As children go on learning...
There are very few things in my life that seem worth mentioning right now, but it doesn't hurt to record the happenings of my life every once in a while. If I look back, I'm sure I could find many other posts of mine that are no more worthy than this one.
Firstly, I want to lay down the law with my future self: it will never be okay to own three dogs at a time. I don't care how cute, needy, or amazing those desired pets are, just say no. Think back to the week you spent dog sitting Hunter, a 10-week old black lab puppy, in June of 2010. While adorable, that little bundle of disobedience really tested your patience and made it next to impossible to control your own dogs. In general, you should never own more dogs than you have arms. You just can't compete.
It's been just over a month and a half since Corey left on deployment. So far he's been to Hawaii, Guam, and Vietnam, and he's currently in Cambodia. Life is so hard for him, as you can tell. Seriously though, he really does hate being out there. It's mostly due to the idiotic hodge-podge of people he's deployed with, but that's not something that can be changed. He'll come out fine on the other end, of course, but some things have really been grating on his nerves. I feel for him, and I miss him terribly.
I'm in my last term of college, undergraduate degree-wise. Honestly speaking though, I'm probably going to continue with another term or two so that I can achieve a certification in Security and Intelligence. As it stands in August, I'll only need two more classes to grab that certificate, and that sounds easily doable. As far as graduate school is concerned, I currently have a professor who said he'd help to get me into the Homeland Security program at San Diego State University. I like the sound of that, so it looks like a good possibility. My future alma mater of ERAU is always another option as well. I'm really just looking forward to finishing my Professional Aeronautics degree and everything else beyond that is just noise right now.
I'm considering visiting my parents in good ol' Pennsylvania in early August, just after I graduate college. Being that Corey didn't get to spend the summer with his son or his family, which is the norm for him, I'm thinking that we're not going to be spending Christmas with my family again this year. That's something that I completely understand and am okay with, but I still feel I should make an appearance at home this year. My mom had foot surgery in May, my niece is due to be born next month, and in general, that's just something that a good daughter should do. If I lived a bit closer, say on the same coast, maybe I'd be able to visit a bit more often. Plane tickets for a 2000-mile journey are quite expensive.
So, life is a waiting game for me right now, but that's okay. I rock at Scrabble, Clue, and Uno, so this should be a piece of cake.
Firstly, I want to lay down the law with my future self: it will never be okay to own three dogs at a time. I don't care how cute, needy, or amazing those desired pets are, just say no. Think back to the week you spent dog sitting Hunter, a 10-week old black lab puppy, in June of 2010. While adorable, that little bundle of disobedience really tested your patience and made it next to impossible to control your own dogs. In general, you should never own more dogs than you have arms. You just can't compete.
It's been just over a month and a half since Corey left on deployment. So far he's been to Hawaii, Guam, and Vietnam, and he's currently in Cambodia. Life is so hard for him, as you can tell. Seriously though, he really does hate being out there. It's mostly due to the idiotic hodge-podge of people he's deployed with, but that's not something that can be changed. He'll come out fine on the other end, of course, but some things have really been grating on his nerves. I feel for him, and I miss him terribly.
I'm in my last term of college, undergraduate degree-wise. Honestly speaking though, I'm probably going to continue with another term or two so that I can achieve a certification in Security and Intelligence. As it stands in August, I'll only need two more classes to grab that certificate, and that sounds easily doable. As far as graduate school is concerned, I currently have a professor who said he'd help to get me into the Homeland Security program at San Diego State University. I like the sound of that, so it looks like a good possibility. My future alma mater of ERAU is always another option as well. I'm really just looking forward to finishing my Professional Aeronautics degree and everything else beyond that is just noise right now.
I'm considering visiting my parents in good ol' Pennsylvania in early August, just after I graduate college. Being that Corey didn't get to spend the summer with his son or his family, which is the norm for him, I'm thinking that we're not going to be spending Christmas with my family again this year. That's something that I completely understand and am okay with, but I still feel I should make an appearance at home this year. My mom had foot surgery in May, my niece is due to be born next month, and in general, that's just something that a good daughter should do. If I lived a bit closer, say on the same coast, maybe I'd be able to visit a bit more often. Plane tickets for a 2000-mile journey are quite expensive.
So, life is a waiting game for me right now, but that's okay. I rock at Scrabble, Clue, and Uno, so this should be a piece of cake.