Today I did the Part 1 for my flight physical. I have been really considering becoming a pilot after this last deployment. Every mission we inserted by helicopter and it was awesome. And then if we got into trouble, there was always a Kiowa or an Apache overhead to help us out. It was fucking great. Never underestimate the might of American Firepower.
I am facing stiff resistance though. It is almost like trying to swim upstream. For some reason, my boss doesn’t want to support me to better myself and progress my career. After I told him that I wanted to go fly, he went crying to the head man and told him that I couldn’t go. Unfortunately, the head man is on his side. Luckily for me, though, I don’t really need their permission.
So back to the physical, I didn’t realize all that it entailed. I had to fast so that they could draw blood. Then I had an X-Ray taken. An EKG was run, which was normal. My hearing was tested, which I was borderline but the doctor helped me out. And finally it was time for my eyes to be looked at. I am supposed to wear glasses, but don’t. My vision is only about 20/40, which isn’t bad. But I was worried though that I would be disqualified. Good thing that we are at war. I made it. The worst part of the whole exam though was getting my pupil’s dilated. The actually drops are not that bad. It is after everything is done and your pupils are huge and everything up close is blurry and your eyes are super sensitive to the light. It is now 2130 at night and I can now finally make out words on the computer. Normally it wouldn’t have been this bad but the doctor said that I had to get super eye drops and my eyes will be dilated for 24 hours. Lucky Me.
After all that was said and done, I went out to train my dog and we just happened to be out at a drop zone with lots of sand. The sun was reflecting off the sand and made my dilated eyes feel awesome. I only lasted about an hour and then I had to go home. So that was good. Part 2 of the physical is next week. Hopefully I don’t get my prostate checked.
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