Continued Progress

Happy Birthday to the United States Marine Corps. Today you turn 235 years old. Not that I'm a Marine or anything, I'm just showing some love to our brothers/sisters in another uniform. This whole military thing is becoming more and more of a reality with each passing day. I'm certainly not building up anxiety, if anything I'm only getting excited. GAH I really can't wait to start making some moves and start my life over. I've been going through all of my paperwork that I received when I signed up again, and based on a few codes that were listed there I did some research online about what the process should look like. I am now about 95% sure that I will be stationed somewhere in Germany. To me, that's awesome! I have to start learning German soon, but I also do not want to fill my agenda with too much. Today I finished French Level 3 on Rosetta Stone, which means I'm officially an intermediate French speaker. OH YEAH!!!


In a little while I'm gonna be heading out to run some errands and then do my work out for the day, I still have a ways to go in order for me to be in the shape I want to be in. Tomorrow will be a special day as well, because it's going to be Veterans Day. Unlike Memorial Day, this day allows us all to celebrate ALL of our men and women that are war veterans and have sacrificed it all to defend our god given freedoms. I won't go off on a rant about this or anything, but last night I read a quote from President George W. Bush, he said, "Americans are a free people, who know that freedom is the right of every person and the future of every nation. The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world; it is God's gift to humanity." Regardless of your political, religious, or spiritual standpoint, I find this to be VERY inspiring. It really resonates with the things I believe. I'm happy to have served my nation, I look forward to continue doing so, but most importantly, I am infinitely grateful for those who came before me and those that serve today. Also, my hopes and come-home-soons go out to my boys Edward Hernandez and Ivan Baires who are currently in Iraq and Afghanistan, respectively.


One last update. I CUT OFF ALL MY HAIR. Not sure how I feel about it yet, but I appreciate the change. You be the judge.

Cheers!