Goodbyes

At long last it's over, cadets coming to an end and summer finally approaching. It's a sad year though, Roy and John are leaving and our group of senior NCO's is slowly depleting while the group of the younger PO's is growing exponentially. That's the way cadets works though, one group fades out while the other starts out. Camp is coming soon though and it'll be a last go at all of us being together.

On the other hand there are some up sides to cadet's close, such as no more mad rush over paddle making (me and Roy stayed up till 12:30 at his working on it last night due to the fact certain officers didn't give us the supplies earlier.) And of course there's also the fact that there's one less to worry about and prepare for, it'll be nice to be off.

This year we had the Commanding Officer of HMCS Victoria (the submarine stationed in Esquimalt) as our reviewing officer and over all it went fairly pain free. I was in charge of the range display which despite a few deflating balloons had no real problems.

As far as awards go this year I was the recipient of the Lord Strathcona Medal, which I was sincerely not expecting... now I have to get my medals mounted... Mom also got recognized for the branch's work with the CO's Award and the band FINALLY won cock of the walk (top division)! Yay us! Ok so technically I'm not part of the band, at least because of my rank I don't count toward marks, but still, the point is they won! =)