Wednesday, at my grandmother's funeral, I arrive at the funeral home within about a half-hour of the actual ceremony only to find out that I've been designated as a pallbearer. I was unsure of how to react to such news, as it was my first time performing said duty and it was for a relative that I was fairly close to; more so than any of the other ( Read more... )

Damn. I just found out this morning at around 11:07 that my grandmother, Mrs. Jean Goeglein, has died. With her condition, my family and I knew that it was a fight she was bound to lose and simply a matter of when. None of us could fathom that it would be this soon, however, and my sister and I were first to hear the news when my aunt and uncle ( Read more... )

/sigh Wow. How is it that I manage to jump into the best and worst thing to ever happen to me, then fall out? I tripped over my tongue, as usual. Yes, the smallest of things that always manages the greatest of strife got me in trouble and helped usher me out the back door. Nonetheless, I am home from the Marine Corps, having never seen combat ( Read more... )

Today, everything I know will change. The life I led up to now means nothing; the next three months will test my courage, my character, and my strength to the absolute limit. I am both excited and determined, and completely scared out of my mind. I am about to undertake a journey that most people don't even think of. Of everything I have done, ( Read more... )

Oy. I get the sinking feeling that I should have been working out during the weeks between my decision to enlist in the Marines and now. I feel like the biggest weakling in history; last Thursday I tried to do some exercizes (those I handled okay) and almost killed myself on a five mile run. I was even still sore from that when I tried a power ( Read more... )

I'm recovering from a mild case of alcohol poisoning right now, which is interesting because I was supposed to be there just to watch a really good local band and a couple former bandmates from a few years ago. I'll tell you about the band in another post, because this is just to chronicle my very inebriated escapades ( Read more... )

Ahem…
You Are The High Priestess
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I've started my first steps to becoming a US Marine.  I'm waiting in my hotel room to go to a meeting at 21:00.  I first went to the north recruiting office to finish some forms, then Sgt. Cook brought me to the MEPS center; it's second in size only to the Pentagon.  All I had to do there was take the ASVAB test, then wait for the charter ( Read more... )

Good God. How to explain what's been going on the last couple weeks… Well, I'll start with my new friend(s), anyway ( Read more... )

Last night, I decide to IM someone out of the blue in the interest of making friends. (God knows I don't have nearly as many of them as I need) I'm on from about 23:00 to 05:04 the next morning talking to this person. At about 03:00, dad decides to fix cubed steaks and put in a movie. I don't really care what he puts in; I'm still engrossed in my ( Read more... )