Well it has been one of those days! You all know the type. For some, you just want to pull the chainsaw out of your desk dwar ant chop up the entire office. For others you just got to get home kick off the shoes, grab some munchies and a drink and veg-out in front of the TV. And some of us who just got to get home kiss your wife (or husband) play with your kids and then you realize that, that is what you do it for, and you will do it tomorrow and the next day and as long as it takes until…

…the “until” part is up to all of us.

I just want to tell all of you to count your blessings that you get to do such things. I am truly missing EVERY aspect of civilian life. But most of all I am missing my wife, daughter, family and friends. I am missing the fact that if a boss said to do something and it is the hardest way possible to do a job that they will listen to your idea to make it easier and shorter. And if you just get sick of it you can always find something new. For those prior military you know what I am talking about.

Lately I have realized how bad I have become at keeping in touch with everyone. I guess if you don’t think about it, it does not “suck” as much. But honestly that is no excuse! I am trying to do a letter once a month to friends and family via email. I will try to respond to any emails I get better than I have been doing. Now I just want to say that I miss you all, every part of every crazy little thing.

Ok. I am trying to do a small simple site econdly, I have an online photo album on ofoto.com if any of you want these pictures just let me know and I will send you the links.

And last I have changed my email address. I am just getting sick of all the extra spam I am getting in my old accounts. If you keep mailing to the account you will not get a response. 

Spanky

    & nbsp; Well here i sit. It is hot, dry. and there is sand everywhere. Yes the place I sit is the middle east. I am a reservist deployed with my unit in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Here is a story...

     ...Well there I sat just married three weeks to the day. I was on my way to work when i heard my cell phone ring. I saw the caller ID, it was my motor sergeant. Since we had just been taken off of alert status i figured HE was just calling to see if i could come in and help with the inventory or put away supplys we had pulled out and cleaned the drill weekend before. I answered the phone and to my dispair...

     ...Well here it is almost a year later!  I sit on a post in Kuwait, in my motorpool and we have internet, ac, and as many comforts as we can try to get. These thing tend to help us keep our minds free. Free of what you ask? "You are in kuwait." Not getting shot at, not wakeing up to mortars landing across the street. What do i have to worry about? Well It is none of that stuff, and I count my blessings constantly that I dont have to go through that stuff everyday. What I think about constantly, almost every second really, Is My wife, my now seven month old daughter, and the fact that i am not with them. It can weigh on ones mind, and it does. So in the place of combat stress Has come home sickness! No, I am not one to get home sick but i have never had my own family before. yes I have a mom and dad and siblings but this is one hundred percent different. I have never missed anyone as much as I do my daughter and wife.

     Ok to keep the stories strait in the future You can call me "Spanky". My wife gonna use what she is to me, "the love of my life." (or "tloml" for short). And my daughter I will call "My princess" Cause she is that or even An "angel". I will let you know names for others later. When they will be included in the stories.

     I want you all to know I will forever fight for my country. I honor and respect my flag, and the men who have fallen to defend it. I am proud to be a soldier in the United States. I know there are many who disagree with alot of the politics these days. I ask you what would you do if you were in my shoes? Think what if I was a Soldier? And, What am I doing to make this a better place for my children, the next generation, The future of our "PLANET" (not just our nation, but all nations).

signing out for now,

Spanky