Life Continues In Lots Of Places, And

Certainly My Parents Were A Huge Influence. They Always Expected The Most Out Of All Of Us. And Expected Us To Do Our Very Best. I'm Thankful To Them For Allowing Me To Do What I Wanted To Do.

Whenever I Do Get To Look Out, It Is Glorious. Even The Stars Have A Special Brightness.

The Navy's Paid For You To Go Through School, And Then They Need Doctors To Go Out And Take Care Of People Who Are In Various Different Parts Of The World. I Decided To Pay Back My Time First As An Undersea Medical Officer. I Was Stationed In Scotland.

Things Are Going Very Smoothly. As Expected, There Are Some Minor Glitches, And The Eight Minutes That It Took Us To Get To Orbit, We Trained Months And Months For, And Didn't Have To Use Any Of That Preparation, Other Than Being Aware And Ready.

This Has Been A Great Experience For Me. The First Couple Of Days You Don't Always Feel Too Well. You Adjust To The Fluid Shifting, How To Fly Through Space Without Hitting Things Or Anybody Else. But Then You Get In A Groove.