Time is a "tick-eting" away

This has been both a very good week, and a very expensive. Lots of good purchases, and in turn lots of good stuff to share. So, where do I begin?!

My plane tickets back home have been purchased. It did not come without taking a $5,000 loan. Don't worry, it'll be paid in full in 36 months.

On top this, I sold my car. Somehow I sold the car at full asking price, $2,000. I will be buying the LT Margraf's car. He is leaving for the states early next month, and I wanted a small piece of "the good lieutenant." Also this is a profit-seeking opportunity. I bought the car I have now for only $800. I will be buying his car for around $500 (all he wants me to pay is the JCI). Picking up what I'm putting down? I'll be posting pictures of my new car in my next post most likely.

Also, I bought my plane tickets from Milwaukee to Buffalo so I can attend Rich's wedding. Actually I bought 2 tickets. One for my date, and one for myself. Hopefully my date will be willing to pay for the hotel room. That will be discussed with Jennifer at a later time though.

My flight will fly into Madison on the 3rd of August. I had the chance for a slightly cheaper flight to fly into O'Hare International Airpport, but that would mean I would have to take a shuttle bus into the motherland, and that's something I didn't want to do. When I touch motherland soil for the first time, I want to be home, not traveling through Beloit and Janesville first with a couple of stops from Chicago to Madison. I'll gladly pay the extra $200. I'll also be flying out of Madison too. That will make it that much easier for traveling home.

I found it funny that it is only like 40 minutes longer to fly from Tokyo to Los Angelos (returning flight) than it is from Tokyo to Chicago. Must be with the curvature of the Earth or something of that nature.

So there I was, getting the nod of approval from my LCPO to continue college. Earlier this week I stopped by the Navy College Office to create a degree plan. Turns out I'm only 14 credits away from finishing my Associates Degree. Tomorrow I will submit my tuition assistance chit. Classes end on Aug 21st, so that will be a little interesting. I'll be taking intro to public speaking and intro to computer based systems. I'm back motivated again! Then again, that should be needless to say.

Here I am, single again. The Nicole experiment failed. As it comes to be, I should be concentrating on the already over-crowded plate I have. Girls are once again on the back burner. I'm not bothered or irked about it at all. The EOD package is nearing an end. I only have two more things to go. I need to be pressed in the hyperbaric chamber, and I need an interview by a senior rank in the EOD locker. The paperwork in the command is being routed as we speak.

Swim team caps have been officially been ordered. I also purchased water polo caps for our monthy game. That was about $600 total. I'll be selling the team caps each, and I'll try to sell the water polo caps at a discounted price to the gym to help subsidize the costs there. The caps look real sharp, I'm sure they'll be a huge hit.

Suffered a real disappointing week in the world of PT. For the past 8 days, I haven't done anything except a couple of pushups. Total number of miles ran in that time: 0. Not happy about it, and I wish I could offer a reasonable excuse, but I can't. I have just been really unmotivated as of late. I don't know why...shame on me! :(

The baseball team is only improving. I wish I could elaborate more, but to put it bluntly, we're just bad. Our rainy season is coming on, and it's starting to affect our practices. 7 and 8 year olds don't like practicing in the rain, and the parents REALLY don't like seeing their little children get all "cold and wet." I'm considering thinking long and hard about coaching next season. The relationships between the coaches is also a little strained. It's very unorganized, and yeah... is it swim season yet? Better yet, is it August?

Morale is high, and I'm looking to start pounding the pavement soon!