Monthly Archives: January 2008

I got a phone call today from my recruiter. Tomorrow marks my 60 day point for me leaving. He just wanted to touch base and make sure everything was going ok. He also told me that there are now 2 other people leaving with me on the same day. That’s kind of neat actually…so now I have a couple of travel partners. Anyway, that’s my quick update. Later tonight I’ll post one more.

I worked Monday, had Tuesday off, worked today, have tomorrow off, I work Friday, have Saturday off….I see a pattern here, lol. I could get very used to it!

I worked 9-6 today. Today was slow and somewhat dull. Most of us worked today, but management was off. So, without them to slave-drive us, it was a slow paced kind of day. Right now I’m watching Ghost Hunters repeats. Later tonight at 9:30 there is another tennis match I wanna see. I’m pretty bored right now. Tomorrow is payday!

I don’t have a damn thing to talk about. I guess I’ll go. Enjoy your night!

Well today is my first day off of the week. Right now it’s about 1:30pm. I’m supposed to be going to see a friend today around 3 or so, but she isn’t online to talk about it with. I’m not doing anything else today except just hanging out and relaxing. I do all of my partying and get all of my excitement on the weekends, lol…so the weekdays I have off are down time. Although, I think next Tuesday I’ll be going to the Portland mall with my friend Courtney since we both have the day off.

Yesterday, I saw my friend Danielle for the first time in a couple years. I love her to death and I wish I could have spent some time with her last night before she left. She’s been in the Marine Corps for a few years. She’s based in Fort Worth, Texas, and I think she’s going to be coming to my graduation or to see me after I graduate and before I leave for Mississippi for Tech School. She’ll probably just drive down from Fort Worth to San Antonio. The picture below is of Danielle and her Husband, Jared.

My current ESTIMATED graduation date from basic training is May 9th. This can change due to many factors, but it’ll be somewhere around there give or take a week.

So, I guess I’ll go eat some lunch now. I’ll be sure to post later on. I also have some more (older) song lyrics that I want to post from a few months ago. I may do that later on. Have a wonderful day!

I was going to release a song today, but I decided against it…

It’s about 11:15pm. I worked today from 7-4. I have to say, that today must have been one of the most boring days since I’ve started working for Walmart almost 5 years ago. Typically, the produce department opens up at 4am, with associates working at both 4am and 5am. This morning, however, I was the opener at 7am…and I was alone for the first 2 hours. There were hardly any customers to talk too, let alone try to catch one in a good mood. So, I just went along trying not to start talking to myself. After Paul arrived at 9 and Khristina at noon, however, the day started to pick up a bit. I think I’ve pretty much finished training Paul. Now he’s on his own from here on out.

After I got home at 4, I ate dinner and came upstairs to watch some more of the Australian Open. That was only on TV for a little while. I chatted with a few friends after. I wanted to watch a show tonight on the History Channel called “Life After People”, but about an hour through the 2 hour show, I fell asleep of course. Being an amature geologist, I was interested to see the geological changes that would take place after life on this planet, as far as humans. I miss the warm weather, because I miss going out rock hunting. That’ll be such a huge bonus when I move south this spring. I’ll be able to visit new geological locations and study new rock formations. I’ll be able to find new rock specimens and samples and add to my growing collection of rocks and minerals. I’m excited now! Every time I think of what’s about to happen in my life in just a couple of months, I get extremely happy. I’m starting over, making new friends for life, and going on a journey that’s all mine to fuck up. I don’t plan to ruin what I have going for me right now. I have a life that many people would love to have. The sad part is, most people who want my life can have it, they just choose to lack self-motivation instead. I refuse to let myself wither away and become a lifeless shell of what was once a lively body. I intend to stay energetic, excited, happy and positive. Yes, I slam a lot of people for how they choose to live…but only because I hate to see money from my paycheck being used to support lifeless shells when they could be making an honest living for themselves. I’ve been called a snob, yet friendly to all. I’ve been called judgemental, yet non-biased. I’ve been called many things in life, and also their opposites. It’s all based on who you are and how you view me as a person. There is no law saying you must like me, or vice versa.

