It's been a while...
Alright, so I'm not going to get too deep into a lot of stuff that's gone on in my life since the last real post, but I will give a sampling of everything I can think of up to this point.
I am about 2 months away from having lived in Charleston for a year now, and I must say that this comes to me as bit of a surprise knowing that I have that much time left here before I can finally move on someplace else with my Navy career.
Power School was so academically demanding to a point that I felt like my academic standards have significantly dropped since college. I mean...we all work hard to get that nice GPA at the end and then when you go on to something bigger, all that matters at this point is that you pass. That being said, a 2.5 nowadays is standard. Much as I hate to admit that mediocrity isn't the best motivation, I myself had enough difficulty learning a 2-year curriculum in 6 months when all that matters is that you understand 62.5% of everything they teach you.
Currently going through Prototype School, so yes, I am still going through the Nuke portion of my submarine training, and provided I can qualify Engineering Officer of the Watch and graduate, my future career as a sub guy is still up in the air. Much as I enjoy it a little better, it makes me uneasy to know that the big picture of all the stuff I learned back in Power School, just got...well...bigger. Right now, I am currently not a huge fan of shift work that involves working 12 hours a day for 7 straight days and getting 2 days off in between shift weeks. However, occasionally, there comes a week where I get to work 4 days and get 4 days off, so that ends up being my vacation time, which can be awesome depending on how smartly you plan on using the time off.
I am still physically fit, and things are looking good with my New Year's resolution to gain weight this year. I just recently sprained my ankle and have essentially been barred from watchstanding at work for the rest of the shift week, so I am just relegated to studying and getting academic checkouts for my EOOW quals.
I am still single...yes I still haven't bought into the whole relationship thing because (1) I am way too busy and focused with my life to start worrying about dating at this point in my life and (2) a lot of my friends are or essentially will be married within a year of this date and have basically forgotten about me by now.
I've basically had the worst luck with married friends; they eventually start worrying about all that baggage they have to deal with so much to where they no longer have time to pick up the phone and give you a buzz every once on a while. It happens, but it saddens me to say every time I end up playing phone tag. Much as I feel nostalgic about the "good old days" with friends, I owe it to myself to realize that my life, too, is as important and that I have to start worrying about myself more often (as if I haven't been already).
My relationship with my family has grown noticeably stronger considering that I am more likely to get a hold of my parents and sister much more than my close friends. We're starting to tell each other some big and important things so that we'll be able to back each other up when needed, so I can't be any more thankful to have a family that's slowly growing closer regardless of how far apart we are.
So that's been my life in a nutshell these past several months. Hopefully, the things that have been going on will turn out for the better.
I am about 2 months away from having lived in Charleston for a year now, and I must say that this comes to me as bit of a surprise knowing that I have that much time left here before I can finally move on someplace else with my Navy career.
Power School was so academically demanding to a point that I felt like my academic standards have significantly dropped since college. I mean...we all work hard to get that nice GPA at the end and then when you go on to something bigger, all that matters at this point is that you pass. That being said, a 2.5 nowadays is standard. Much as I hate to admit that mediocrity isn't the best motivation, I myself had enough difficulty learning a 2-year curriculum in 6 months when all that matters is that you understand 62.5% of everything they teach you.
Currently going through Prototype School, so yes, I am still going through the Nuke portion of my submarine training, and provided I can qualify Engineering Officer of the Watch and graduate, my future career as a sub guy is still up in the air. Much as I enjoy it a little better, it makes me uneasy to know that the big picture of all the stuff I learned back in Power School, just got...well...bigger. Right now, I am currently not a huge fan of shift work that involves working 12 hours a day for 7 straight days and getting 2 days off in between shift weeks. However, occasionally, there comes a week where I get to work 4 days and get 4 days off, so that ends up being my vacation time, which can be awesome depending on how smartly you plan on using the time off.
I am still physically fit, and things are looking good with my New Year's resolution to gain weight this year. I just recently sprained my ankle and have essentially been barred from watchstanding at work for the rest of the shift week, so I am just relegated to studying and getting academic checkouts for my EOOW quals.
I am still single...yes I still haven't bought into the whole relationship thing because (1) I am way too busy and focused with my life to start worrying about dating at this point in my life and (2) a lot of my friends are or essentially will be married within a year of this date and have basically forgotten about me by now.
I've basically had the worst luck with married friends; they eventually start worrying about all that baggage they have to deal with so much to where they no longer have time to pick up the phone and give you a buzz every once on a while. It happens, but it saddens me to say every time I end up playing phone tag. Much as I feel nostalgic about the "good old days" with friends, I owe it to myself to realize that my life, too, is as important and that I have to start worrying about myself more often (as if I haven't been already).
My relationship with my family has grown noticeably stronger considering that I am more likely to get a hold of my parents and sister much more than my close friends. We're starting to tell each other some big and important things so that we'll be able to back each other up when needed, so I can't be any more thankful to have a family that's slowly growing closer regardless of how far apart we are.
So that's been my life in a nutshell these past several months. Hopefully, the things that have been going on will turn out for the better.