BCOT, St. Augustine, Long Drives and Online Dating

I have been in school now for a month. I am in block 5 of an 11 block process. Block 4 was the worst! The instructor we had for block for was ok and he got the point accross... it was just real dry and it seemed to drag on forever! But we tested out of Block 4 yesterday and started Block 5. I think Block 5 is going to be a little bit more fun... our instructor is a Major who is retiring in 140 days... he made that quite clear... and just wants to make sure we have fun and learn something at the same time!

My trip to Florida last weekend was a good one! I got to my aunts in time for supper Friday night. It was good to see my mom and my aunt, uncle and cousin. Saturday me, my mom and my aunt all went to the beach in St. Augustine which was about a two hour trip. I hadn't been to a beach since I went to Brazil in '99. It was fun to swim in the ocean again. One of the nice things about going to Florida was getting out of Mississippi. I am not going to knock Mississippi because I don't like it when people knock Kansas and I have some readers from around here! However, I am going to say that, Mississippi, is not on the top of my list of places to live. At least not along the Gulf Coast.

The drive to Gainseville was 6.5 hours. I put over 1,200 miles on my explorer over the weekend! I had lots of time to think and pray! It was some very good alone time. I did also call several different people. Which was great! I talked to my friend Dave whom I hadn't spoken too for nearly 3 months. His most exciting news was that he plans on going on staff with Campus Crusade come graduation in May! Praise God! He'll be working with Athletes in Action!

I mentioned in an earlier post that I had met some really cool people on Christian Cafe. Michaela was the first person I actually chatted with and she is a great Christian gal. I really never thought much would come from the Cafe but a few really good friends and chatting buddies. But God is amazing... and I will be meeting one of the girls I met when I travel back to Kansas City in October. There is no telling what might happen but I am very excited to be meeting her.