And so it was

Looking back over the past week. It's been a little bad, but mostly good. I finished "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis for the second time last week. I also finished the great novel, "Ben Hur." I've been moving through the Old Testament, reading the minor prophets. I almost have the Old Testament finished, I just have Zephaniah, Haggai, Zachariah, and Malachi left. Micah 6:7-8 really stood out to me today.
Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,
Ten thousand rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
He has shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the LORD require of you
But to do justly,
To love mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?

Had a Sea Cadet Drill this weekend. It was inspection weekend. The first part of Saturday was extremely boring, we just practiced for Sunday's inspection and listened to our commander talk and talk... uh well, we got through it. But then came the fun part. We had our first PT test of the year. I did pretty good I guess. They tested pushups, situps, pullups, shuttle run, V-stretch, and mile run. I did 72 pushups in one minute (3rd in the unit), 61 situps in one minute (1st in the unit), 10 dead-hang pullups (3rd), 9.57 seconds in the shuttle run (2nd), I failed the V-stretch (the gayest test ever), and then I ran an approx. 5:15 mile (1st). So that was alot of fun. I need to improve on the speed of my pushups, and keep building my strength for my pullups.

Sunday's inspection went well. My dress whites were immaculant. After the inspection we ate pizza and had squad competition. Our squad finished first in the assembly of the Zodiac boats, and finished 2nd in two other competitions. This weekend I'm gonna be going down south to compete in a SEAL competition. Should be alot of fun... so on that note, I need to leave and go do some PT. Farewell.