The Military Ball

Yesterday was the Military Ball. :D It was at the Holiday Inn-Holidome and I think it was by far the nicest Military Ball in yrs. I had a great time with my parents and my friends. I got Best Company Commander and Best Company for Bravo Company, which we celebrated by sounding off the company motto at the top of our lungs :

"Bravo, Bravo is the best, we will beat you and the rest, give us all that you've got we will beat you on the spot, rough tough lean mean Bravo Company is Supreme, so slide and stomp your feet Bravo Company's got the beat, not once but twice, Hoo-rah Bravo, Whoooah!

Whoohoo! it felt super nice and i had this great feeling of accomplishment that all my work, effort and all my headaches throughout the yr paid off at the end, that and i was really competitive with the rest of the other two company commanders. :D The night went fairly well and i wasnt nervous.

We have a tradition at any Military Ball where the Battalion Commander (me) makes the first cut in the Battalion cake with the youngest cadet of the Batallion and it was funny. Cuz the guy who was going to cut it with me, was really nervous and he was shaking while holding the saber. Our conversation went like this:

Me: Hello, you ready?
Jose: Hi, sort of.
Me: What do u mean sort of? You nervous?
Jose: Yes, im really nervous. (starts shaking with the saber in hand)
Me: Dont be, its just a cut in the cake.
Jose:Well I still am
Me:Dont be, ok? Im not going anywhere and were going to do this together.
(we both look up and theres the Army recruiter, and whole bunch of other plp looking at us and laughing at both of us b-cuz he is shaking and i'm calming him down and the saber is shaking too)
Jose: I'll try
Me: Ready?
Jose: yes, wait, no,....how do you do this?
Me:Hold it from the handle, i'll hold it too, then together we will press it down, ok?
Jose:ok.
Me:Ready?
Jose: Yes
(we cut the cake)

As we picked up the saber, the cake was falling apart which scared both of us and then that was it. the rest of the evening was pretty cool and nice. There was a few laughs here and there when the awards were presented cuz plp where completely lost and some were really nervous, but that made the eveing more interesting. Overall, it was great and we had a good time. The guys made a big deal of dancing for me and they made a circle saying "La BC, La BC, que baile, andale vamos a bailarle" They pushed me in the middle of a circle, which i tried getting out of and they started dancing for me....that was funny until my bf went and pulled me out cuz he got jealous. hehe.

Tear, tear, Military Ball is over. :( But it was the coolest. :D