:-)

So I want to first apologize to Addi since I cant get to a computer to update this as much as I want but I am home and doing well....

American

What does it mean to be American? I was reading my friend Beckys blog and this kinda came to my head. I was wondeirng what really do we consider to be American? Becky said that being able to hop in a car and drive anywhere we want actively pursuing happiness is soo American. I think shes right. But I think we should simplify it to just Pursuing.... Not necessarily anything you know?

Pursuing - happiness
Pursuing - our dreams
Pursuing - life
Pursuing - anything and everything

We are Free and I think that is what makes America so great. We are Free to choose and do what we want.

We have Freedom.

Freedom of speech
Freedom of religion
Freedom to be tried
Freedom to be what we want to be

Thats really what America was built on Freedoms and adgencies. We are a country full of dreamers and I would not have it any other way ....

Home & Muppets

Hey so Im coming home on monday! yeah .... this is so exciting! I cant wait to get home! Im tired of boring old wisconsin where all I do is sit inside all day adn watch movies cause there really is nothing else to do here... Im not too sure whether I will have my phone is kinda up in the air at this point but yeah anywho... Im gonna try and get a job asap so we will see how it works out! 

So lately I have been watching a bunch of the muppet movies and I was sitting here thinking and realized ...Why the heck would a frog fall in love with a pig? Especially cause Pigs are soo much bigger than frogs? Not to be mean but its true at least they are in real life not muppet life...lol. I also realized that Ms Piggy made it cool to be big but I think she was secretly black cause she was a diva with a 'tude if you know what im saying ha ha ha but seriously? Why was she soo mean. She kinda of was a bitch lol. She actually reminds me of my older sister has a quick temper, dramatic and everythings about her. lol...no offense! But everyone knows its true! 

I personally thought Ralf was the coolest but he didnt really look like a dog that much though. If you watch Muppets take Manhatten he works in a dog pound and the other dog puppets look like dogs its looks like they ran out of ideas on how to make him so they took a big furry blanket and put it over a bowl or something i mean it looks a little nicer than that but I feel like they did not put much time into planning his puppet look at all. 

I also love Beaker though he never talks hes always getting eletricuted and etc lol....Hes soo funny! 

Well thats all from my world! 

update

A lot of people keep asking me whast going on and heres the deal. Im trying to move home to live with Brittany and mom so I can get my life straight and etc. I want to work and pay off all my debts and then go back to school. the Army I still really want to do but liek I said earlier I need to put it to the back burner for now so that I can work on paying off debts or else they wont let me in. Its kinda annoying cause the signing bonus alone would get me out of having to pay those debts but whatevers. SO yeah thast the update I should be heading home here in the next week or two but not sure plans keep getting changed but yeah! Now you all know! Love you!

Nick Pantera

This guy is amazing the first time I ever heard him I about peed my pants! Here is some videos of him!

I cant figure out how to add videos so youtube him!!! he is amazing!

California Dreamin'

Hey ya'll well its about time...Im coming home to California for good! I will still keep posting blogs dont worry! But yeah I am gonna come live with Brittany and mom! I cant wait! Im soo excited! Yeah! So yeah! Hope life is going well for everyone.

I spent a week in Chicago and didnt see a dang thing in Chicago ...kinda annoying! But i did see the ghetto parts and tiffanys house! lol...
Not much to tell from my trip to her house...

Well thats all love you!

new cousin pics!

cute pics of the cousins! Stole from Brittanys Facebook! I thought Id add them on here!

Sad Day...

Hey so it turns out Shawndel cant come visit me...But maybe for my birthday some of my friends will come or something.

So my roomate is crushing on a boy and its really entertaining to watch her interactions and facial expressions when she gets like texts or calls from him he he he he...im not alloud to post any more than that but its funny!

SO I got a phone today yeah!! lol...heres the number 608-718-2080...anywho

Thats all for now...

Hollywood,

So the theory goes that people in Hollywood die in threes and again I was proven this point ... Micahel jackson, Ed McMahon and Ferrah Faucette. This is a sad week in Hollywoods history. I truly love them all. Star Search, Charlies angels and the king of pop! Sad sad sad they will all be remembered...

