Life is a Changing

Well, tomorrow is my last day in VA....well at least my last day of officially living here that is. This place is really the only place I can ever call home as it is the only place I have ever been for an extended period of time. I will be sad to leave, but excited at the same time. More than anything I will be missing my brothers, friends and Fam, it will never be the same with all of us. But, hopefully it will be different in a good way. I love being around them all, but I have been called to leave....and leave I shall, even if only for a season. For I believe time and God will bring us all together again, Ft Benning here I come!!!!

Enjoying the Time We Have

So, I will be moving and leaving the area in only 50 days...and it really sucks. I was starting to get a little bummed about it, but then I realized, "why spend the time here sad, enjoy the time we have and look forward to when we're together again." I am really excited about my military career and can't wait to get it started. Now, don't get me wrong it will be difficult, but I love a challenge. I'm going to enjoy my time at home with my Fam while I can, and make sure that time still finds us getting together in the future, so there is no reason to be down and sad. Bring on life!!!

Fam Vaca Report

Alright, so I promised a report on the vaca we just got back from so here goes...it will be long.

So, 16 of us went to Myrtle Beach, SC. It was my wife, all my brothers and all our close friends "the fam." We make it a yearly tradition to all go away for a vaca together, and this year was no different.
We left on Saturday morning, about 5 am, and drove for only about 6 hours to get there. It was a super easy trip compared to last years 1000 miles trek to Florida.
We checked in and went to the house, and at first we were like, "okay, it's all good." But, as we looked around we noticed the place was pretty dirty, so we called and complained. They sent someone to clean it, but by now everyone is getting ornery because they've been up all night. Needless to say, the first day was not too great and I was worried how the vaca was going to go.
THANK YOULORD! The next day was much better and everyone seemed in good spirits for most of the rest of the trip. You see, the thing is when you've this many people together who have known each other for a long time, crap will happen, you're too much like family for it not too. But, we had a blast.
Sunday night the wife's sister, hubby and the 2 nephews came over from Sumter SC, it was great to see them. Those boys are a riot, love being around them. They drove home and then came back the next day, this is Monday, the day I surfed for the first time. Yep, surfed. It was awesome, actually stood up a coupe of times, and had one that was real sweet.
So, the next day we go go-carting, which was cool. A little slower than I thought it would be, but still fun. We all went to a seafood buffet that night, and then some of us went miniature golfing. Now, that was a fun time. I love the people I was with, just light-hearted, dramaless fun people....they're awesome. Shoot, we got called "yankees" twice in 10 minutes, had some weird gas-station attendant/radio personality do paper and tongue tricks and just had fun.
Wednesday was sad, had to leave as I'm out of Leave, but it was good to leave wanting to stay. That is when you know it was a good vaca, if you want to stay, then it was good. All in all, another great fam vaca, I can't wait for next year. I just hope I can make it with the Army moving us and all. Well, thats about it.

Here's to Nina, Alby, Weet, Peck, Gudo, Jarsh, Jerry, Sisser, Jessemiah, Joyful, Miriam (superstar), Cynthesizer, Abbs, Carlo my Latin Love, and J-Hob....love you all and can't wait until next year!

Update on where I've been

So, I get this blog and then I don't post for almost 2 weeks. My bad, I'll try my best to be better about all of this stuff.

Well, I did get my motorcycle license, I was sooo frickin' stoked I almost kissed the guy giving it to me. Riding to work on a motorcycle is a crazy awesome experience. Still thinking about selling it though, because of moving, bills, wanting to be totally debt free and all those things. But, the wife threatened bodily harm so we'll see what I do.

Awyway, look for my vacation blog report coming later today hopefully.

Moto Test Tomorrow

Well, tomorrow morning is the big morning. For those who don't know, I have been trying to get my motorcycle license for a while tomorrow but keeping having set backs. Well, I have been given the okay by my boss to come in late tomorrow and go to DMV in the morning. I will either post up about the elation of finally having it tomorrow...or the sorrow of failing, hopefully the former. Pray, pray, pray!!!

Ranting...Oops, Sorry

So, I realized after making my first post that maybe I was being a little bit harsh and ranting. My apologies, I can sometimes just get on a roll and not stop until the "line" has been crossed. I am a passionate/emotional person who usually keeps my thoughts and emotions inside, but thanks to blogs I get them all out in a rant, usually after a build-up of events. I'll try to keep myself mostly controlled. :-)

But, this is me, my thoughts and random comments....hope you enjoy.

Had to go with the green

Yeah, so I know it may be "typical", but I had to go with the green background. Gotta support my military addiction. I'm convinced most people don't get it...the connection one feels with the military when they are in it. Okay, so granted I have only been doing the "job" for 2 months, does that mean Ican't have an attachment, function and connection to it? I chose an Army career, went through 4 years of school just to obtain it and then finally got there, I have a passion for the lifestyle, job, meaning and sense of purpose it gives one about themself. I have been doing training over my summers for 2 years now, not to mention every week with ROTC and weekends as well. Yet, I still feel like no one thinks of me as being in the Army yet (I'm tired of hearing, "what do you do all day", I mean what do you do....), maybe once I go away, train for 18+ hours a day, make it through Ranger School, deploy, fight in a war, get shot at, and who knows what else....maybe then people will see what I do. If not, oh well...I do it for me, my wife, family and country.