Continued ...

For 3 days I had that blasting headache until I finally decided to go to see the doctor .
She took my temperature , it was at 39,5 degrees . They put me on a drip and let me sleep all day and until 11 Am the next morning :D . Needless to say the rest of my group were pretty jealous of my time off.
The rest of the week went pretty well .
Running around doing push ups and other physical activities .
We all got the weekend off , to sort and figure out how to get home easily .
During the weekend i spent most of my time with Toby and Mum .
we had to all return on sunday at 10 am . So i woke up at 5 am and met up with friends at the train station .
once on base we heard that there was a Gibush Tzanchanim ( physical and mental test for paratrooper ). that would be held on the next monday . I naturally wanted to participate .

That whole week was almost the same as the week before , except we were all running around with out long M-16's.
That weekend I was one of the only ones that got friday saturday and sunday off. Thanks to my dad being in town I got extra time off :D.  We had a lot of fun going out to dinners ( Massive steaks :D ) and shopping for insoles for my Red army boots .

more coming later .
Sam the tzanchan

Draft day .

On the day of my draft i had to be in Tel Hashomer .
Mum and Toby came along to drop me off :D. The night before I didn't get much sleep. I had gone with patty to pick up Mum and Toby from the airport . In total i had about 3 hours of sleep ( wasn't a good idea ) .
Once arriving at Tel Hashomer we bought some sandwiches because we hadn't eaten anything yet .
We took a couple of pictures and before i knew it i had to mount the bus . No problems there.
I had said my goodbye's and went on to the bus where the bossing around began ,"go here" sit there" give me this" ...
The bus ride was only 15 minutes long , we didn't even leave the base. Once off the bus we had to put our bags in storage for the day . After that we got put through a series of steps.
1. Inspirational speech by ex general.
2. Free haircuts to who needs it .
3. Get about 2 stickers to stick on your profile on every step to show you actually passed it.
4. Teeth X-ray .
5. Donate blood willingly .
6. Give blood for testing Unwillingly .
7. Fingerprints and palm prints.
8. Medical background .
9. The usual boring interview.
10. Get multiple shots.
11. Get military ID and Dogtags :D .
12. Get our kitbag with all our uniforms , shoes , shaving kit ...
13. Personal interview .
14. Give Bank information .

That took about 4-5 hours in total.
Lunch was next !! I was expecting a slice of bread and some cheese .
We actually got fed pretty well , rice , chicken , hamburgers , hot dogs...
After lunch we got back on the bus with all our stuff headed to Michve Alon .
4 hours later we arrive at our new base . 11 pm , expecting to get some sleep . I Couldn't have been more wrong. By this time I had a blasting headache . They had us running for about and hour while learning formations. after that we had to stand in line for an hour and a half just to be told we could go to sleep.
6 hours is what what is required from us to sleep. NOT a minute more or less.
26 people in 1 room with tiny bunk beds . At 4 am i wake up and I just know I'm about to throw up .
Forgetting I'm on a top bunk and that I'm in a sleeping bag , I try to get off my bed. Ofcourse i feel flat on my face . 20 seconds later i was puking everywhere. Good start right ?
One of my army buds helped me up  and helped clean up .
Woke up the next morning with a Blasting headache , but me being me i didn't go to the doctor . It'll pass i thought.


Next blog coming a bit later :D