I know, I know, late again. I’m sorry. Senioritis is hitting
hard. I’m very good at managing a lot of work, but I’ve completely forgotten
how to manage a lot of free time properly. I only really have two modes; I’m
either going all-out and super-productive, or I’m doing whatever needs doing
and then watching Netflix. Right now I’m in the second mode. This is
exacerbated by the fact that a lot of the independent project I’m trying to
finish keep being held up – you know how it is, just one thing after another –
which means I can’t work on the things I really want to work on.
I have gotten back to working out, although we’ve had heavy
snow over the last few days that led to a lot of cancellation with regard to
kickboxing and gym closure. Before I left for break, I did something to my left
rotator cuff, so I’ve been out of commission for a little while. It’s good to
be back. I’m in that lovely stage where I’m comfortably sore (you know what I
mean) from working muscles I haven’t worked in a while, without having gotten
too out of shape.
We also started ROTC fully again this week, which led to a
few adventures. On Monday we had our mock Physical Readiness Test. I was
feeling a little under the weather (you feel nauseated, by the way, not nauseous.
If you’re nauseas you cause people to feel nauseated.), so I didn’t do the run,
but I still maxed the pushups and situps. In Naval Science we’re still doing
ethical reasoning 101, so I’m a little bored/frustrated, but at least I’m the
one who knows what’s going on for once. I also got to bring in my other major
for a 15-minute presentation on the Middle East for ROTC Lab; it was a little
crazy (4 years of classes in 15 minutes) but everyone seemed to like it.
Just getting to ROTC lab on Wednesday morning was quite an
adventure. I stepped outside my dorm and immediately slipped on the ice. I didn’t
fall, but it was a very risky walk to the rental car, which turned out to be
entirely iced over (without a scraper in the trunk) and in an unsalted parking
lot. Since Anderson and I had never really driven on ice before, we called an
Uber. Except that when the Uber showed up, we needed to change the route on the
GPS to get there in time, which meant giving the driver directions. And the
driver only spoke Chinese – which, shout-out to Anderson, she could speak. So I
now know the Mandarin for “yes, go straight!” We did finally arrive – on time,
no less! This is why you leave early.
The weather has been crazy over the past few days. MIT
cancelled classes on Thursday, although of course Harvard didn’t. Many of the
professors did cancel class, though, since they couldn’t get here. Not that I
had any classes on Thursday in the first place. I spent the day working on my
thesis. I did manage to finish drafting it; now comes the much less enviable task
of revising it until it makes sense. All the chapters were written separately
over a period of a few months, without my having read them again in between, so
fitting them together smoothly is somewhat of a challenge. I keep repeating
myself, and sometimes I contradict myself, but we’ll get there eventually. Eventually
meaning before next month, when it’s due.
So that’s about what’s going on here. I’m really enjoying my
class on Augustine, and my seminary classes are going decently well. One more
note – ship selection is next week, so by my next post, I should know where my
first assignment will be for the Navy! I promise (barring unforeseen circumstances)
I’ll have next week’s post up earlier than this week’s was, so stay tuned for
that news. Until then!
Pictures: Very wintry
Somebody went out on the ice.
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