2009-2010: Margery Lucas

Mid-semester Break!

    Starting tomorrow at around 1500 marks the start of my mid-semester break! I'm really excited because this year I'll be going with my rook sister to her home in New Hampshire! This will be the first three-day break since school started, and I am in much need of a relaxing break. Academics is starting to wear me down badly, so I think it's time to recharge my batteries. So far the school year has been kind of wierd. Back home both of my pets passed away, my dog and bird, so I've been keeping in contact with my family to see how things are at home. It's really wierd because I feel as if a little piece of me died off too, even though I'm not home with my pets when they passed away, I can feel a slight disturbance in my mind. Dealing with loss in college is really hard, lately I've been calling my sister so we could comfort each other. Also at the start of the year I've been writing in a journal. As a sophomore, even though I don't have pressures of being a rook, there are other outside forces that cause drama and other problems.This year I started writing in a journal to release my thoughts; in some ways it's really theraputic. College is tough and writng is always a relaxer for me, that's why I write blogs.

    Anyway, I can't wait for mid-semester break to start, and the next countdown will be for Thanksgiving break!

Regimental Ball and almost Mid-semester

    Last weekend was Regimental Ball, and I had a fun time! A great way to bond with my rook sisters. I loved how all day I could just relax and get ready for it. The weekend was a great break from everything, even I felt a little bit refreshed on sunday. Mid-semester grades also came out. My GPA is not as good, but letter grade wise I'm on the right track to get my grades up for finals, all I have to do is focus like I have been doing and I think my final grades will turn out good. School work has definitely been taking a toll on me, and now I have to do drill to prepare for Cornell. Having more stuff on my plate kinda makes me stressed out, but I just have to focus throughout the day to get work done. I'm so happy mid-semester break is almost here, that means next week only 4 days of classes! In the meantime I'll just have to hang on to get the week done....about one more month until Thanksgiving break!

Fall Marine Corps FEX

    This years fall semester FEX for the Naval Battalion WAY different than last year! But this year I learned a whole lot more than I did last year. Maybe it's because I'm a sophomore, but I definitely feel much more comfortable with fireteam tactics and feel confident about myself. Even though preparation fro the FEX was different than last year, I still learned a lot and improved. I'm happy about how I assessed the situation when I was squad leader and a fireteam leader. I felt as if this year this FEX was more of a learning experience. The MECEPS kinda guided you through the situation and then in the end the evaluation was very exact to what you did wrong. I take the FEX's seriously because it's something that I will definitely need to know for OCS. It scares me about how close the future is. In a way I want it to come true, but I know it's going to take a lot of self discipline for OCS. Passing OCS shows how badly you want the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor. It's something that I've been working for since high school because I got the scholarship. It's so wierd of how the future is so close....i'll repeat it again, it's really scary!!!

Life on the other side of Drill Team Company

    As a freshmen, life was different in Drill Company. You were told what to do, and you just did it, no questions asked. Everyone knew the schedule and what was going on. You always went to your cadre for a definite answer. Life as an upperclassmen is definitely something else. One thing I didn't know about where color details. Wow, it surprised me how many colorguards I did since the beginning of the school year. What also surprises me is the number of details Drill Co. is asked to do. Almost every weekend I've had to do something with a colorguard, which is pretty cool because I didn't do that freshmen year and colorguards is what I wanted to do. It keeps me busy during the weekends and it's different than staying in and doing homework. Life as an upperclassmen, it's like life you don't know about as a freshmen, it's like finding out the inner-workings of the Corps, which is pretty cool.

The school year so far....

    Remember how I said in my first blog that my schedule would be kinds hectic, well it already is. I slowly learned that some weeks are better than others, and having multiple tests a day pretty much is depressing. I have to study A LOT....especially for like Anatomy and my Sports Med 220 class. I can easily see my physics, Sports Med 220, and english class being a hassle for me in the future if I don't take care of the work. One thing I also like about my classes is that I have no classes on tuesday, so it's kinda of like an extended weekend. Especially if I don't get anything done on the weekends, due to drill or other obligations. However, I think I take a lot of time studying for anatomy and I neglect english. All my other classes I study for, but I put a lot of emphasis on Anatomy; maybe because I took it high school and did not do so well on it. So this class is to redeem myself. On the other hand I have a physics tutor. I'm definitely taking charge of my academics so I can have a decent GPA on mid-semester....hope everything works out.