Hotels

I've been to several different hotels of recent years, none i've ever paid for, but i've gotten to see quite a verity. I've gotta say, the one i'm in now is one of two really good ones i've been in.

last time i was in San Antonio we were at a Holiday Inn, it was an okay place, a little on the low end of decent, public bath rooms weren't the best looking, as the toilt seats were scuffed up, my room door rubbed rather hard against it's frame, but otherwise worked. but the room was nice.

Right now i'm sitting in a hotel called Double Tree, and it by far is much better then Holiday. save for the Room AC, which i will get used to eventaully, it's very nice. perhaps it's because it's so much smaller of a hotel (6 floors vs many in Holiday) but this place is much more comforting. more peaceful.

however, the only place that is even better then this is Gray Wolf Hotel, and not because of it's water park.

i've a dislike for elevators. it's not the small space, but the movement... i've always been this way for as long as i can remember, which goes back a ways, i believe it was around my little brother's birth, but all i know is it was a hospital elevator and i didn't like the movement. it's in part with my ears, i'm sensitive to elevation change, and my ears don't pop either. i'll ride them, i'm just not comfortable.

Hot Heat

It's a drought, it's Texas....
I'm from a cold state, Maine...

In Texas, the temperature is known to go above 100, for days on end >.<
In Maine, rarely does it go above 85.

In Texas, an dustin' of snow shuts everthing down
In Maine, it could be a blizzard out and we'd still be off to school, if the roads are clear.

Texas is too hot for me
I'd rather be home in Maine where it'd known to get below zero.

Besides that, i can put some of the guys to shame on a PT test. Male minimum for ages 17-21 is 42 pushups, that also happens to be female max for the same group. pushups is my strongest event, i average (least in the past few months of struggle) between 35-45 pushups, having once peaked at 47 and not having been under 35 since i left AIT. today i beat a fellow battle buddy, he only did 43 pushups, i did 45. i'm also often compliemnted on my 'perfect' pushup, close hand elbows next to my body... i think the only style push up i've yet to do is the one arm, but i'm slowly getting there.


Situps are alright, i noramlly average 60-65 but i've been touching 70 recently. the guy that was holding my feet today praised me for reaching so high, but it's not quite maxing, i'm 8 shy of that.

and the run kicks my ass, today i've been the closest i've ever been to reaching min without pity or a push from the SGTs, 20 seconds shy.

but the sad thing, i'm reaching 'batallion standard', i'm just failing my run. batallion's standard is 240, today's test i scored a 243.

i just find it sad, but funny.