Look at the Monkeys

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Hey everyone. It has been a while hasn’t it? Well I have been under a rock to most people for the last month. But a lot has happened and I finally have some time to write. First of all, I am done with school! Yes, me, I, Kyle, will have a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice in a few short months. Why a few months? Well my ineternship, that is why. I am done with college classes, I only need to do my internship for one semester then I will have my diploma. The last few weeks I was studying for a few finals and finishing up my thesis. My final college GPA is a 3.85 and from what I am told it is the highest in the department (but this is hearsay). I finishing my undergraduate thesis this month. Look for “The Effects of Collective Bargaining on the Use of Innovative Police Policy” by me in the UNF library in a few months. If you would like to wait I am going to be the co-author on a related article due in a journal within a year.
My internship starts this Monday. I am very excited. I will be working with Naval Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS) out of Mayport Naval Station in Jacksonville, Florida. I am not only looking forward to the exciting work, but also a break in my schedule. For the last 2 years I have been working 40 hours a week and going to school full time. Now that I am not in school I actually get one real day off a week, and that is awesome! Let’s see what else is new, oh yeah, Roebling Road! May 26-27 I will be racing the track at Roebling Road in Savannah, Georgia with a very large group of friends. I am fine tuning my bike and upgrading a few things before I go, so look forward to some pictures. I also just happens that that weekend is my birthday, so that is going to be a fun weekend!
So what am I doing with all this free time I have? Well for one, Geocaching. I hit my 500th geocache last weekend in Tampa with my brother, and I have placed my 3rd cache last week. I am doing a geocaching series in Jacksonville called “Mother Bread.” I aim to put a geocache at every Panera Bread in Jacksonville. I plan to put my 4th one up tomorrow, so only about 7 more to go. Also, I am trying to keep learning Spanish as I am done with school. It it hard to motivate myself to hit the books when I am done with school, but I am trying. I also might be planning a extended trip/move overseas to help me learn a little faster, but that all depends what happens towards the end of the year after I graduate. So look forward to more pictures from Roebling soon! ~Kyle