Chapter 8: Spring Semester 1983

With the spring semester, which began on January 4th, David was once again taking the Ministry/Leadership course, rather than the standard Religious Education course. The rest of their classes remained the same, with the only other big change being they both landed spots, again, on the basketball teams. This time, Meri pursued a place on the Lady's Varsity team and made it. She was coming out of her shell more and more. David had advanced at this point to Cadet Ensign (C/ENS) and it looked like he would, very likely, make Cadet Lieutenant (C/LT) before the end of their Junior year.

School was pretty much a known quantity, for them. They studied, did their required work, but always turned in college level papers; something they got Mona into, as well. They went out on dates, which became easier when David reached his seventeenth birthday, which meant that it was legal for him to drive after dark. This in turn lead to more dates in the evenings on weekends. They enjoyed the occasional movie, but mostly went out to meet with friends, like Mona, and go bowling, or skating, and such. They did not spend all their time with their noses in their books. They did take time out to enjoy life, too.

On the last week of April, David was officially promoted to Cadet Lieutenant, and there was talk of him being promoted at the start of the new school year, partially due to the loss of this year's Senior Class, partially due to his hard work and determination. He spent a lot of time talking with their instructor about courses he should take with the goal of him going into EOD in mind. The instructor did research for him and helped him determine what he would need in order to get the best chance of getting into EOD, though he was surprised that David wasn't going to apply to any of the Military Academies, but was set on going to a civilian school, when he knew David would be a shoe-in for a position.