Well hello there, LiveJournal. It's been awhile, hasn't it? Somewhere in the ballpark of 8 years, if I'm not mistaken ( Read more... )

I stumbled upon 'Texas Crumpet' in the Urban Dictionary just now and my side still hurts from laughing.

I don't think I've updated this thing since I've stepped foot in this damned country, but better late than never right ( Read more... )

Alright, this update differs from any other I've made in the past 7 months or so, in the sense that I'm not in Iraq. I left earlier today and am now sitting in Kuwait waiting for the plane home. I'll get home around 4 p.m. or so on the 30th. If any of you want to call, my cell is still (520)204-2036, if not then we'll talk when we talk I suppose ( Read more... )

6 months or so ago I would have given my left fucking arm to be where I am right now, nearing the end of my deployment, about to go home. I would have imagined back then that at this point I would be in complete agony watching as the days dragged by so incredibly slow, waiting for the day when I can finally relax, take my fucking boots off, and be ( Read more... )

Once again I'll skip transferring my notebook journal entries onto here for the sake of maintaining everyone's interest ( Read more... )

Alright, the Lauren situation is over, done. There is so much I have to say, I wrote six fucking pages that I was going to copy onto here, but I'm sure you've all lost interest by now, provided you had any to begin with ( Read more... )

My head is spinning, I never in a million years thought I could possibly hate life this much. I am in what is probably the most stressful environment in the world, never getting a break, constantly having my life threatened, working 15+ hour workdays, it's getting to be too much, and this is the very least of my problems. I'm on the verge of losing ( Read more... )

I am slowly becoming more and more used to the idea that Lauren will not play as big a role in my life as I always envisioned her being, which I'm not particularly happy about. Despite the fact that this has by far been the most painful experience of my recent life, the last thing I ever wanted to do was become numb, but that's exactly what is ( Read more... )

I'm not going to dwell on anything mentioned in the previous two posts in here anymore, it's being taken care of and I'm content with it ( Read more... )