HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
So it's finally 2005 which means one of two things...one of the longest years of my life is over and I am only four days from tearing up the clubs in San Diego...well...not really. But the first part it correct though...2004 saw me go through some remarkable challenges. Where to begin...well in January I graduated Marine Corps Boot camp, and I dont care who you are, that is an acomplishment all in itself. Those were some of the toughest three months in my life...leaving in October and not seeing your family until January is tough. I dont regret it though...it was some of the best times of my life. NO JOKE! I mean, yeah it was the worst but in retrospect, all the things that they do teach you really do save your life when you are in a combat situation...wow...combat situations. So that was the big deal in 2004 for me...OIF II. Who would of thunk of it. Me, the band nerd, the one who had a low threshold of pain, the one who was weak, would be fighting in a war that would change the course of history. Yep...I cant believe it myself. I left in July with about 12 of my closest friends at the time to go join 1st LAR in the war. What a time...If i typed everything that I saw and that happened this journal would be so long it wouldnt be funny. But all of those entries that are before this...those are real and that is what is really going on over there...IEDs, mortars, RPGs...the whole thing. But, there were some good times, like playing V-Ball in the middle of the afternoon in the Iraqi Desert, watching the complete seasons of 24, family guy, and meeting the one person that has changed my life...Emily. I am sure that you all have read the previous entries about how much I love her. What you read is the truth...she flew out to Las Vegas for the Marine Corps ball in December, and contrary to belife, nothing went on. Both of us are fully in love with each other, but we both know that we dont want to get anything serious started until I am out of the marine corps in two years. I love Emily with all of my heart and I dont see myself with another woman...she is my everything. I would swim across the Atlantic to see her. SHe is truly the love of my life.
So that is the majority of what has gone on...there is more...more stuff that I just dont think I could talk about because it just strikes a nerve in me...but I know that one day all of you will know the stories. I love you all, and happy new year.
I love you Emily Laura with all of my heart!
