Back… For Now

There’s a corner store and a girl I know.
Got a hundred yard stare that says she’s ready to go.
She’s checkin out mother while she’s checkin out me.
And I’m just the kind of guy she shouldn’t see.
‘Cause I’ve got tattooed arms and blue jean clothes,
And I’ve been to places where her friends won’t go.
As we walk down the road I stop and pull her close.
I look in her eyes and see a tear as it slides down her nose.
She shakes her head and I know the time is wrong,
’cause we’re trying to hold on to a love that has gone.
She grabs my arm as I turn to walk away,
but we both know that I can’t stay.

Well, I am sitting here at my old friend Justin’s place waiting for him to get ready for the night. I made it through Marine Corps Recruit Training, A.K.A. “Boot Camp” and graduated on the 31st of August, 3rd BN, Lima Co, Platoon 3245. I feel great about that accomplishment, and look forward to the next step in my training.

I have to report to the School Of Infantry at Camp Pendleton, California on the 11th to start Marine Combat Training. After that I go to my MOS school in Monterey, CA. It should be a great experience for me as I start my new life and my new career. I am going to miss my family and my friends but they all understand that I need to make something of myself and have a good life. I am spending all the time I can in the 10 days I have home with my family and my friends, but it will still end way too soon. I urge anyone who wants to hang out while I am in town to get in touch with me. If you don’t know how, just leave a comment and I will see what email address it came from… and I can give you my cell phone #. I will post up some pictures of how I look now because apparently I changed. I don’t see it but everyone else says I look different. Oh well.

Anyways, I will be adding more updates as time goes by. Probably one last update before I head back for training, then I’ll be able to update some info while I am at my MOS school. I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying life as I am. Be safe, and be happy.