Week 2 gets started

Weekends at Quantico are whatever you make of them. Much like being in college, many students return home for the weekend.  Since this was a holiday weekend, most NA students within a 6 hr drive headed home and returned sometime on Monday. Those of us that stayed either ventured out to sightsee, work on papers, or basically hang out.  I was fortunate enough to get up to Alexandria and meet up with eight cops from Sarpy County (a La Vista and Bellevue officer and 6 Sarpy deputies) who are part of our Metro Honor Guard and were marching in the Inaugural parade yesterday. 

The NA course work is more demanding than the normal police seminars. Since the courses are University of Virginia sanctioned, several require research and term papers, most classes have several papers due.  I was able to knock out about 75% of my term papers by banging away on the computer yesterday.  I also discovered I have been to the library on site more times than I did at Sam Houston in four years of college. It is enjoyable, however. 

The weekend also gave me legs time to recover from the demonic stretching they experienced in PT Thursday and Friday. It probably didn't help attempting to do a crossfit style workout on Saturday. Texas Jeff put together a simple 6 stage workout that you are suppossed to do five times. I barely made it three. 

Our first challange run is tomorrow. Rumor is Lester Holt from the Today Show is filming a segment on the FBI Academy tomorrow which we understand will be shown on Saturday morning.  He'll be doing a piece about the Academy, highlighting the resources here. Word is he may participate in our run tomorrow...I hope he dresses warm, temps should be in the teens when the starting gun goes off. 

Good news on the health front as the two class members taken to the hospital last week were treated and released and back in class. 

As many before us have experienced, the cafeteria food isn't bad, it's just repetitive. There are only so many ways to cook skinless chicked and fish. What they call an "angus" steak was more like a hamburger to me.  Washington may know politics but they do not know beef. Here's to red meat!