To good times, good friends & good fucks
As my best friend Mel always says: to good friends, good times and good fucks. This is the toast that always starts our evening fun. I'm only 10 days away from starting a new chapter in my life and writing the end to the current chapter.
For those of you that don't know, I will be mobilized on June 11th and deployed to Iraq sometime in August. I begin my training at Fort Hood June 11th. I'm not sure if I will finish training here in Texas or in Wisconsin. There's a good chance that if I train in the Cheese Capitol then I won't be able to come home for a week before my deployment. Hopefully I'll get my week to come home and say goodbye before I go overseas.
I started off writing this blog as a sort of goodbye but I don't want to say goodbye. I'm confused as to what I want to say. This situation I'm in leaves me in a bitter-sweet state. I'm excited and nervous that I get to travel to a new country. But my elation ceases when I think about the people I'm leaving behind.
I've always believed that everything happens for a reason and whether or not that reason is presented clearly, it still exists. My reason for being chosen to fight for this great country is still unknown but eventually I'll know. I also know that leaving behind my life and friends will only make me appreciate it even more when I come back.
There's no proper way for me to say goodbye so I will just say thank you. For all of you who befriended me, put up with me, laughed and cried with me, took care of me or even hated me I thank you. Every single one of your actions has affected me in a way that has somehow helped shape who I am. And I hope that I have somehow impacted your life.
I've been partying non-stop for the past few weeks and will continue to do so until I leave. My "last supper" will be on June 7th at Buffalo Wild Wings at 8pm so please join me. As Robert Earl Keen says, "the road goes on forever and the party never ends" (true words to live by).
The song I'm currently listening to is also on my page. Listen to the words, although he's saying goodbye, he doesn't want to. It's sorta the way I feel right now. Oh yeah, ignore the part where he says that I'll be a father (kinda impossible for me to do that ).
For those of you that don't know, I will be mobilized on June 11th and deployed to Iraq sometime in August. I begin my training at Fort Hood June 11th. I'm not sure if I will finish training here in Texas or in Wisconsin. There's a good chance that if I train in the Cheese Capitol then I won't be able to come home for a week before my deployment. Hopefully I'll get my week to come home and say goodbye before I go overseas.
I started off writing this blog as a sort of goodbye but I don't want to say goodbye. I'm confused as to what I want to say. This situation I'm in leaves me in a bitter-sweet state. I'm excited and nervous that I get to travel to a new country. But my elation ceases when I think about the people I'm leaving behind.
I've always believed that everything happens for a reason and whether or not that reason is presented clearly, it still exists. My reason for being chosen to fight for this great country is still unknown but eventually I'll know. I also know that leaving behind my life and friends will only make me appreciate it even more when I come back.
There's no proper way for me to say goodbye so I will just say thank you. For all of you who befriended me, put up with me, laughed and cried with me, took care of me or even hated me I thank you. Every single one of your actions has affected me in a way that has somehow helped shape who I am. And I hope that I have somehow impacted your life.
I've been partying non-stop for the past few weeks and will continue to do so until I leave. My "last supper" will be on June 7th at Buffalo Wild Wings at 8pm so please join me. As Robert Earl Keen says, "the road goes on forever and the party never ends" (true words to live by).
The song I'm currently listening to is also on my page. Listen to the words, although he's saying goodbye, he doesn't want to. It's sorta the way I feel right now. Oh yeah, ignore the part where he says that I'll be a father (kinda impossible for me to do that ).
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