Raquette Ball

A buddy of mine and myself went and played Raquette Ball last night. It was my first time at the sport, but I found it to be extremely fun, and the best part, very active.I worked up a good sweat. And by the time I was done I really thought I had accomplished something good. Usually on the weekends I just get drunk, and rot away in my shacks. Nothing much else to do right? Wrong! I think I need to start looking at the other opportunities the military offers me other then the alcohol that is so easily found on military bases Canada wide.We have a free gym, bowling lanes, ice arenas, running and biking paths, auto clubs, carpentry clubs, gun clubs. We have all sorts of services here on the base.But I need to really start looking at my health better. I go for runs 3 times a week with the guys on PAT Platoon. We play sports and do spin classes, and circuit training. I can't say the military isn't doing it's best to keep me in shape.But I'm not in the shape I was when I used to work out on my own back in the civy world. I need to work out on my own, hit the weights, go for runs on my own time. I find when you workout on your own or with a buddy because of your own choice, you workouts will be much better. You mind is ready for them, prepared for them. It's not like on PAT where you just can't wait to finish the run.Yesterday we played Raquette Ball and afterward we felt great. Now my bud and me are going again to night to play some more.I am feeling things are coming together and it might not be much longer, I'll have the motivation to start hitting the weights.My biggest fear right now is my Vehicle Technician QL 3 Course starting December 2nd. Once that course comes it'll be nothing but none stop studying for hours on end. It's one of the toughest courses in the military at the moment for the density of information pushed into our brains in the short amount of time of 6 months.A 3 year college civy course pushed at us in 6 months. INSANE! The course has a 50% fail rate, if not higher. So I'm getting this motivation, this drive to write, to work out, to get my life back on track where I want it.But in the end I have to realize I'm a soldier, and my life is on the track the government puts it. I'll be doing my best however to let a little bit of myself escape.I'm working on piece currently about how I quit smoking. I hope it will help others out there do the same. Stay tuned for it.