Decisions

As if to help break up the mundane around here, there's a couple items that have come up recently requiring me to make a decision and both of which have resulted in a stalemate for awhile now. First off, I cannot for the life of me decide what class I want to take this upcoming semester. There's two that have really captivated my interest and, if I was admitted to the program and not deployed (or at least on the schedule that we're on right now), would consider taking both. The one class is Project Management and the other is Integration Manufacturing Control Systems. Now to be honest, although I am interested in both, the Project Management class is actually more intriguing to me. However, I think it might also be offered during the summer and the other one is not, so it might be more to my advantage to take the Integration class. Then again, they may not offer PM during the summer. Either way, I have to decide soon because classes start in a month from today and I still need to sign up and get books ordered. 

The second item that is causing consternation right now is what marathon I should run upon return. Again, this is all going to be dependent on when exactly our return date is. Again, it's down to two: the Route 66 Marathon in Tulsa and the White Rock down in Dallas. Now this might as well be a very easy decision if we are not back before Thanksgiving as that will rule out Tulsa, but I (and Katie as well) have this inkling that we'll be back before Thanksgiving. Tulsa was such a fun race; maybe because it was my first marathon, but the atmosphere was really festive and the race was well organized that it was really enjoyable (well, not including how I felt physically after mile 20). On the other hand, I have already run it and it might be nice to try a different race, such as White Rock. The other advantage to White Rock is it will give me an extra two weeks to train. What I'm leaning towards right now is just plan for Tulsa and if I feel like I need more training, just add the two weeks and run down in Dallas. 

Otherwise, it's just more of the usual right now. We did go off base a few days ago for some driver training. Its refreshing and frustrating all at the same time. Refreshing because I can feel like a normal person and forget I'm deployed for a little bit. But, then I look around and see so many Westerners running around that I get frustrated at how they get all this freedom to experience the culture and city and I'm lucky to get off base twice a month. Honestly, as long as Katie could be with me, I wouldn't mind if we had to live here for a year or two. We'd probably get really tired of the heat and brown/tan surroundings all the time, but that's not really too different from Oklahoma right now anyway. Maybe the Air Force could send us somewhere that involved color and a nice beach.....that's not really too much to ask for, right?