This week I finally had “a” day that I’ve been waiting for… granted, not “THE” day but, “a” day.

This week, I got permission to finally start weapons handling! Initially one may not realise how awesome this is but you must understand, my medical limitations the past year has been pretty crappy. I now however, am moving FORWARD instead of BACKWARD!

My warrant even cracked a little smile when I handed him the sheet and he said, “This is really good news!”

You’re telling me!

I have my first two-day session scheduled for the simulator (we don’t go on range during the winter here) and I’m very excited to do it. It’s been three years almost since I fired a weapon and I remember how satisfying it was — not satisfying to shoot someone/something, granted. I’d rather not ever have to fire a weapon for that reason but I do remember, not being a bad shot for a beginner and like any skill I learn, I like to perfect it!

Tomorrow I will be doing another timed swim and Monday, I plan on doing a timed-run to see where I sit with that.

Each Friday on our base, we do “practise” CF-xpress testing and I asked my trainer if I can practise the runs each Friday. I know I may not be able to get to the level 4 that I need but next Friday will be the benchmark and every Friday after that, I should be seeing improvements!

My ultimate goal is to be able to by April 15th, to do a level 4 on the beep test, my 15 sit-ups, 50 on the handgrip and of course, 9 push-ups.

I have no doubt I can do all of that except the push-ups at this point. My push-ups are where I need the greatest help but we’ve ordered these stretch bands (giant elastics!) which will help remove resistance so I can gradually build up my push-ups. It allows me to do properly formed push-ups while gaining strength to do it good ones on my own!

Here’s a video to give you an idea of what I mean! You will need to go to the one-minute mark in order to see the push-up one…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-mGDKS-13c

Will update tomorrow with my swim times! I need to update the site and use it more to keep myself on track — if I fight the P-cat saying I’m healthy enough to do this, I actually NEED to be healthy & strong enough to do it…