your score. He ran 2 miles in 11:30, did 115 sit-ups in 2 minutes, and 90 push-ups in 2 minutes. This placed him at the #1 spot for his brigade for this test, so he got a patch to wear on his PT uniform and the recognition of his sergeants. He said that the PT test is something that is looked at very seriously for promotion, and he wants to make Specialist before he comes home from the deployment this summer.
Tomorrow morning, he's going to take a friend of his who wants to join the Army out for a hard day of training. From what he said on the phone, it's going to be quite an exhausting day. This is one of his best friends who once said that Blake was an inspiration to him because he had gotten his life in order with the Army.
Sounds like fun, but glad I'm not doing it. More later.
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