Well, after a much-needed vacation back down South to visit my girlfriend and family, I'm back up in New Haven. I spent a lot of time over in Athens with my girlfriend and I rested up so much.

From Sunday when I flew home all the way to Friday I had a splitting headache and was so exhausted. I kept on wondering what I could have done to feel this way...and on Wednesday I figured it out...it was withdrawal symptoms. The entire week beforehand, I had about 3 energy drinks and 5-12 cups of coffee a day. I understand how absolutely terrible that is for my body, and I'm in no way a proponent of energy drinks, but it was necessary. Today I had my usual coffee, and I'm kind of shaky...it's crazy how extreme amounts of caffeine can affect you.

ANYWAYS, classes are going well, and it's another good day in Connecticut. I got back to Yale around 1:45 a.m. this morning and crashed on my futon. I woke up at 7 and showered, got in uniform and headed off to class. In class, our Lieutenant handed back midterms, and said "Midshipmen, you were right on a question and my answer key was wrong. For being wrong, I owe you 17 motivational pushups." So while in his service dress uniform, he got down and did pushups as we all counted them out. Haha, it's just such a great class. Plus I did very well on the midterm. Things are looking up, things are looking up.

I have 27 days until I fly back down South for Thanksgiving. On a side note, I love flying into New York at night because the skyline of Manhattan.