Tag: army
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Not going back…
Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live? My senior year in highschool was at the time amazing. I truly believed that I was the center of the world. I had good grades in advanced classes, I was in music and theater so other students knew who I was, and I…
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Liberation Day
Today marks the 34th anniversary of my discharge from the Army and the 23rd of the last time I smoked marijuana. In celebration I have refrained from killing anyone and remained sober. If there’s ever a holiday in my name it should be today. Be awesome Folks.
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Starting Over
What would you do if you lost all your possessions? There are three times when I lost most of my possessions and I suspect each of those times has something to say about how I would deal with losing all of them. The first time was when I graduated highschool and went straight into the…
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A Whole Year
Feeling out of place My senior year of highschool was by most measures an awesome one for me. Friends, theater, music, the prospect of college, and even the student council presidency. So I was to say the least a shock when I got to the real world. Seven days after I graduated I entered Basic…
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Missed Opportunities
Today our garbage and recyclables was supposed to go to the curb. The trucks came and left before we realized it needed to happen. We don’t make a whole lot of garbage so that can wait a week. On the other hand our two recyclable bins are already nearly full and those trucks only come…