I'm thinking of bailing

Hi everybody! I really had to dig to find this thread and then my password, haha I was a little stressed when I set up this account!

WE DID IT! It was both the hardest thing I've ever done (haha, I'm 17, what do I know) and not so hard. It's almost entirely a mental game. WE DID IT! The first couple of weeks sucked haaaard, 'cause we didn't know each other and got into trouble for even just talking to each other. Plus we did a lot of dumb stuff b/c we were all mindless. When you can start banding together and sharing the suck, it really isn't so bad almost all the time. My squad is awesome and my detailers were truly great people. You start out thinking they are just hardasses (can I write that? IDK) but it doesn't take long to see they care. I hope I can do as well by other people someday.

I see blhenrywalpole is still at it. Dude, unless you have been here you don't know jack about quitting, and that's all I'm gonna say about that.

Parents couldn't come, but I knew that going in. I'm hanging with my squadmate's folks today and another squadmate's family tomorrow, so I am set. My folks sent letters, too. People shared care packages. (OMG ya'll mom and dads sending SO MUCH FOOD! We didn't starve! :D) I already had the best 20 minute shower ever and a nap. I had a nap while the sun was out! Now just hanging poolside in PT gear. Might go for a dip later!

I want to thank ya'll from the bottom of my heart, I really did take ya'll with me over those weeks. Still wanted to Tango a couple of times. All of us did and the ones who say they didn't are liars, haha, no one will say that! Think I'll let this moniker die now and choose another one for my USNA years. I love this place. I mean, I hate the crap out of it sometimes, but I love being here, love my squadmates, I would do ANYTHING for these folks, and I know I can be a good leader once I figure out how to keep myself squared away. Thanks, ya'll!
 
Plebe2be said:
Hi everybody! I really had to dig to find this thread and then my password, haha I was a little stressed when I set up this account!

WE DID IT! It was both the hardest thing I've ever done (haha, I'm 17, what do I know) and not so hard. It's almost entirely a mental game. WE DID IT! The first couple of weeks sucked haaaard, 'cause we didn't know each other and got into trouble for even just talking to each other. Plus we did a lot of dumb stuff b/c we were all mindless. When you can start banding together and sharing the suck, it really isn't so bad almost all the time. My squad is awesome and my detailers were truly great people. You start out thinking they are just hardasses (can I write that? IDK) but it doesn't take long to see they care. I hope I can do as well by other people someday.

I see blhenrywalpole is still at it. Dude, unless you have been here you don't know jack about quitting, and that's all I'm gonna say about that.

Parents couldn't come, but I knew that going in. I'm hanging with my squadmate's folks today and another squadmate's family tomorrow, so I am set. My folks sent letters, too. People shared care packages. (OMG ya'll mom and dads sending SO MUCH FOOD! We didn't starve! :D) I already had the best 20 minute shower ever and a nap. I had a nap while the sun was out! Now just hanging poolside in PT gear. Might go for a dip later!

I want to thank ya'll from the bottom of my heart, I really did take ya'll with me over those weeks. Still wanted to Tango a couple of times. All of us did and the ones who say they didn't are liars, haha, no one will say that! Think I'll let this moniker die now and choose another one for my USNA years. I love this place. I mean, I hate the crap out of it sometimes, but I love being here, love my squadmates, I would do ANYTHING for these folks, and I know I can be a good leader once I figure out how to keep myself squared away. Thanks, ya'll!
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So proud of you - we have been waiting and hoping to hear from you. Team Embrace The Suck! Glad you’ve been gathered up with classmates’ families. “Your mid is our mid” is a known phenomenon.

Go eat something good - hit the pool - shower - nap - come back to us as you can in the ac year to share deckplate insight.

Kill the last week of PS, take a deep breath, take on ac year one bite at a time.
 
Congrats! Welcome to the club. It’s a special place. You have earned your place and you have thousands of OGs here to support you as a Mid, while in Service and eventually as an OG. You stood in the arena and faced the challenge, you now know what that feels like. Congrats!

Enjoy the weekend. As you start classes, remember to balance the Plebe duties and class. Class I priority. Don’t stay awake all night. Plan. Get out of the hall to study. Put your phone away when you study. Good habits from the start are key. Some Plebes struggle to transition.
 
BZ Pleber-- your second and last paragraphs are about as good a description of Plebe Summer as I've seen. You've got this !

It's not over yet ... Sunday evening they will close the doors and you will forget the weekend quickly. Then Plebe Year and academics...that really sucks. It get's better over time ...and 40 years later you will look back, forget the bad and remember the Plebe Summer and the next 4 years as a great experience.

Enjoy the weekend...relax... you've got all us OG's behind you !
 
Plebe2be said:
Hi everybody! I really had to dig to find this thread and then my password, haha I was a little stressed when I set up this account!

WE DID IT! It was both the hardest thing I've ever done (haha, I'm 17, what do I know) and not so hard. It's almost entirely a mental game. WE DID IT! The first couple of weeks sucked haaaard, 'cause we didn't know each other and got into trouble for even just talking to each other. Plus we did a lot of dumb stuff b/c we were all mindless. When you can start banding together and sharing the suck, it really isn't so bad almost all the time. My squad is awesome and my detailers were truly great people. You start out thinking they are just hardasses (can I write that? IDK) but it doesn't take long to see they care. I hope I can do as well by other people someday.

