CLC3 Day 62: Frustration

Today was very frustrating.

We started out with the open-book exam on the maintenance block of instuction. This was difficult for me for three reasons:

1. I didn't realize someone had developed a study guide and stored it on the shared drive,
2. I had missed out on half of the lessons because of last week's levy brief, and
3. Since the quartermaster exam I've become really diligent about proving my answers, and this used up a lot of time.

I really don't know how well I did.

That wasn't the only thing that frustrated me, though. When I checked my email, I found out there's another test date on Monday for the people who still needed to finish events for German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge -- and there's a "remedial training" on Sunday. That one day difference between the training and the test doesn't leave a lot of time for practice and improvement. 

I admit I haven't been 100% dedicated in my training over the past month, but I have been focused on improving my long jump in every PT session over the past three weeks. Even so, I've been frustrated by the dearth of coherent direction on self-improvement. For example, this site is good, but it focuses on track coaches. I admit I'm a bit of a strange athlete, but I need some specific advice on how to train.

I had thought about working with a personal trainer (for the first time in my life I have money I can spend on this kind fo thing), but one trainer I contacted said I wasn't really the kind of client he could help. He did, however, send me a link to a website. It just happened to be the same exact site at the one above.

In addition to the GAFPB thing, I found out my travel voucher from my 2011 deployment got kicked back again. I've been working on this for over a year now.

But apart from these little things, class went smoothly. After the test, the Fort Lee commanding general paid us a visit and spoke to us until lunch. After lunch, we did a practical exercise on our next block of instruction -- ammunition -- and covered one set of slides.

We finished at 3:00. I got a haircut and then scheduled my transportation brief for Friday morning.