My First Chance

Wow it has been a while since the last one. Got through Officer Basic, settled into my new home for the next several years in the city of Bethesda, and already onto the third week of school. The schedule hasn't been too bad, just had our first biochemistry exam on Friday and now another exam for Structure and Functions Exam (both a practical and written exam) so it is essential two exams put into one. I think the biggest challenge is going to be balancing between the different classes, exams and papers, whilst still trying to manage(salvage) somewhat of a social life.

One thing I do not want to fall into is the trap of putting school before everything (including God) again. I did this as an undergraduate and I can see that it was definitely not greatest idea, especially putting it before God. I've yet to find a church, I checked out this one church for about a month and half but decided to look and check out some other churches. Growing up I've been actively involved in church, and even times when I changed churches and said that I wasn't going to get involved and such, I always ended up serving in some way or another. But with the given schedule and situation I believe it is God's way of telling me to be a learner, essentially a sponge for information and learning, and then serve again when the time arises.

My parents came to visit last week and it was really good seeing them. We got to see the city and visit the National Mall and got to eat at my fav restaurant here in DC. They loved the PX and commissary and spent so much money on cheap+tax free clothes and groceries. In addition, my momma made my a stink-load amount of food, enough to last me about a month and a half. Which should be just enough to get me wanting her food again when I visit home in Dec.

School is starting to pick up a bit faster and the word is it only gets worse. Only really had about a few hours to recover from the last exam before I started to study again....

I need a vaca...