Spring Break has come and gone and it is now time to start a new semester. I got to spend plenty of time with family and friends over the past week. It could not have been a better spring break, besides the fact that it rained all week. I tried to see as many of you as I could, but had a very busy week.
After so much good Texas BBQ and food, i was beginning to put on the pounds. Due to the rain i saw several movies. I got to fly one time while i was home, which was nice. And i got to hang out with my sister quite a bit, they also took me on a date to chili's, haha my favorite restaraunt.
Wednesday i start the new trimester, the third and final one of plebe year. It should be a good one, or at least i hope it will be. Unfortunately i will not be able to come home until the latter part of June, but will definitely be looking forward to it.
This past weekend was a three day weekend due to the federal holiday we had. This gave the plebes and the rest of the regiment an opportunity to get out of Kings Point for a few days. I traveled with a good friend to his house in Sterling, Virgina. Which is about 20 minutes from Washington D.C. I had quite a bit of fun on my visit. His family was excellent and made me feel at home. I met a lot of new people and spent the days relaxing. We went canoeing down the Potomoc River which was a lot of fun. Although I didn't go into D.C. to do the tourist stuff I still got to see a lot.
It was a great break and i can't wait until the next one, spring break!
I just got back from the inauguration yesterday and it was pretty amazing. I have never before seen so many people crammed into one place. There were so many police, military, and secret service that it was unbelievable. We even got our own security team, if we wanted to go to the bathroom, you had to be escorted. Haha
Monday we left NY and went to the Naval Academy, which was our hotel for the night. That night we attended a pre-inauguration ball Which was a lot of fun, and great food. We left the ball and spent the night at the Naval Academy which was pretty impressive. That school is so much bigger than I thought. Then on Tuesday, jan. 20 we left at 5am to go to DC. A few hours later we arrived in DC. Our buses were escorted by police through security on a closed highway. Our 4 buses were the only vehicles on the highway which looked pretty crazy. We soon at the pentagon to go through security with the secret service. Our rifles were checked, everything was offloaded from the bus, and we were patted down. Once that was done we grabbed a cup of hot chocolate in the 22 degree weather and headed to the ellipse, which is where the White House was located. This time our 4 buses were escorted by about 20 motorcycle cops, which was awesome. All of the tourist were waving and screaming as we drove by. The parade began near the White House. It was really awesome to walk through DC, see all of the spectators and security teams. Then we passed in front of the Obama family and the Biden family. It was really cool, tv cameras were everywhere and people were everywhere.
Once we finished the parade we boarded the buses and headed back. It was a really neat experience, but unfortunately we spent way too much time getting through security. Once I arrived back a lot of people had texted me saying they saw me on cnn, cspan, and a lot of news channels. So that was pretty cool to hear.
And that was my experience at the Presidential Inauguration.
Hey,
Sorry its been a while since i have written a new post, but let me update you. Last weekend i had the opportunity to see the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, featuring the Rockettes. It was awesome! The show could not have been any better. I also got to see the christmas sights around NYC, including the Rockefeller Center Tree. Along with the sights I saw St. Peters Cathedral, walked down 5th avenue, and went to FAO Shwarz, the toy store. Christmas in NYC is a wonderful experience. Its getting pretty cold up here, at least for me since i am not too used to the north.
I've been so loaded with homework these past couple of weeks. Physics is my hardest class. I'm trying really hard to pass the class.
Wish me luck, i only have five days until I am home for Christmas!!!!!
A nice break from the Academy is just what i needed, and what i got over the Thanksgiving holiday. It was so nice to come back home to North Texas, where the weather is warm and the sun is always shining. I departed NY at 2:50 p.m. bound for Dallas, TX. I got through without a hitch and arrived on schedule. Mom was there to greet me and we ate at Macaroni Grill.
Grandma Jackie arrived on wednesday. I also got to spend some time with papa during the day. Thursday was Thanksgiving and a lot of family showed up at our house in Ponder, TX. We celebrated with good food, with my favorite being my mother's Green Been Casserole. All of it was good thought.
Then friday we spent the morning shopping. Waking up at 3am with mom and grandma and getting the door busters. We had lots of fun and laughed quite hard throughout the morning.
Unfortunately i had to leave early saturday morning. Grandma dropped me off at the airport at 5:45 a.m. To cap off such a good trip I rode First Class all of the way back to NY, thanks to American Airlines.
Now it's time to start another countdown, the countdown to christmas break.... only 19 days.
