02-29-2008, 06:47 PM
*sigh* The last time I truly cried was about two years ago. On my birthday, though I didn't even know it at the time. I was in Basic Training and my buddy had to go to the hospital for some illness or something. So, I was rucking his and my stuff to our camp site for the day. I had just finished dropping his stuff down and was about to do the same for mine when my squad leader got on me about taking so long. When I tried to explain what was going on, he blew me off.
I got a little pissed, obviously, and had some words to say. At which point the Drill Sergeant overheard us. Instead of hearing out what had happened, he proceeded to punish me in traditional style. That's when I broke down. Nearly 8 weeks of getting screamed at, demeaned, being away from my family, and general suckitude sank in and I broke down.
There was probably a lack of sleep to factor in their too, cuz during the night fire exercise I ended up with a massive migraine. Explosions, gunfire, and cold wet sand can be incredibly painful when your senses are in overload. Needless to say, it was a fairly bad day all around. And then i found out it was my birthday. And so, I'll always remember that day.
I got a little pissed, obviously, and had some words to say. At which point the Drill Sergeant overheard us. Instead of hearing out what had happened, he proceeded to punish me in traditional style. That's when I broke down. Nearly 8 weeks of getting screamed at, demeaned, being away from my family, and general suckitude sank in and I broke down.
There was probably a lack of sleep to factor in their too, cuz during the night fire exercise I ended up with a massive migraine. Explosions, gunfire, and cold wet sand can be incredibly painful when your senses are in overload. Needless to say, it was a fairly bad day all around. And then i found out it was my birthday. And so, I'll always remember that day.