Well the weather outside is frightful...

Oh no...just no. It started snowing here in Virginia...please no. We already have a class start delay until 1000 tomorrow morning and if they decide to cancel class all together then that means that we have to go in to the school house on Saturday which would mean I would lose my extra sleep that I normally get on the weekend. This does not make a happy sailor. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing snow, it's beautiful and I could get some pretty cool pictures here, but I DO NOT WANT TO GO TO CLASS ON SATURDAY!!!! Like I can't even stress that enough. Saturdays are the day that I give myself off to sleep in, lay in bed all day, not do anything at all really. Don't take that away from me. If I have to get snowed in, can it wait until the weekend when I can curl up in my room with a movie and maybe some friends to shun the cold weather? That seems like it might be too much to ask.
In other news, only 10 more days of class left before I graduate ESCS and go on leave before I deploy. That means only 24 more days before I'm getting ready to fly 18 hours to NSA Bahrain. That, my friends, is a daunting number. When I first picked my orders, I was like "Hey this is gonna be fun! I got plenty of time before I leave!" it really felt like I had forever before I left, with two extra schools and all. But no. Here I am with less than a month before I'm thousands of miles away from everyone that I care about. There's like, no time left and I'm panicking just a little bit. I don't wanna make a big deal about it, but I'm actually pretty nervous about this. I just have to keep my head up and remember that while it will be a huge culture shock, it's probably going to be one of the most fun times in my life. I'm going to meet and work with so many new and exciting people and I'm going to learn what it really means to serve my country. I wouldn't trade my life right now and in the immediate future for anything. And that's the way it should be.
I'm so excited to get going on my adventure to the Middle East and I can't wait to chronicle it for you guys (whoever you are). Now, it's almost midnight and I might have class tomorrow so I'm going to try and get all warm and snuggly in my very big bed and catch a few z's before I jump back in to it tomorrow.
Snuggles from your favorite MA,
Victoria