Friday, February 27, 2009

Dogs can grow beards all over..

Well, I'm glad to announce that my army training has finally come to a
close! :-) after 16 weeks of high-speed and not so easy training I'm
finally a member of some of the worlds toughest medical professionals:
an army combat medic. With less than 5 days between me and going home,
I'm pretty happy!! All that remains is cleaning, turning in TA-50,
graduation practice, and packing to go home! To all my dear and
wonderful friends reading this, I thank you for your prayers, without
you I don't know if I could've made it. Although without experiencing
what a soldier goes through none of you will ever understand our
lives, I still thank you for supporting and encouraging us as we serve
our nation and families. I will never be the same after the hell on
earth I've been through. Some for the better, some for the worse, I'm
a changed man. There is little room for the child in me as I see the
seriousness of the real world as we live in. I no longer can talk
about what I'll do when I grow up. I'm already there.. And that's a
scary thought as I plan out the next few years. God has stayed at my
side through it all though, and I know that's not about to change.
When I get home I'm planning to get a temporary job working on an
ambulance until I head off either to combat, or college. There's no
question that I'm going to do both, the question is which will come
first.. Regardless, I have a lot of work to do to get ready for my
future, mostly in the next six months. As my family prepares to
possibly move to Korea Germany or Italy in the next year or so that's
yet another reminder that I truly am a self-sufficient adult and I
won't always have somebody to pick up after my mistakes..
Anyway, that's my update, hope you enjoy..

Oh and btw the picture is something I made in my spare time.. I've
started to do a bit of graphic design on the side as my hobby. Perhaps
I can incorporate it into my love for photography and get a few extra
bucks while I work through college.