Manic Monday

Another fun day of training, today we learned about infectious diseases and healthy lifestyles. I got some mail today which was pretty sweet! Thanks to my amazing twin sister and Grandparents. Only a few more days until we leave for New Orleans (Thursday, not Wednesday) which means physical training 6:30am for the next 3 days straight since we won't be able to do it there. Hopefully it will be something fun like soccer and not just indian runs and doing taebo like we've been doing... Saturday night I went to a locals house and he showed me around Vicksburg.  Paul owns his own landscaping company and is acquiring a good amount of property along the Mississippi river (see pics of sunset from his backyard). My boy Colin who is on another team came with me and we saw an amazing sunset for the first time along the Mississippi river, truly astounding. It's funny how different yet similiar we are to each other even though we're from across the country.  Paul showed us some true southern hospitality and openly invited us to check out his house which was a sight to see. He plans on buying out the rest of the houses on his block (eventually) and renting them out, meanwhile he is only 25 years old, quite an inspiration. I can't get over how cheap the houses are here in Vicksburg (standard houses running 20-50k and that's with water view along the Mississippi). There is a pretty enormous mansion type house right along side our campus which sold for 100k during the recession (pics to come). Houses are beyond undervalued over here! Going to throw up some pics.