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Changes
Well, lost the explosives job and am now going back out over the road as a long haul trucker again.
Despite it all, I actually have hope for the future. For now, I am just going to go about grinding away miles to get paid and keep my family taken care of. -
Veterans Day
I too am amazed and honored by my fellow veterans and those who support us. In my time as a Marine, I saw many wonderful, horrible, amazing, terrifying, beautiful things. I saw nations freed, people escape oppression, others die pursuing or defending freedom. I still swell with pride when I see the flag, and nearly cry every time I hear taps. ( Read more... ) -
What has happened to my country?
On Friday, Oct. 3 2008, my government pushed the country one step closer to socialism. By passing this bailout bill to handle the credit "crisis", (if it was truly a crisis, why did they load the bill up with pork and pet projects) and knocked the feet out from under one of the principals of capitalism. If you make bad business decisions, you are ( Read more... ) -
When did this happen?
This weekend I had one of those odd revelations. I took the family out for ice cream across the street from our local high school while the football team was playing. Now that in of itself can lead to all sorts of reminiscing, but that was not what hit me. There were several of the schools cheerleaders also getting ice cream and it shocked me just ( Read more... ) -
Have I mentioned how much I love my job?
Yesterday was a 14 hour day that was highlighted with two different shots ( Read more... ) -
Memorial Day
This weekend is Memorial Day ( Read more... ) -
Still not dead yet.
Ok, I admit that I have been neglecting my journaling. I have no real excuse, I've just been lazy. Well, to be honest, I just haven't felt like it. It is hard to say you're being lazy when you work 12-20 hour days ( Read more... ) -
Back to normal.
Ok, other than having to wait a week to get our car back, everything seems to be back to normal. -
Worse than I could have imagined.
Well, we just got back home from our trip up to my family in Washington. All in all, it was an unmitigated disaster. The motor home was a nightmare to drive, there were at least three (that I know of) major fights, and on our way home we hit a deer and totally wiped out the front of our car, stranding us in Pendleton, OR for two and a half days. We ( Read more... )