I see blhenrywalpole is still at it. Dude, unless you have been here you don't know jack about quitting, and that's all I'm gonna say about that.

Parents couldn't come, but I knew that going in. I'm hanging with my squadmate's folks today and another squadmate's family tomorrow, so I am set. My folks sent letters, too. People shared care packages. (OMG ya'll mom and dads sending SO MUCH FOOD! We didn't starve! :D) I already had the best 20 minute shower ever and a nap. I had a nap while the sun was out! Now just hanging poolside in PT gear. Might go for a dip later!

I want to thank ya'll from the bottom of my heart, I really did take ya'll with me over those weeks. Still wanted to Tango a couple of times. All of us did and the ones who say they didn't are liars, haha, no one will say that! Think I'll let this moniker die now and choose another one for my USNA years. I love this place. I mean, I hate the crap out of it sometimes, but I love being here, love my squadmates, I would do ANYTHING for these folks, and I know I can be a good leader once I figure out how to keep myself squared away. Thanks, ya'll!
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You got a lot of quiet fans out here. Keep us posted. BZ and Godspeed !
 
Capt MJ said:
🥲 A happy tear in my eye watching all you OGs rally around and gather the latest FOGs (Future Old Grads?) up.
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I find most of West Point’s traditions weird, but hey it’s the Army. And heck we climb a strangely shaped monument covered in lard… we can’t talk much. But I love their March back tradition where grads do the march back with the new Cadets. I think that is pretty special. It’s like a welcome to the Long Gray Line.
 
Thank you all again, I can't even believe this network, I'm not kidding when I said ya'll kept me going some days. I figured if you could do it, and back when it sucked even more, then the least I could do is finish PS. I'm all in now!

NavyHoops and DTTFSA, thank you for the reminder, sir or ma'am, I will be absolutely sure to prioritize academics and ask for help before I'm struggling. I know it'll be another huge adjustment but I will make sure not to have to adjust because I'm doing stupid stuff like gaming (I don't think we rate that) or staying up all night or whatever.

CaptMJ, especially appreciate your level tone and experience ma'am. You're like my grandpop if he were alive, absolutely no disrespect intended, you just have the same kind of patient approach like you KNOW what I'm thinking and you're just mostly letting me work it out while telling me to being mindful of the potential pitfalls that you can see but I can't. Uggghhh what a run-on sentence, doing this on myiPhone, haha!

ParachutePanda and I are gonna hook up once we get released from PS, we're right near each other in Bancroft. Gonna go have steak and shrimp in a while, my first time ever having any seafood! Ya'll keep it classy, I am so lucky and so are all the folks you all are supporting. Thanks, thank you all.
 
Plebe2be said:
Hi everybody! I really had to dig to find this thread and then my password, haha I was a little stressed when I set up this account!

WE DID IT! It was both the hardest thing I've ever done (haha, I'm 17, what do I know) and not so hard. It's almost entirely a mental game. WE DID IT! The first couple of weeks sucked haaaard, 'cause we didn't know each other and got into trouble for even just talking to each other. Plus we did a lot of dumb stuff b/c we were all mindless. When you can start banding together and sharing the suck, it really isn't so bad almost all the time. My squad is awesome and my detailers were truly great people. You start out thinking they are just hardasses (can I write that? IDK) but it doesn't take long to see they care. I hope I can do as well by other people someday.

I see blhenrywalpole is still at it. Dude, unless you have been here you don't know jack about quitting, and that's all I'm gonna say about that.

Parents couldn't come, but I knew that going in. I'm hanging with my squadmate's folks today and another squadmate's family tomorrow, so I am set. My folks sent letters, too. People shared care packages. (OMG ya'll mom and dads sending SO MUCH FOOD! We didn't starve! :D) I already had the best 20 minute shower ever and a nap. I had a nap while the sun was out! Now just hanging poolside in PT gear. Might go for a dip later!

I want to thank ya'll from the bottom of my heart, I really did take ya'll with me over those weeks. Still wanted to Tango a couple of times. All of us did and the ones who say they didn't are liars, haha, no one will say that! Think I'll let this moniker die now and choose another one for my USNA years. I love this place. I mean, I hate the crap out of it sometimes, but I love being here, love my squadmates, I would do ANYTHING for these folks, and I know I can be a good leader once I figure out how to keep myself squared away. Thanks, ya'll!
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This is so great!! I am so so proud of you!!! Way to go making it through a tough summer!!! Enjoy your weekend!
 
My allergies are really at Mach 10 at this point. I've got the names of Plebes to be who posted on the forum on a sticky on my monitor. I've had each of you in my thoughts each day.

@Plebe2be, you have the maturity, class, and humility of someone much older than yourself. And, your willingness to share your fears and uncertainties will benefit future applicants and appointees. They will know they aren't alone in their trepidation when it occurs-- and it will happen 100%. BZ to you, and thank you for the update. Let us/me know if you ever need anything. We've got you!

@ma0305 , @BoatKid11 , @Itisgoingtorulesoon and @Dragomir -- hoping to hear from all of you when you are done napping, visiting, chilling, and taking those long showers.

Best post this week was your update. :)
 
Post-plebe summer shower was one of the best of my life, although post-Herndon shower does top it. Guess you’ll just have to wait and see
 
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