On October 2o my family and I went down to the Recruiting Centre here in Saint John for my swearing in to the Canadian Forces; my carrier in the Air Force began. Ten days later I said goodbye to my family and boarded a plane for the first time in my life. Less than two hours later I landed in Montréal at Trudeau International Airport and was soon boarding a bus headed for the Canadian Forces Leadership and Recruit School (CFLRS) is Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. It was the beginning of six weeks of exhaustion and, quite frankly, hell.
Basic Training has been the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. I've gotten through it so far, but it's taken everything I have to do so, and I've still got seven weeks left to go. At the moment I'm home on my Christmas leave, though I'll be leaving again to-morrow to go back. It's so hard leaving the family. I miss them so much while I'm gone. My family are all I have, and I don't completely fit in at CFLRS, I'm just so different from most of my platoon mates, so it's really hard being away from them.
I've had some good times at CFLRS, as well. At the beginning of Week 4 we went on a trip to the National War Museum in Ottawa. I got to see so many things there; it was amazing. On our way to the museum we even stopped to see our Parliament buildings. I've wanted to see them for so long and I finally got to! I was happy; I wish I could have stayed longer. One thing is for certain, I will be going back eventually!
