Tomorrow is my last day of classes.  I have two.  In the morning, I plan on going up to the baseball field where  the Marines will be landing a couple of Super Cobras and a TH-57.  Hopefully I'll get there early enough to go for a ride.

Today was the last day of ROTC.  The next time I put on my navy uniform it will be for commissioning.  We had ( Read more... )

I hope no one was expecting a proper post.  Quite frequently I feel like there are things of note to record, but when I get the time to write something I never have the motivation to do so.... or I've forgotten what it was that I thought was so interesting ( Read more... )

Time for a post, since I haven't in awhile.  Here's the rundown on what's gone on since the last.

- Sat for license 17 DEC- 21 DEC

- Went to Charlotte for the holidays 22 DEC

- Back to Connecticut  03 JAN

- Drove to Sub Base New London for dress white jacket for commissioning and graduation 4 JAN

- Returned to school 6 JAN

- 24.5 credits for my last ( Read more... )

The semester is nearly over, and it can't come soon enough.  It's been rough from the start, but as the license exams approach, the pressure has gotten pretty intense.  Last week was one of the most difficult I've yet had ( Read more... )

Wow.  Life is crazy ( Read more... )

Boredom has led me to post.  Really, there are about ten other things I should be doing right now, but whatever.  List!

I should be going over my license application.

I should be preparing my room for the usual Wednesday morning room inspection festivities (I do the inspecting these days, so it's more to set the example).

I should be studying for ( Read more... )

I am free.  I finished up restriction last Thursday night and was able to leave on Friday.  Naturally, I left school and went to Julie's.

I saw Superbad.  Funny.  Painfully awkward at times.  Most of my friends from high school are in it....  sometimes occupying the same roles.

I worked on my boat.

I ate frosting and batter as Julie made cupcakes.  ( Read more... )

Since the start of the year I've been constructing a battleship.  It's only a model.  On the weekends I leave my prison here at school and travel to the promised land of Julie's apartment in Stamford.  There, in a box and on a small table, is my project.  I move this promptly and take over the entire living room table for the duration.  Of course, ( Read more... )

After getting out of the English Channel we got hit by a gale for a couple ( Read more... )

We're making what feels like a very slow 15 knots towards home right now ( Read more... )