Long, slow recovery

It has been about three weeks since I decided to be cute and jump off a couch, and I am still not up to full speed. I know it is going to take me a whlie before I can actually be up to full speed again, right now I can't even run without feeling pain. At least it is not severe pain when I run. But I can feel my back is still sore, especially if I spend too much time not moving around enough. It took almost a week before I could even stand up straight. Took a week and a half before I could walk normally and at close to my usual speed. Now I just really want to be able to start running again, and working on my sit-ups, but without hurting myself again. And I have a PT test in four weeks, and I don't think I will be ready for it, which really sucks, especially if I am forced to take it and fail it. That will not be a good thing. Especially since I have the promotion board the next day. I want to do so good, but it is sooo hard right now. Just qualifying on the range was difficult, my back was in so much pain by the end of the day. At least I qualified, and some of the guys that did better are going to help me and a couple of the ones who had a difficult time work on our firing skills with some of the non-live fire equipment at work. I can practise and clean my weapon all at the same time. Somehow I will prove to everyone that I am a good soldier. I am tired of being questioned. I am ready to go home. And this ain't it.