GOOOOOOD MORNING EVERYONE! Tomorrow is the day and I cannot be more exctited! I'm just going to skip to Wednesday because well.. that was the most fun day haha. Yesterday was the Capitol Run and it was amazing! I woke up at 4am, got ready, and was on the road by 4:45am! I got to the academy right around 5:15am and was constatntly scanning for that sexy guidon.. aka J 😂. Side note- J has always told me that the mosquitos at the academy will eat you alive.. and he was right! I have a huge bite on my leg and my FOREHEAD. UGH of all the places... seriously!? Anyways, next thing you know we heard the juniors yelling and I spotted that yellow flag in the distance. J saw me right away, and we smiled like little children at each other. Once they took off- I left to go run to the Capitol myself. Yes- I was that crazy girl who ran to the Capitol and back. I just figured it'd be easier than having to deal with any traffic and looking for parking. I definitely got a few chuckles from the CHP escorts and even got yelled at by one of the PT instructors to slow down 😎. When I got to the Capitol building, I didn't have to wait too long until I heard the cadence in the distance. I seriously got goosebumps seeing them run in and seeing them surround the Fallen Officers memorial. I couldn't hear the captains speech, but J said it was really powerful. We followed them to the back of the building where we took pictures of them and then were entertained with them doing knuckle push ups! I got to give J a quick hug and kiss, then he headed to the bus to go back to the academy. They had a pretty smooth day after the run. J said they had more graduation practice then took pictures with their uniforms! He told me he actually lucked out- so they were given a random badge to pin on their uniform just for the pictures, and 2 cadets down had J's actual badge!! So of course, he asked if they could switch and he got to take his pictures with his future badge!!
Later that evening we had the cadet party, and it was so awesome! I finally got to meet J's roommates and other cadets he's always talking about. It was nice to finally put some faces to names. I must say though, J's roommates are pretty fun and hilarious! I'm sure that helped J also. After dinner, they played a little video and that was so cool! It was interesting to see actual video of some of the stuff they did while there. Oh did I mention.. Erik Estrada was there!? Yes... Mr. CHiPS himself 🤗 Haha.
Anyways now I'm just trying to kill time until I have to head to the academy for the spousal panel. I'm really looking forward to hearing what the wives and other presenters have to say and how we can help our future officers adapt/ deal with stress/ etc.
CONGRATULATIONS CTC IV-16! You have all working so incredibly hard, and tomorrow all those late nights, stressful days, scenarios and so on will be rewarded when you get that shiny new badge and become the newest officers in the California Highway Patrol!!
193 days down... 1 to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
💚 AJ
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