Stuff

I had three tests and two quizzes this past week, so spent a lot of time studying lately.  I'm happiest about doing well on my Organic Chemistry test, as that's my challenging course.  It doesn't get necessarily progressively harder at this point, so I'm "getting it" and have an idea of what to expect for the rest of the semester, which is good.

This weekend I caught up on some reading for school, played around on my father's drum-set (which was pretty hilarious), and also spent some quality time with some great friends, including more hiking.  I also picked up my rig from getting some maintenance done on it at the local dropzone.  If the weather happens to be nice one weekend, I'm ready to sneak in a jump.  I won't be able to afford to jump very much for a while, but I'm very much looking forward to doing a few here and there when it warms up, and also meeting some new friends.

DC

I finally got to visit Washington DC.  I've actually been there before- from one end of the metropolitan area to  the other via the subway, but not getting above ground in between.  A friend from CA is near the area for some work training, so I took a trip down.. via bus of course, so that I could get some studying done during the weekend.  Worked out great.  It was a "raw" and cold day, but we made the best of it.  I have a lot more traveling to do once I start working again.  Already making my list...

At the Smithsonian "Air and Space" museum:

Test and Polar Plunge

Friday I took the RN pre-admissions exam I've been prepping for.  I was more pressed for time during the test than I expected to be.  It was web-based (that's a first!), and so you get your results the same day.  And I did great- 99th percentile. !!!!  (And 100% on the Math..)  Even though it's not a particularly difficult test, this is better than I thought I would do, especially with how pressed I felt for time.  So, I was very, very, VERY pleased.  This test counts for half of the admission criteria, so it's a big deal.  

This Super Bowl Sunday, I celebrated by jumping into the Atlantic ocean in the middle of winter.  Yep.  They do it every year in my uncle's town.  I always thought it was a horrible and stupid idea.  But this year I decided it was a good idea.  (I suppose this may be what happens when a skydiver has not jumped from a plane in over a month...)  It was 37 degrees, very sunny, and very little wind.  So, it was a nice day to do it. I doubt I would/could have done it if it were a shitty day.  It was damn cold, but no where near as bad as I expected!!

Before, and scared:

Running back in after my dip:

Did it!