i've my first basic machinery exam tomorrow, an "answer verbatim from your notes" test that encompasses 6 longs chapters full of important information. this test is worth a lot of points, a lot. apparently if i don't pass it, i'll have a hard time recovering for the rest of "a" school. so, it should come as no surprise that i'm fairly anxious about this exam. it's either the coffee or the tension or both, but there's a big knot tied in my guts. if i keep worrying though, i'll be too spooked to go in tonight and study, which would be a bad thing, so i'm going to have to suck it up, study the material i'm weak on, and try my best on the test tomorrow. my best better be good enough.

on wednesday i have my check pfa which will determine if i'm physically fit enough for the navy. the test is easy enough (42 pushups, 64 situps, 1.5 miles in 13:30), though i suffered something of a painful hip muscle injury in bootcamp and it's after the run that i'm worried about. if it's as bad as the corpsmen think it is, then i'll go into physical therapy for a while. good thing our school isn't physically demanding!

on thursday i have another exam, this time for math. it's just a basic algebra/trig exam, nothing to worry about. it's more like an hour that i get to spend having fun solving "puzzles." sadly, this is our last math exam and the end to our math instruction until i start power school in 3+ months.

hmmm, what else? more inspections, more ironing, more keeping busy with studying and being completely lazy during downtime. i'm really trying to cherish these few hours off a day, and they feel wasted.

i just wish it was wednesday already. oh, and i also wish that i passed my basic machinery exam. do i get two wishes?