I have had some amazing times these past few weeks. Have spent time on base, and time out in the field doing practice drills. It has been hard, but I have learned a lot and had a lot of fun doing it. This past week I have been out in the field for what we call "war week" is a really big practice drill and is extremely physically demanding on the soldiers. I was on-call with some other medics in the ambulance. Along with three other medics we followed the soldiers and if anything severe happened, we would be there to take care of the soldiers. We slept in the ambulance, at army rations (which for me was not much) and spent the whole time in the ambulance. One of the medics brought a guitar, so we sang songs and played music. Being out in the field is one of the highlights of the army experience for me. Yes it is physically demanding, you are sleeping outside, eating army rations and working all the time, but i love being out there and working in the field.
In other news, I am coming back to the US next month. I am meeting my family in Florida and we are going on a cruise through the panama canal. I am really excited to be seeing my family and having the chance to relax and have some fun.
Things have been busy here on the weekends as well. I have been spending time with my host family and with friends. It is also time for me to take care of whatever errands I need to do. Which does not leave me much time. So things have been pretty busy around here.
Hope that everyone is well. For those of you in Oregon, I heard that there is snow this weekend, I would love a picture!
Love,
Roxanne
