Spring Update

Hey everyone hope you all are enjoying the spring.  It’s been a while so I have a lot to catch you up on.  Air Force wise I’m still waiting to hear back if I’m medically cleared, I’ve been told within then next month I should hear, but I still was given a slot for Field Training this summer.  All Air Force ROTC cadets have to attend the four week Field Training down at Maxwell AFB, AL to be commissioned so the fact that I have a slot is good news.  I ran my physical fitness test this morning and got my best time of 11:53 for the 1.5 mile run receiving a combined score of 92.4, which is improvement from my 12:46 and 87.2 in the fall.  I’m going to keep after it and make sure I’m as prepared as possible when I head down to Alabama in early July.

For the first part of the summer I was given the opportunity for an internship in D.C. working for Deloitte in their Federal Services division.  They played a large role in putting on the Warrior Games as the main sponsor so I’m grateful I was able to make a connection with them on the business side as well.  They have been more than flexible with the uncertainty of my training schedule and if the Air Force decides not to clear me, I will be in D.C. with Deloitte for the remainder of the summer.  Tony and Sharon Frost have been gracious enough to let me stay with them and I’m looking forward to great summer.

Everything else is going well and even though this quarter has felt a bit like running down hill faster than your legs can move, I’ve been trying to keep everything in balance.  Maggie is doing excellent.  It’s nice to be back at OU for spring time again together.  This summer is looking like we’ll be apart again as we have grown accustom to, but no life threatening events should make it a bit easier this time around.  My family is all doing well and with everyone busy working I’m looking forward to some time at the cottage this summer.  Thank you for your support and hope to see you all soon.

Received a pretty good fortune cookie the other day, “In the race to be better or best, do not miss the joy of being.”

 

Back in Athens

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while, but I hope everyone had a great holiday season.  I’m back in Athens for Winter Quarter and diving into the mix of classes, early mornings for rotc, and everything seems to eat up the hours in the day.  It’s nice to be back again though.

Over the break we were visiting my great Grandma Capaldi in Detroit, who I convinced to cut my Dad’s ponytail finally haha. I promise him we would race when we got home and although he was ahead of me the whole time, there was a magical “tie” like we use to have playing softball up at the cottage when the girls and I were little.  We ran just under a 9 minute mile so a decent time for me nevertheless.  I have pictures and videos so I will post those up for everyone to see.

The exception to policy has been submitted up the chain of command so now begins the waiting game.  I’m still going to be participating in the program as usual though, which I’m very glad about.  We hopefully will hear by the end of May so keep your fingers crossed.  Thank you for your continued support and prayers.  Take care.