Caleb at College Week 7

This week, Caleb's call came to a house full of Jerdons! Grandma and Grandpa Jerdon, Uncle Tommy, Aunt Cameo and Stacey, Tatumn and Xander were all here! He got to meet Stacey via Facetime and say Happy Birthday to Xander and hi to Tatumn. When I had told him that everyone was here, I guess he didn't quite believe me. However, now he did.

In other news, Caleb told me that he had used his plasma donation money to go in with his roommate, Parker, to buy a Nintendo Switch and a couple of games like Super Smash Bros and Mario Kart. This is apparently what teenage college students do when they have disposable income. Ugh. Nevermind the complication of buying a major piece of electronics with a roommate. However, he insists that they've worked out shared custody of the Switch and both plan to serve a mission and then return to being roommates afterwards, so...

Caleb insisted that he would not be using his money for dates. (cue head in hands)

The Coolest: In ROTC, Brigadier General Kennewick came and spoke to the cadets. He was an A10 pilot. Caleb really enjoyed hearing about his career. He taught the cadets that when you an officer and you are "right" or something goes well, you need to give credit to and compliment your enlisted men. When you are "wrong", however, it is your fault.

The Best: Caleb gave his first "briefing" to his ROTC leadership class. He had to speak about an article he had studied for no less than one minute and no more than two, with concise language, remembering to mind his pauses and not use filler like "um" (which happens to be a weakness of Caleb's). He was thrilled to have done well, and was complimented by his CO. 

Worst: On Monday after coming home from classes, Caleb was on his bike, riding into the driveway. He neglected to mind the crazy potholes and his front tire went into one, throwing him over the handlebars and landing hard on his stomach. He had his helmet on and did not sustain any serious injuries, however his cell phone had been in the front pocket of his jeans and had jammed hard into his groin where it meets the hip joint and the artery. He was bruised pretty badly and it hurt to walk. He had to let his ROTC instructor know, and had to take it easy the rest of the week, not running or attending his PT class.

The Miracle: He was praying that his injury would heal quickly, and it did. Every day it improved and by the weekend, he was feeling much better, ready to start getting back to running. He didn't want to have to take much time away from it or it would start to effect his fitness levels, which need to stay high for the ROTC.