I'm really enjoying my time here in Tennessee, certainly more than I had expected. It has more to do with others in the class than the town though... So far we've gotten together every night to hang out, have dinner and drinks. I've spent more time with the class ahead of us because we've adopted an open door policy, i.e. whenever you're home your door is open. It's worked out for a lot of random drop ins and invitations to go out. Last night one of the guys cooked dinner, the night before some others went out to a restaurant/bar down near the lake, before that we ate at a nice bistro downtown, the food is good and the company better.
The people are all so diverse and all come from very different backgrounds. Most of them are former military, or current military. But where they've been and how they got here makes for some really interesting conversation. I guess it's just common sense that when people are put into a similar situation the natural instinct is to be drawn to others that share in that experience. The important thing is to go alone, otherwise you're content hanging out with the same person.
The sad part about this whole thing is that the group that I've spent the most time with is about to be deployed (I found out last night that we get some really cool stuff when we get deployed) and odds are we won't end up in the same areas. But hopefully there will be a new class coming in for the April session and they'll be just as cool as the people that I'm here with now. If not, then I'll just start watching TV, study more and drive up to Nashville every weekend.
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