Prepping for the PT test

This morning we did a light workout of two miles and a lot of stretching. We are having a PT test tomorrow (Friday morning). Everything went well on my run. Since we run three and four miles daily, when they say 'two miles' I thank the gods for answering my prayer. Actually, two miles is not very hard because of our conditioning of higher miles. Anyway, as I was standing there in the PT formation for stretching, the Sgt conducting PT this morning started talking about being careful for tomorrow. He stated do whatever you normally due as a routine before a PT test. Do not change anything and break up your routine.
Well, this is where it became very apparent of the age difference. The first thing that came to my mind was to be sure and turn on the heating pad and put my feet up. I also wanted to make sure I laid out all of the medications for in the morning. Lets see that would be: motrin, tylenol, my energy pill (I think it was all mental since the only energy this pill caused me to have was when I pulled out my credit card and paid for it-haven't seen any energy since...:)and make sure I plan ahead for any unexpected bathroom runs in the early morning. I knew that I would need to hydrate well throughout the day of Thursday; and just to be on the safe side, I charged up the battery in my wheelchair and checked with my geriatric nurse for her schedule.
As I am standing there putting my prep list together I can over hear the younger soldiers talking about getting together later, doing the usual fun. If they were like me when I was young and invincible, that would mean eating fatty foods, possibly having a beer and staying out the usual late hours. Man, those were the days... If I did that now, me and my geriatric nurse would be crawling tomorrow across the finish line, and it would take two days to recuperate.. :)
Oh well, I am sure I will do fine. I have been drinking lots of water this week. (It was heat cat 4 today!) I also took a long bath to relax my muscles and yes, I did not forget my heating pad...hehe.
As I sit here and write this post I spotted a fly and thought to myself... Insects give birth and then die; me, I had two kids and joined the army. I guess we can rule out me being an insect....