Another day...

Hello everyone! Just another day in the Barracks...today was a fairly long day...not very stressfull...hope everyone is doing well...just wanted to toss a post on here so people knew i was still alive...i was writing my mother an email today and was describing how i was doing...i said: "i'm pretty sore and tired...that pretty much sums up the last three years of my life.." i found that interesting...in the past three years i have been sore from:

1. A deployment to Iraq

2. Drinking (falling down and fighting)

3. Working out at good ol' LA Fitness

4. ROTC PT and FTX's

5. National Guard Drills

6. Playing Volleyball

7. Practicing for Greek Week

8...and the lsit goes on and on....

Sore and tired isn't such a bad thing to be...looking back i have woken up sore and tired from some of the most amazing nights...waking up in my dorm room after a long night with the Phi Delts at Aoki's....waking up Monday morning for ROTC PT after a long National Guard Drill, truly feeling like i accomplished something....waking up sore and tired in Iraq after an long day and night patroling or standing in a tower knowing that my pain was a US Citizens pleasure, my soreness was another citizens peace of mind knowing that i stood on that fence between them and those bastards who wish them ill....

quote of the night/day/week :

"People sleep in peace at night because Rough men stand ready to do Violence on their behalf".

I do stand ready...i love you all...God Bless...take care...Tip a glass o' Guiness for me and i'll catch ya on the flip side....

Tryin' it out/ Intro

The First of what i would imagine is many many posts...just wanted to see how this damn thing works...

I will be using this as my primary way of letting everyone know i am alive and well...

Needless to say i have started a journey...a long journey...i can't honestly say that i just started this journey...to be completely honest this journey started back on August 23rd, 2003 when i made the decision to enlist the US Army National Guard... i have gone many places, seen some interesting and disturbing things...this journey has brought me across the nation, across the world, and back again...i hope to find both the time and words to describe to everyone where i have been, what i have seen, and what lies ahead...i am no psychic, but i have laid out a plan and (God willing) this plan will take many to new destinations with even more stories to tell...hope all is well with everyone...talk to you real soon.