I met my parents early Friday morning, and showed them around the academic building a little before my first class. We went to engineering, followed by the parade, boring. At least I thought it was, but of course I was the one in full service dress standing at attention for over an hour. To make the parade more interesting however, about 15 freshman from my squad went down to the parade field with 12 cans of spray paint, to make a little banner, ▲TII, our squad nickname, delta tau deuce. We took about 2 hours in the middle of the night to make it look as good as possible. We had a full sketch and even come stencils to make sure it looked top notch, we think it did. We also received praise all of the way up the chain of command, into the Permanent party including various officers. The Parade carried on, only a few people passed out from the heat, but much less than everyone was predicting. I then met my parents on the field, and together we walked up to the dining hall, Mitchell Hall. We had make your own sandwiches, with sun chips, and an apple pie, a disappointing meal, other than the pie.
I then showed my parents around the Chapel, and Arnold Hall. We sat in the air conditioned lecture hall, while we watched a video from Basic, the good ol' times. After a little relaxation we were off to my French class. Another hour passed, and school was done for the day, we walked around the gym, hall of fame, and then we hauled my new TV and printer up the hill.
My first real meal off base was TGI fridays, which was pretty good, cant go wrong with a hamburger. We also at ate Fantastic Daves, a BBQ restaurant, along with Qdoba which is better than Chipole. We went to the Air Force football game Saturday, and spent that night at the theaters watching Inglorious Basterds. We drove though Garden of the Gods and took a little walk in the giant rock garden. The weekend came to a quick end, and I was stuck in my room, studying for my first Math Test.
This past week has been packed with different tests and reviews, but school is still going pretty well. The work load is piling up, but everything here is still pretty good. Our whole squad passed our knowledge tests today, which means it will be a good week. Track is going well, and the cold is coming. It never hit 50* here this past Saturday. I'm excited for the snow, but I'm not excited for the 10 degree temperatures that come with it. I hope everyone is doing well, I get to come home in 71 short days, but who's counting. Can't wait to hear from everyone. Have a great day,
Matt
The preliminary drawings
The ▲TII on the field
The Falcon in the stands
The Terrazzo at its finest
Our Trip to Garden of the Gods
My nametag over my locker for Track
A cool double rainbow from this week
The Giant Rainbow, end to end
F15 Fly over at the game
A great sunset to a great weekend 
Matt, You are an outstanding writer...If you decide not to fly or pole vault you could always be a journalist.
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting an update, I did see your Mom last night and I told her I check everyday to see if you have left a new blog.
By the way, I loved the story about your mid-night painting. Good Job!
Sounds like you are surviving and even enjoying your time in Colorado Springs...Rick and I will be heading to Winter Park, CO tomorrow. Can't wait.
The "boys" (D & J) turned 21 last week, not pretty. I hope they hurt for months and think twice about their next legal drink.
Hugs,
Marie Chi
qdoba is the besttt. theres one in eugene.
ReplyDeleteYea it is, the Queso sauce is delicious. Free drinks for military, and a few times a year, free burritos!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the update and pictures, Matt. Sounds like your squad is full of leaders, artists, and fun lovers----a good one to be in. I was just thinking about Thanksgiving the other day and looking forward to seeing you. Love, am
ReplyDeleteI'm counting the days too, bud! Thanks for posting, the photos are great too...love you!!
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