Anyway…enough is enough of this rambling nonsense, lol. I’m going to watch the Tonight Show and get ready for a relaxing night. Enjoy your night!

Hello everyone! It’s 1:30am Sunday morning. I just got home and ate a snack before coming upstairs to bed. Tonight, a few of us from work went to the Blues Club to hang out. I arrived around 8:30 or so, Jamie got there at about 8:45, and Jeremy was there before both of us at around 8:15. It was a really good night! Not a whole lot of dancing, but a lot of girls we knew stopped by. I saw my friend Erin who I graduated with. Amanda and Robbie showed up for an hour or so, and that was awesome! We got some good pictures in, lol. I saw Shawna and her friend Holly as well. I met a girl named Tara tonight. She apparently was alone after her friends left her to leave early on in the night, so she kind of hung out with us for the most part. I gave her a ride home around Midnight to Winslow, and gave her my phone number since she just happened to ask for it. Jeremy tagged along when I brought her back to her house. She offered to cut my hair, lol….since she’s a hair stylist or something for a shop on Main street….just up the road from the Blues Club. That was cool.

But, like I said…for the most part it was a good night! I had a nice buzz going but it dissapeared. So, apparently my little tiny body can handle 5 beers now…lol. Everyone enjoy your night!

Tonight was retro night, of course. Tension was a bit high going in to the club, but nothing panned out to be as bad as everyone thought it would be. A lot of people came out to join us. Kaleena, Elizabeth, Cassie and her man, and some others came out.

Sooo, I was going to go to McDonald’s for a quick snack after I left the club, but my window was frozen shut in my truck, lol…so it wouldn’t have been very effective to go through the drive-thru, which is all they allow after like 11pm I think. Oh well, I came home and had some spaghetti and garlic bread instead! Now it’s off to bed I guess. I work at noon tomorrow (or actually, later today to be technical about it) and get out at 8pm. Probably the Blues Club will follow…or maybe Hafford’s. Goodnight!

I worked today from 7am until 4pm. It was an odd, yet pretty good day. I had some security protection at work for reasons already mentioned….and tonight when I go out I also have a security “bodyguard” who will be making sure I’m ok until I leave. The bouncing staff at the club is also informed of the situation and are willing to assist me just in case. It’s really nice to have friends in the right places!

Anyway…I’ve been trying to start some new song lyrics for days now…and I think I have some writer’s block again. I can’t think of a topic for a song, let alone any good lyrics. And my last song turned out to be a hit…so it makes it hard to follow up with something just as good or better.

Well I have to start getting ready to leave in a couple hours. I might try to post later tonight when I get home…around 1am or so. I don’t have to be to work until noon tomorrow, so it’s going to be nice sleeping in! Have a great evening!

It’s 10:00pm. I’ve spent the last few hours talking to some friends from my past. Sometimes it just feels really good to talk to people about what has happened leading up to where you are now in your life. I’m not talking about “dumping” problems on people…I’m talking about just reminiscing about events in the past and “clearing the air” so-to-speak, allowing for a good friendship to become a great friendship. I think part of the reason it feels good to be re-connecting with old friends right now, is because obviously the chances to do it in the future are going to be limited when I leave. I want to make sure all of my friends and I are on good terms before I leave. Now, don’t make a mistake and think that I’m just going to make this a sappy blog post…I also plan on “purging” as many of the friends as I can who don’t quite “make the grade” in my “circle”. As of tonight, I have 65 days to go to make everything the way I want it to be, so I can leave happy and worry-free, and know that I’ve left a damn good group of people behind. I know it sounds like a bad thing, the way I worded it…but it’s not. Because the better a relationship with someone, (friendly relationship) the more likely it is they’ll be there waiting for you when you return in the future. That’s what I want. Whether I’m gone for a few months or 20 years, I want to come back and have the same circle of friends all over again.

Everyone have a wonderful night…I’ll post tomorrow evening before leaving for the club.