First Day Down!

Today was the day...all my energy, stress, focus (or lack there of) all boiled down to today. We started at 7am, sorry 0700 hours, and I am happy to report that all went very well. I was very surprised to find out just how many of the cadets had absolutely no NPS experience. And all the buzz at lunch time was about the PEB (Physical efficency battery, a big fitness test)we are doing next week...most of them had never even heard of it! Overall today was a good day, never mind not saying anything for the first two hours or raising my hand for fear of everyone hearing my voice quiver or seeing my hands shaking or spotting the sweat marks accumulating in my pits(I was and to a large degree, still am that nervous) but at least there were no curve balls or surprises thrown my way...so yay, first day down. I am exhausted...8 hours of class room discussions then two hours at the gym, I am ready for bed and the owl outside my window is telling me to shut my eyes...First Day Down!