So… I’ve decided to join the Navy. I came to this decision after finding myself unenthusiastic about my previous plan of attending university, becoming stuck with a bunch of loans, finding a desk job, paying off my loans, saving money and then becoming a travelling nomad of sorts; living a few months in some country, then journeying on to do the same in another, then another, and then another, etc, etc, etc and so on. Now the nomad part really excited me, and still is part of my plan, but that was the only part. My goal, after all, is to be like David (click HERE to observe David in his natural habitat). The first part of my plan, for my personality type, seemed the sloowww road to nowhere exceptional.
Nevertheless, I was continuing along with this plan until one day I was approached by the Navy, concerning career opportunities I too could have. Shortly after, I agreed to an appointment with a recruiter. At first, my interest was merely in attaining a copy of my ASVAB scores which, apparently, were pretty good. But as it so happened, my family has a military background; various generations, various wars. My father, specifically, served in the Navy and both my mother and father worked with the Navy in various government contracting projects. It, to say the least, made significant appearances in my life over the years. All of which I had found to be very exciting (plus, I way loved the memorabilia my father would bring home for me, especially the pens). So, after some thought, I began to actually seriously consider joining. I researched what exactly enlistment would entail and various other things about what life would be like whilst boating about. I eventually reached the conclusion that I was surer than not that joining the Navy would be something I could very much enjoy, and would be something I could do while still attending university.
After attending the appointment and then experiencing some fleeting thoughts of “omg, like what even am I doing”, my mind was entirely made up that I would indeed join the Navy. Now I am SOOO EXCITED!!! I plan on blogging daily (or nearly daily) updates on my progress on my preparations towards joining the Navy. At the time of writing this, it is the third day after my decision to join. The following is my updates for those days.
Day One:
One thing I was advised to do was retake the ASVAB. The first time around, I took it only to get out of history class, didn’t really put effort into the test and definitely did not study beforehand. This time around, I have already bought an ASVAB for Dummies book and have studied harder then ever before in my life, for a whole five or so hours.
Also, I began working on my upper body strength, specifically on my push-uping abilities, which currently are non-existent. My attempts at even a girl push-up go something like this: going, going, going, THUNK (face smashes into ground). So I decided to get some help from online people and found the site Can’t Do a Pushup? Here’s Where to Start. The first exercise, a table top push-up. Well, in a positive light, the going, going, going part ended up in less of a thunk and more of a slide. Apparently even modified girl push-ups are not the starting place for this girl. I resorted to doing the arm movement while standing. I did about 40 and this proved to make my arms quite sore.
Day Two:
Continued studying for the ASVAB. As I read new chapters in the ASVAB for Dummies book, much to my delight, I found that the physics and chemistry classes I recently took at a local community college seemed to completely apply. The section I feel most yikesy about is definitely the Auto and Shop portion. Like whoa dudes, tools tho.
As for the push-ups, I continued doing the general arm movement while standing. I also added some other arm movements and core exercises to my routine. I feel pretty good about my abdominal and leg strength/capabilities thanks to my previous career in Irish dancing. My music choice for this ordeal was Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke –
Day Three:
Continued Studying for the ASVAB. I feel like I may be getting to be pretty solid on the auto part of the shop.
So far, I have successfully managed two sets of five table top push-ups!!! I feel really good about this progress and hope to manage a girly push-up or five in about two weeks time. I have discovered however that my Irish dancing career is giving me wee bit of issues in dropping the dancyness from my movements in exercising. The struggle of ditching the dance posture, ballet hands/fingers, hip/foot turnout, toe pointing, dance timing(hearing everything hop 123 style) and general bounciness, is real.
On a new path 