block 2 of 7

i'm in the next ~2 week block now and i had a good score on my first test for the maintenance officer course. today we were volunteering to help set up a festival for the weekend. We got out of class in the morning to do it and it looks good to volunteer as well. It wasn't perfectly efficient, but we did get a lot accomplished which was good.

I also got some huge progress on one of my completely dorky hobbies of my cell phone. Got some help on the internet from some other people into it and it was entertaining for me at least =) no need to bore you with the details though, but thanks for reading

TX after a week

I've been here about a week now. Our class has 15 people in it, but only about 6 of us have really been hanging out regularly. I suppose a few of the others might have formed their own group, but it is kind of interesting. There seems to be a divide among the ROTC students and teh Academy students. I'm the only guard member, but since i went to a regular college the ROTC students feel i'm one of them heh. Not sure how many of you will know the difference or maybe some of the readers will actually have witnessed this difference themselves, but it seems quite distinct seeing them interact fresh after commissioning like this.

In other news i've been keeping up with the material, and getting some exercise. Saw a bit of the town already and participated in Meals on wheels today.

Wichita Falls

Well i am in training now at Sheppard AFB. It's not too bad i haven't gone out too much yet, but i don't htink there will be a ton to do in the local area. Not a huge deal as i can entertain myself fairly easily and i will have enough other work to do. I will probly travel to Dallas on the weekend at some point since it's only 2 hrs away.

Unfortunately I got a ticket on the way here, but other than that the drive was fine. I'm pretty much settled in now, but i might change rooms in 2 weeks anyway. Feel free to send me emails and you can ask for my address if you like as well.

I should be graduating on Dec 14th

Preparations

Today i did some work on the truck to get ready for the trip to Texas. It was the first time i changed spark plugs on a V6. All my other vehicles are 4 cylinders and the plugs and wires are about the easiest thing to change on them. I do have a wonderful trick i heard about though for getting the plugs and wires changed on a v6 with a lot of miles. I couldn't pull the boot off of the spark plugs on most of them so i used a hammer and chisel to break the porceline part of the plug off with the boot attached. Then i just used the socket to take the rest of the plug out and replaced it and the wires with new ones. This was still a long, hard, dirty and sometimes painful task though when compared to my other cars. Oh i also did an oil change on it and my brother's car. Those were uneventful though.

Still haven't packed and i really don't want to, but i know it will need to be done shortly. I've been saying goodbye to friends and family lately too. I'm really glad i'll be able to have my phone and the internet on this trip though!