An Update...
So much has happened in the past week. I don't even know where to begin.
***My condolences to Ray, Matt, and Mr. Pauszek. The wife and mother Cheryl Pauszek passed away yesterday. My heart goes out to the family, and two of my friends from back home. I'm here for you guys if you need to talk to someone. I should be able to make it to the funeral, just keep me posted as to when it is going to be. I still can't believe that she's gone. I honestly can't imagine losing my mother. I don't know what I would do. My prayers are with you guys.
ROTC has been keeping me so busy, I can't even explain it. I'm handling the stress well, and I feel really good about myself. Class and lab went very well this week and I'll be done being Platoon leader on Thursday. Ranger Challenge is difficult, but I'm enjoying the challenge and knowledge that I'm gaining from it. It will ultimately make this year a whole lot easier. I'm already looking forward to the competition and it's only a little over five weeks away. Good thing we're training five days a week.
I went out with a whole bunch of the ROTC kids on Thursday and had a great time. PLFs out of moving vehicles and all. God was I drunk.
Friday was the September 11th memorial ceremony which always makes me think about the state of today's world. I'm proud to be doing what I'm doing. Friday night Logan, Eileen, Landers, and I went to go see "The Exorcism of Emily Rose." I throughly enjoyed that movie. I thought that it was excellent. Way better than I was expecting, so that was cool.
Saturday morning was full of Ranger Challenge stuff, and after getting done with that, I took a serious nap. That was totally essential. I went around with Bill to go shopping, and picked up a few things that I wanted for myself. Afterwards, I headed over to the phase one townhouses for the Ranger Challenge cookout. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Red Dog. It's not that great, but it's better than Keystone. I went over to Dave's for a bit and had a few Killian's and decided that I needed to go and get some actual sleep.
I woke up early this morning and did so much work, but it felt great to get that all out of my hair early. The first music meeting was today and there were plenty of interesting kids there. We'll see how many stick around this time...
Bill hooked me up with the Blood Brothers side project band: Neon Blonde's first album and I think they're awesome. Which brings me to my next topic: The Blood Brothers are coming to Erie on September 28! There's only one problem! That's the same day as the Ted Leo show! Decisions, decisions...but I think I'm going to go see the Bros because I've already seen Ted Leo and this will probably be one of the last times the Blood Brothers come around here for cheap because they are starting to get so huge.
That's about it for now, time to head to bed and actually get more than 4 hours of sleep before Ranger Challenge PT in the morning. It's going to be another long week.
***My condolences to Ray, Matt, and Mr. Pauszek. The wife and mother Cheryl Pauszek passed away yesterday. My heart goes out to the family, and two of my friends from back home. I'm here for you guys if you need to talk to someone. I should be able to make it to the funeral, just keep me posted as to when it is going to be. I still can't believe that she's gone. I honestly can't imagine losing my mother. I don't know what I would do. My prayers are with you guys.
ROTC has been keeping me so busy, I can't even explain it. I'm handling the stress well, and I feel really good about myself. Class and lab went very well this week and I'll be done being Platoon leader on Thursday. Ranger Challenge is difficult, but I'm enjoying the challenge and knowledge that I'm gaining from it. It will ultimately make this year a whole lot easier. I'm already looking forward to the competition and it's only a little over five weeks away. Good thing we're training five days a week.
I went out with a whole bunch of the ROTC kids on Thursday and had a great time. PLFs out of moving vehicles and all. God was I drunk.
Friday was the September 11th memorial ceremony which always makes me think about the state of today's world. I'm proud to be doing what I'm doing. Friday night Logan, Eileen, Landers, and I went to go see "The Exorcism of Emily Rose." I throughly enjoyed that movie. I thought that it was excellent. Way better than I was expecting, so that was cool.
Saturday morning was full of Ranger Challenge stuff, and after getting done with that, I took a serious nap. That was totally essential. I went around with Bill to go shopping, and picked up a few things that I wanted for myself. Afterwards, I headed over to the phase one townhouses for the Ranger Challenge cookout. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Red Dog. It's not that great, but it's better than Keystone. I went over to Dave's for a bit and had a few Killian's and decided that I needed to go and get some actual sleep.
I woke up early this morning and did so much work, but it felt great to get that all out of my hair early. The first music meeting was today and there were plenty of interesting kids there. We'll see how many stick around this time...
Bill hooked me up with the Blood Brothers side project band: Neon Blonde's first album and I think they're awesome. Which brings me to my next topic: The Blood Brothers are coming to Erie on September 28! There's only one problem! That's the same day as the Ted Leo show! Decisions, decisions...but I think I'm going to go see the Bros because I've already seen Ted Leo and this will probably be one of the last times the Blood Brothers come around here for cheap because they are starting to get so huge.
That's about it for now, time to head to bed and actually get more than 4 hours of sleep before Ranger Challenge PT in the morning. It's going to be another long week.