Pretty cool huh?
(sorry for the low resolution photo, took it with my phone)
Also, last weekend I had an old friend come visit. He's from San Diego, CA. He's in the Marines and he came by before he gets deployed. He's going to Iraq in March. I worry about the kid because he's a little bit of an air head.. Don't get me wrong he's smart and the Marines are very lucky to have him on board. Anyway, I feel a little like I'm talking smack on a friend of mine and that's not cool. Here's a pic of him, with T on his shoulders at my apartment.
She really liked him and it was very nice to see him. I hope it's not the last time I'll see him. He's going to be gone for 2 years. Training the Iraq police and military how to use the weapons. I don't want to sound racist but I have this gut feeling that some of the people that join over-seas are just joining to be on the ''inside'' That doesn't make since. Let me explain. I think that some will join, whether it's the police or the military, make alliances and form bonds and loyalties, just pretending to do so. I think that some possibly will have alternate motives. You hear about suicide bombings and things like that happening in the mid east all the time, who's to say that terrorists aren't joining the military over-seas just to cause damage to the progress that's being made there? I also believe that many of the Iraqi people are joining because they're for change, and want to see their children, and grand-children enjoy freedom, the same freedoms we enjoy and take advantage of every day. I don't know weather I'm for, or against the war. One thing I do know is that I think we (America) need to finish what we've started. I definitely don't want other countries thinking that they can come over here and start some crap and we'll not do anything about it, or that they can do said terrorist acts to our country and we'll maybe start something, and not finish it. Jeez I really worry about the future of my daughter, and her children, provided the world lasts long enough for her to have kids. I mean, could you imagine not being able to enjoy the freedoms we do now?? Even just going to the grocery store. Having to worry about being shot, or riding the bus and having it blow up as you pull the cord to stop at your destination.
I really do take so many things for granted every day. We all do, I think, but I'm just going to speak for myself. I remember Triston doing this thing with her friends a long time ago. Where every day they would think of something they were grateful for, or something that they take for granted, something as simple as your thumbs... Anyway, they'd pick one thing, like their left arm and not use it for an entire day. It's amazing to me. I wish I could think like that all the time. There are those times, and I'm sure everyone can relate, when I think about the whole scheme of things, life, death, etc.. and I get inspired and for that day, or for a few hours I really try to be kind to others, call my mom and tell her I love her, or a friend I havn't talked to for a long time, donate money to a good cause, etc... that type of thing, but I always go back to the average, I get caught up in the hustle and bustle of every day life and loose sight, even if just for a moment, of what's really important in life. So I know that's probably one of the most random blogs, but that's generally the reason I signed up for this blog, not only to blog with family (I have no friends on here, only family) but as sort of an in-personal journal. I'd never post up my most precious and personal thoughts and secrets online. Yeah Right!! But this I will be posting some semi personal thoughts and whatnot on this blog. Lots of pictures. I've decided to put in pictures every blog I post. I gotta run. Sorry for the randomness. Maybe I'll rename the title of this post to ''BEWARE, random opinionated post below'' currently it's titled ''Today--'' I'll do that.
Thanks for reading. <3
