update

ok so i guess i haven't really updated you all on exactly where i am in my life right now. i've just been throwing out bits and pieces of what i've been doing, and i haven't really had any good contact with my friends. that's sad because i'm finally in the states and i'm doing worse with communication than when i was halfway across the world in korea. so for that, i'm sorry. please read on to see what's been up with me. .

1. i'm living in md for the month for the second part of my course. i'll be here til the beginning of labor day weekend, at which point i'm going home. til sunday before labor day, then i come back to va. i'm taking t-bone with me again. hopefully this time everyone can meet t. after i get back to va, i'll have about two months left there and then i go to my next station. just found that out... fort drum in watertown, ny. go look it up on a map. you'll notice i'm only 30 miles from canada, and about 5 from lake ontario. know what that means? yes: frigid, frigid, frigid weather. but at least summer will be nice and i can ski and hike 9 out of 12 months :). i have to keep reminding myself that i chose that station... i chose it over hawaii. no, i don't need to be mentally evaluated. i had good reason.

2. today i found out that i am going to be promoted to captain on the 1st of september. well actually it'll probs be more like the 6th or something, but i'm officially a captain on the 1st. thats a full month earlier than what i had expected. promotions are great, because it means two things: respect and a pay raise. finally i'll have other officers (albeit LT's) saluting me, not just enlisted. RESPECT MY RANK, BIZZLES.

3. today when i was at the gym (yes i go) i was trying to get the foot holder on the sit up bench situated, and i accidentally pinched the fatty part under my thumb. so now i have this huge blood blister that i am so tempted to pop. hmm... maybe i will...

4. i'm a feeler. i realized this long before i took the myers-briggs test, but that just solidified it. i'm not upset about this realization, but i have to be more aware of how it affects my decisions. i follow my heart about 99% of the time. luckily t-bone inserts common sense thoughts and ideas into the equation. the thought of making someone uncomfortable, unhappy, mad, or anything less than happy, seriously seriously makes me feel like the biggest pile of shit. so i often times go out of my way to keep people around me happy, even if it's at my own expense. sometimes that's good... like for t-bone. t-bone should rarely be upset around me, and if they are, i just want to explode. (t-bone, remember how upset i got when my bro called and i had to say no to him and i cried for like, i dunno, an hour straight? imagine what i do when i upset you... ) point is, i'm a feeler that's trying to use common sense...

5. ok ok, now the juicy part that i'm sure you're interested in. in fact, i'd be surpised if any of you dickies even read the other things in this blog. let's talk about t-bone. :) good things going on there. we've been dating for about 2 months now. the beginning of it was slow going, but in a good way. well, mostly. there was a lot of obstacles to overcome for both of us. t-bone, unlike myself) has not really dated a lot of people so that kinda made things a little more interesting. we've gone on a couple little weekend vaca's together, and we're going back to my house for labor day together. oh and one interesting thing is that t-bone and i always think of things at the same time, or we'll take a nap at the same time (but in our own beds) and wake up within minutes of each other. it was cute in the beginning of our relationship, but now it's gotten creepy. at least three times a day we have the same thought at the same time. we have esp(n). so anyway, things are really good. i hope everyone gets to meet and you'll all see why we're so happy together. :)

ok that sums it up for now. i'm sure i'll have something to add to this later. wait, on animal planet there's a show about cheetas, and there is a cheetah with epilepsy, which is so sad to me. he's so cute and he just shakes and he needs someone to love him :( (if there was any doubt before that i was a feeler, this should confirm it for you)