What an exhausting week!  The school load was immense this week, with five chapters to read (and I’m a slow and deliberate reader when it comes to reading college texts).  I may have put in somewhere between 60 and 70 hours this week, and I was “in class” all seven days this week.  I’m intentionally taking Tuesday off starting week 4 to give myself a mental break.  It sure doesn’t feel like a three unit class — it seems like a full time job!  My wife says that this is so only because I’m a hard worker who puts in a lot of extra time to make things perfect.  She may be right — I don’t see most of my other peers doing the same, but I also assume that they have jobs and are stressed simply trying to keep up with the workload.  Meanwhile, I’m only taking a sub job or two per week, and maybe a couple hours of chip work.  I’m lucky to be able to take the time off.

I heard from Jeffrey.  He made it to his new base at Sheppard in Texas.  So far, he is the only guy to be single in his room (at the end of the hall where he likes it), even though the dorm room is meant to house three.  He hopes this lasts – he likes having his own space.