Thursday, Week 5!
Kev had another late night, and ended up calling me a little after 8 PM. Again, I was getting antsy waiting for his call! However, Thursdays I usually get ready for him to come home for the weekend so I was busy anyhow. I went grocery shopping for dinner and breakfast for us while he is home, cleaned the house, and washed the limited supply of Kev's "civilian" clothes that he keeps at my... "our" house! ;)
Kev said his company 'voluntarily' practiced PMA again in the gym first thing in the morning. Then he ran over to his accident investigations class where they had a surprise visit from the Commissioner - the head of the CHP. The speech was motivational, telling the cadets to keep their heads up and keep pushing. Kev said they have been told that their class is being held in high regard for doing so well thus far. Apparently, the seniors haven't being doing so well and haven't technically earned their senior status and epaulets yet. Their fountain ceremony hasn't been to par and they haven't been studying their learning domains and doing well on tests. Kev says, the clear display of effort exerted by his class has the staff office off their backs a bit. On Tuesday, they even shined the brass on the fountain so well for the ceremony that the next day the seniors told the staff office how great it looked when they performed the fountain ceremony. It was nice of the seniors to forward their approval to the staff office. Kev says a lot of the job well done by his class is attributed to the new structure of the academy this year and the orientation week they added for this class. He was told that they are usually down by about 20 cadets by now, but his class is still steady at a loss of only 3. Kev said a lot of people are observing his class to see how the new program is working. Supposedly, important people are saying really good things and people from Africa have been visiting to see how things are run.
After lunch, they went to PMA class to work on strikes and blocks with the instructors. Kev said the PMA instructors would call a few cadets up on the stage to yell out the name of the strike or block and lead the class. If the cadet yelled the name of the strike wrong, and the other cadets performed the strike, then those cadets would have to get down and do 20 knuckle push ups for not knowing either. Kev said it was actually pretty fun. When PMA was done, they had Vehicle Code class for 4 hours, which I think is Kev's least favorite because it is a little less exciting, and coupled with strict instructors I think it just makes for a long afternoon. Then he had dinner, which he couldn't recall what he ate after asking me about the boring ground turkey I made for myself and finally resilience training. The resilience training is part of the new program they are testing out and is held every month. This is what kept Kev so late, but I'm glad they continue to check in and motivate Kev and his classmates.
I also told Kev he needed to give me some 'juicy' news! Kev always get's along with most everyone, and he is a guy, so his gossip is weak and anything good I wouldn't be able to share on the internet anyways ;) All he had to say was that he forgot to tell me that when he arrived back at the academy last Sunday night, a cadet was getting chewed up by a staff officer for losing his keys. Kev said he could hear the officer yelling from outside of the building, so he walked in, looked straight ahead, signed in, and got the heck out of dodge! Nothing new from "No Shoes" who apparently is still hanging in there!
All in all, Kev is happy, learning a ton, and the weeks are moving along!
- Mimi
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