Where's Bill?
I'm not dead, I've just been incommunicado due to being so busy since we returned to homeport. It's great to be back on land, and for more than 3 days at a time. I've completely refurnished my house now, and just received all my household goods yesterday. Everything is unpacked and setup, I'm still missing internet connectivity though(I've been stealing my neighbor's WiFi on my cellphone for the past week). It's nice to live in a place where I'm not ashamed to invite over company for once. I do live in a tiny apartment, but at least it has nicer amenities than I'm used to(it's not planned to be condemned upon my departure). Also, an unplanned change, I purchased a new car, if you can call it that. I traded in my RX8(Sorry, Norman) for a Mini Cooper. I know I know, everyone says it's a gay little car, but I've wanted a Mini Cooper for a very long time, and it just happened to be customized exactly how I had it on the web site. The RX8 had just become too expensive, between new tires, spark plugs($440???), and the horrendous gas mileage. I decided I needed something a bit more practical, and something that I would still enjoy driving. I will definitely miss driving the RX8, and it will probably be one of the best rides I'll ever have. But, the Mini is much more economical, and I even like the color(I hated the color of the RX8).
This heatwave going on in Hawaii right now is killing me. I saw the thermostat reading 96 degrees the other day. I'm not acclamated to this kind of weather yet. To top it off my apartment is on the second floor and it's like a little oven. After work today I'm going air conditioner shopping. I have a very small, probably 500 BTU, AC in there right now, and it's just not cutting it.
This inport period is going to be very long. I've completed my qualifications and have entered into the duty rotation, so at least I won't be into work as often as I was. But standing regular duty is going to get very old over the next few months. To fill the time(there's quite a bit of down time during a duty day), I've decided I'm going to enroll in some courses at Hawaiian Pacific University. Probably just general requirements for now, but I need to get them out of the way. Basically all that's standing between me and my Associates is a few credits from general courses. So, hopefully, if all goes as planned, I'll have my associates before 2007. What will I do from there? I suppose complete my Bachelors, but I'm still unsure of what to major in. Time will tell.
I'm posting from work, so I suppose I should get back to it.