The We(a)k in Review

Well, this week has been good. I have gotten alot accomplished: went to my medical, ear, and eye exams for my NROTC Scholarship, read alot in Ben-Hur, enjoyed Daniel in the Bible, did two days of 400/500 pushups/situps, went running about 20 miles, and swam three days this week. Today's been pretty sucky, but hopefully that'll change here soon when I get some food in me and clean my room... which needless to say, is horrendous. There are papers and books and clothes and shoes and anything and everything strewn everywhere across the floor, dressers, bed... it's awful. I think I'm going to start writing down goals, or to-do lists for each day during the week. lol, Yeah I know I sound like I'm 60, but that's what it's coming down to. I need to get a little bit more organized.

Priority #1... GET BETTER AT FLUTTER-KICKS. I lost in a flutter-kick competition with another guy in my Sea Cadet Unit...absolutely inexcusable. I guess I did do 500 situps earlier in the day...but I still should have beat him. I gotta start seriously practicing flutter kicks 2-3 times a week. Hmmm, what else do I need to improve on... pullups, side-stroke, treading water, one-handed pushups, and I think I'm gonna start working with weights this week, or the next. Oh, and of course, I need to get better at eating. I HAVE to eat more. There is no way I can be exerting so much energy each day and not give my body enough nourishment, to not only sustain my muscles and strength, but to increase it.

Oh yes, haha, well I woke up on Thursday morning and I thought to myself, "Ya know what, I'm sick of my hair." So later that day, yep, that's right... I shaved it all off. Bald. I am now officially bald. When I first saw myself I was literally rolling, but not I'm starting to like it. I think it looks just fine, and I can see myself keeping it like this for awhile. Now, it's not skin-bald... as in, I didn't take shaving cream and a razor and get ride of the little spiky hair that's left. But I got it as close as it could go with the electric clippers... and well, that's pretty darn close. It's definately considered bald. My dad got pretty mad at me when I suggested shaving it skin-skin bald... but I'm gonna keep working on him and see if, after awhile, he'll let me shave it completely off. Anyway, that was an interesting occurence this week.

Well my brother is about to be deployed overseas somewhere. I don't know for sure where he's going but I have a general idea. He'll be second in command on the submarine during the mission, which will last about 5 months. Other than the CO, he is the guy in charge of making sure the mission is completed successfully. And I also heard that there might be some, special "baggage" aboard... if ya know what I mean. lol, I don't know how much I should disclose over the internet, I'm weary of really saying anything. Who knows what the terrorist scum might be looking at. But anyway, basically he'll be engaged in some sort of intelligence-gathering operation. He has a wife and two kids, and of course, it's going to be hard for them while he's gone, but they've done it before, and I'm sure they'll be able to manage for another five months. But I know its really hard on my brother to be away for so long without seeing his family.

Well, I sure have taken off on this blog thing. I think I've had a-blog-a-day for about two weeks now... not bad. I just need to be careful not to spend too much time on this thing, but so far, I think I'm doing pretty good. Alright, gotta get the food outta the oven..................................