May 2013

A Slight Gap in Posts

This will likely be the last time I post for a few weeks.  My wife just came home from a two-month trip and we have some, ahem, business to attend to.  We’re scrubbing long neglected things, removing dust from hidden crevices, oiling tools, stuffing boxes... You know, packing.  What did you think I was talking about?  Geez, Ma--get your mind out of the gutter. In about a week we leave Virginia and begin our drive to California.  There are just under a million things I need to do between now and then, so it is only logical I spend my [...]

By |May 28th, 2013|Categories: Miscellaneous|Tags: , , |3 Comments

Dr. Seuss Strikes Again

Inspiration comes to me from weird places.  I don’t necessarily see them as weird--after all, it is my head--but I can understand how others might see them that way.  The inspiration for this post comes from Dr. Seuss, specifically his book Oh, The Places You’ll Go!   Even more specifically, it is his description of “...a most useless place.  The Waiting Place...” that has reached in and shaken me up.  It didn’t happen all at once, but after reading the book to my kids several million times it started to seep in. I was in The Waiting Place. Before I [...]

By |May 19th, 2013|Categories: Veteran's Experiences|Tags: , , |4 Comments

Matchbox Cars and Time Management

So my intent with this blog is to document my journey after leaving the service.  I hope to post entries that provide some nugget of knowledge or kernel of awareness that can assist other veterans along their own journey.  To do that though, I generally need some quiet time to formulate a cohesive thought and write it down. That’s just not happening right now. My wife is away on a multi-week business trip, the kids have phantom earaches that only bother them between midnight and 5 am, and the dog ate something that’s giving her the ‘rhea.  Quiet time?  Umm, [...]

By |May 7th, 2013|Categories: (Mis) Adventures in Parenting|Tags: , , |3 Comments
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