Another Bad Day...

Well, yesterday was Helen's birthday. I wanted to and actually could have gotten her present to her yesterday, if two of the Marines for whom I am responsible had not required attention. Anyhow, the point is that I tried to make it up to her by send an impersonal and easy (as well as cheap) ecard. I decided that this was perhaps not the best replacement, so I spent the next five hours creating somthing exceptionally cheesy and ameteurish, which I sent to her as well. Fortunately (or providentially) she is the most wonderful girlfriend I could ever have and she accepted them very graciously. She neither lied to tell me that it was great, nor did she forget to appreciate the value of the thought and effort that I put into it. Well, I go home in about two weeks to see my family and my lovely Helen. Gosh, I love that girl...

Bad Day...

(This post was created on Aug 16th but it had to be re-posted today)

Well, just that. Today was a very difficult day. So much stupidity, so little time. So many destinations, too few answers. I began my day at 5:30 this morning (that's before God turns on the sun and the air, BTW) to go run 3.5 miles with my coworkers (no, "co-workers", not "cow orkers") and do some other excercise things. My constant thought was "I have 14.5 hours left in my work day" because... well, I'll not document that. Then the rest of my morning consisted of taking the next seven hours to do something that should have taken less than one. Because of that, the other thing that needed to happen today, didn't happen and will have to be postponed until another day when I'd rather be doing something else. Anyhow, here I have 2 hours left, but I got to talk to Helen earlier today and that helped me get my head screwed on straight again. It was still a rough day that was made more rough by the influence of others. It's still going to be hard to let go of, but at least I sort of got some perspective. Yeah, this is the Marine Corps, you can actually burn 5,000 Calories and a tank of gas and still accomplish absolutely nothing. That is why my compatriot in futility decided to sleep here at work instead of wasting the time that it'd take him to go home and sleep before his night-shift tonight.

Helen has finally moved into the appartment that she will be living in for college this semester. She is excited about living off campus and about having a monthly bill to keep track of. I was so sorry that I couldn't be there when she told me about the refrigerator that they have and how nice and big it is and how it's still packed in a box on the wrong side of the kitchen. I so wish that I could have been there to help her out. I love her so much. I'm supposed to be the one who skips the whole first day of classes so that I can move her heavy boxes for her. Anyhow, I'll help her move in to our house one of these days. More later...

Well, It's Been a While...

Fear not dear compatriots!! I have returned to impart the mundane and wordy wisdom of my daily life to the masses!! And by masses, I mean the 3(?) people who read my blog on a semi-regular basis. Anyhow, I have finally settled on and purchased a new (to me) vehicle. It is a 2000 Suzuki Swift (think Geo Metro with one more cylider and slightly more well built) with about 60,000 miles and in very good condition... except that it doesn't have AC. No, I didn't say that the Air Conditioning doesn't work, it has no AC components. Oh well, I'll have it completely paid off by the end of the month and then I will be able to save the money that I had been spending on car payments (on my parent's car that I was borrowing from them). Yes, life continues to be unwaveringly boring and intreguingly consistent in it's monotony. I think that I have finally found the college that I want to go to, but they haven't gotten back to me yet, or if they have it was while I wasn't at work. They will let me get my degree online and I have received a good report on them from a person who is getting her second Master's degree and from a person who used to teach online degree programs. I think that it's going to be a good change of pace for me to finally get started on this college thing and have something that I can be actively working towards, instead of passively waiting untli Helen and I can get married and waiting until I get out of the Marine Corps so that my two best friends and I can start this movie thing that we're so gung-ho about. Anyhow, that's about all that I've got for now. The night is yet young, so I may add more later. Have fun, y'all...