Drink a Cup of Kindness Yet

Well this is it for 2006. My final post. This has been an interesting year. So many changes. Lots of new things. Many challenges. But I am real happy right now. One year ago...I was a civilian. Now I am a combat veteran. (ha-ha...well at least a combat "zone" veteran.) December 31st, 2005 I went to G-man's Apartment for a party that was wild and crazy and I can't tell you how much fun. One of the things that we all did was wrote out a "New Year's Wish" that we tied to helium-filled balloons. Right at midnight...we released them all at once and they floated out to space. I watched my balloon...with my wish as it disappeared in to the blackness of the darkened night. My wish? Well my wish was that I would once again have a career in the military. For the previous several weeks I had starved myself in order to lose the weight that I needed to in order to qualify for the military. From mid-November until mid-January I lost 33 pounds. It was the worst time to lose weight with the holidays and the parties and such...by I managed to do it. I remember thinking about volunteering to do something bold...like volunteering to go to Iraq. It was a far-fetched idea...but I knew that if I got a chance to do it I would. And here I am. In Iraq...a day after Saddam was hung for his crimes. Wow. Sometimes you get your wish. I don't know where everyone is spending their New Year...but I hope you all have a wonderful time. Dont drink and drive kids. Baby...I will be kissing you in spirit at mid-night...you do the same. I promise to do my best to spend New Years with you next year. To all my friends back home....my Albany family...thank you for supporting me in this mission I am on. Your unconditional support for me makes me so happy and proud to have you in my life. I don't know what I would do without you all. To my family down in Kentucky and Tennessee....I truly love you all. I miss each and everyone of you. Thank you for loving me as I am. That means everything to me. My wish for 2007? World Peace. Of course. Ha-ha. HAPPY NEW YEAR! See you all next year.