50.) Class
Determined to graduate in three years instead of four, Jim could not afford to miss a class. Even after testing out of more than a dozen classes, he still had more classes to attend than a normal cadet. Added to the homework, projects, bar fights, Bones, nightly romps, drunken escapades, and his insomnia, Jim could be the poster child for exhaustion, not that he looked it.
He held his exhaustion at bay by sleeping when he could, even in a class or two. Between naps, pulling pranks to relieve stress, and weekend breaks when he managed to sleep more than an hour at a time, Jim knew that he could make it. He would graduate from the Academy without failing a single class, even if he did nap in a few of them.
Written: 7-24-2011
Word Count: 133