That is not just a slogan; it's a reality.  I was up at 4:45, ate breakfast, went out to PT, got back, showered, read all my email on 3 accounts, called my credit card company to dispute a charge, checked out FaceBook, chatted online with friends on the east coast, made plans for later today, washed , dried, and put away a load of laundry, wrote a ( Read more... )

I am a really flexible and adaptable person.  That doesn't mean that the stuff that goes on while I am trying to adapt isn't damn funny.

First, driving.  I haven't driven in forever.  I think if I consider the 20 years that I have been allowed to drive, I actually drove for about 9 of those years.  I rented a tiny car from Enterprise.  I told them I ( Read more... )

I finally have some photos from my Officer Candidate School graduation.


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I preformed my first official duty as an Officer in the United States Army today... I watched people pee in a cup for the monthly random drug testing.  Boy I am moving up in the world.  Try to contain your jealousy.

Why didn't someone tell me the 80's were over?


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According to Wikipedia, "A cult of personality or personality cult arises when a country's leader uses mass media to create a heroic public image through unquestioning flattery and praise."

I now have 100 Facebook "friends".

If you are not on Facebook, stop trying to fight it.  You WILL join and you will only look all the more foolish for vocally ( Read more... )

So when we last left off, I didn't know if I was going to graduate or not.  I did.  But I have no pictures.  The people who took pictures didn't send me any :(.

My situation with my injury is ongoing.  I don't sleep well and I struggle to walk around all day let alone do PT, but I do both and just bear up through the pain.  I feel like I am ( Read more... )

I just spent two hours typing in the last 4 weeks of my life.  It's all gone.  Lost to cyberspace.  I don't have the will to do it over again.  I'm sorry.

Long story short, after much success, I have managed to injure myself and am being threatened with not graduating 2 weeks from now.  I am in pain and horribly depressed.  If I do not have a ( Read more... )

You Are Raisin Bran


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Remember Sundays in college.  The laundry room was jammed to capacity because everyone put off doing any laundry all week and then they try to get it all done Sunday.  Imagine that, but only 4 washers and 3 working dryers for about 75 people...wet clothes stacked on top of dryers...clean, dry clothes strewn where ever...and dirty clothes in Army ( Read more... )