<p>Yep, last day of double digits...</p>
<p>gosh petko, that sounds sadistic!</p>
<p>NOOO!!! i'm enjoying summer leave! haha. good luck y'all, and enjoy ur last week+ here</p>
<p>t-minus 09 days left until blastoff</p>
<p>lol, I'm really hoping that putting "09" instead of just "9" wasn't an attempt at pleasing any of the seniors who might be on here...</p>
<p>Just teasing you...</p>
<p>8 days left guys... is anyone ready? I know I'm not...</p>
<p>I am totally there with ya!! :)</p>
<p>I know I'll be able to make it, but I just wish I had a little while longer at home!</p>
<p>ummm...I'm to the point that I want basic to be here. My dad keeps picking fights with me every day, and I'm sick of it. But I know that I will do fine during Basic.</p>
<p>I switch between being excited and wishing it was here today to being really nervous and just wishing I had more time to spend with my friends and family.</p>
<p>haha, i never thought of it that way falcon...i just wanted to sound more techincial because we are "t-minus and counting down" not just counting down :)</p>
<p>I'm with you kbd...</p>
<p>Me too; I go from being excited to being melancholy. I feel kind of funny anticipating BCT though because I know once im there, i will be hating life! I think ive become bipolar</p>
<p>I can't believe you guys are finally to a single digit countdown!!! Believe me, we're all really excited for 2012 to get here! Mixed feelings are very normal. You all have made a monumental decision in coming to the Academy, one that sets you apart from your peers. Just as you are excited to come to the Academy, it will also mean leaving your friends and family for something that is completely unknown. It's bittersweet. BUT remember how much you are gaining in coming to the Academy. Some of you will meet your best friends in 9 days. Believe me, the camaraderie that comes through teamwork and shared experiences at the Academy is something that you will experience no where else. So don't look forward to the Academy with dread. Everyone will say that you will hate your life in basic and all during 4 degree year. Don't let that person be you! If you work hard and keep a positive attitude and always look for ways to help others without drawing attention to yourself, basic will be a positive experience. You can do it! :) It will be over before you know it, I promise. Just yesterday I was in your shoes and now all of 2011 is on the other side.</p>
<p>Wise words from the firehead. I can perfectly remember being in my room on the 3rd night of BCT, and noting to my roommate with sarcastic enthusiasm that we were already "1/13th of the way through Basic." That seems like ages ago and like yesterday at the same time, and we still joke about it now. </p>
<p>Alternating feelings of excitement and dread are completely natural. I had them, and I'm sure 95%+ of appointees do. Be confident though. Like Ashley said, you CAN do it. If you want to be at the Academy (and by investing your time on this forum, learning all you can about it, I can tell you're all pretty dedicated), you can make it through Basic, four degree year, and the Academy itself. I can't believe I've already got two of the three out of the way... the time goes by so fast. So chin up 2012! It'll be a good time overall, I promise. And regardless, it's sure to be one hell of a ride. ;)</p>
<p>seems like yesterday i was still "interested" in going to the academy. and now it's here.. definitely can't believe it</p>
<p>One week....</p>
<p>I'm excited for all of you. It's been of some fun for me every year to follow the various boards of excitement about experiencing IP day and BCT. I enjoy the photos etc. I remember the first year the AFA posted photos of IP day...I think there were like about 15 in all and now you have Web guy and others posting thousands! I don't know if it started with my suggestion to AFA but the year before I asked...they didn't do it...and then within 2 days of my request there were a few up and on the web.</p>
<p>6 days left...woo hoo!</p>
<p>At this hour one week from today you will all be at the AFA getting your "BCT training." This is your last THURSDAY of freedom (relatively speaking).</p>