My family back together again.This weekend my parents came down from Pennsylvania to visit us in Annapolis at my brother’s house. It has been a long while since we have done this sort of thing. So it was nice to get everyone together. I wish we had more time to spend with them, but we did end up doing a lot of homework. But it was still fun and I think my brother’s girls are happy when everyone is around. We setup the camera on a tripod and I got the chance to try out my new remote shutter release. You can see me holding it in my right hand over my brother’s shoulder. Aren’t tech gadgets just the best? OK, I’m sure most of you are bored at this point in the conversation, but I just couldn’t help mentioning it for the geek factor. 
We’ll be staying with TJ in Washington DC this week as his brother just left for Jordan. The last week of classes we’ll spend back at my brother’s to do some dog sitting and then we are done. I’m hoping to do something fun that weekend to blow off some steam after this crazy training is over! Then we will be off to my parent’s house near Pittsburgh for about a week. We’re planning on having fun but I’m also planning on digging in and starting the really nitty-gritty research and job application phase in preparation for departing for Korea.