So i got a message from y friend Shawndel yesterday and her and COdy have a vacation coming up. (Cody is her adorable son) and they are thinking of coming to see me! Yeah! I cant wait I hope they come see me! I have not seen them in like 3 years crazy!

Well im outs ya'll

wheres my happy ending...

So I was reading some of my other friends blogs and so it kind of sparked this blog. Lol...

You know I love my family but Damn they get on my nerves ;-) I mean I gave up a long time ago thinking we would ever be the perfect family like the Brady bunch of the cleavers. (though that would be pretty sweet! lol) I use to find myself wishing I was like this family or apart of that family when I was younger. Which I look at it now and realize that is wrong. My family is the family God gave me love them or not. I mean they definitly are some charcters in my family and the relationships in my family are so messed up its not even funny but what am I supose to do about it? I can only love them and hope the best for them. Even though they can make my life a living hell ;-)

So today another one of my friends got engaged and I found another one is pregnant! Man I wish soo bad for that to be me! I feel like im missing the band wagon lol. No but really I want to be a mom so bad its not even funny. I have even been having dreams about having a baby which I think is kinda weird. I just you know want to find that one person out there for me and settle down for the rest of my life with and have a family. But I dont even have a man right now so I just have to wait the Lord will give me that when hes ready. I just need to be patient. Is it weird that i'm 21 and want to already settle down? I guess i have never been average. i feel I had to grow up at a younger age then I should have due to being raised by a working single mom. Not that I have a problem with that. But I feel I have matured a lot of the past few years. going out clubbing and drinking well thats not really all that cool you know? To me i want to have a life a family but like i said its time to be patient....

Well thats it really...

Im a buy you a drank....

So I finally went in a bar for the first time legally last week with my new roomate Nicole. There was like no one there cause there is like no one in Whitewater but it was fun! Met her friend jeremy and Josh and Kyle They all are really nice. I also got dissed (as usal) about my choice of music which is like way annoying no gonna lie! But then we went to get McDonalds from Momma Kay at that was fun we just like walked up at like 4 am lol...

So I went on an interview with Damien this 40 year old Quadrapeligic man who is looking for a live in aide and hes nice. The job has a lot of perks like traveling with him and free room, cable and internet, and he said hed buy me a car too. But I dont know the care would be easy but I feel uncomfortable about the situation so Im not sure if I want to take the job. Hes nice and he talked to me or 2 hours and hes not a creeper or anything Im just not sure how I feel about the situation. And its at least a one year commitment. The money is $400 a month and its to be there at night to get him ready for bed and to be there all night and etc and help sometimesin the morning. So its not hard work but it is work and Idk. I need to think it over.

I think im just gonna stay in whitewater save money and work more than one job and then move at some point to like milwaukee or like to chicago or something. We will see what happens.

Well thats really all there is. Im going to Kenosha on friday and getting a phone and hanging out down there. So yeah that will be fun!

Oh also Kays dog is staying with us and his name is Bailey and he is the cutest dog ever obeys really well and cuddles with me all the time too cute!

White water Wisconsin population 14,000

Hey ya'll so once i made it to the train station I saw Kay which was exciting! I like screamed her name! I was lucky cause I had so much stuff that they let me put my stuff on a buggy thing and they gave me a ride to the front! Plus we were late by like 2 and a half hours and so I was scared cause i don't have a phone worrying how the heck was I gonna get ahold of her and hoping she did not leave or something lol! So when I finally met up with her I had some lunch and had a philly cheese steak sandwich which I don't think I have been soo excited to eat something ever in my life lol...It tasted soo good! So then Kay told me that she did not have enough money to drive the whole way into the city so she drove par

tial waya nd then took the train in ....I was like TRAIN? More oh no! ha ha ha. So after we ate we had to lug all my stuff to the Metra train stop which we went the wrong way at first then we turned around and went the other way lol... And my luggage is not that easy to carry around ha ha ha.... SO we were dragging it all over the place and it turns out it was only like 2 blocks away but we had gone the wrong direction! But we finally made it there. Then while she was buying out tickets i sat on the ground inside and No joke a security guard came up to me (first off he is dressed in a suit) and tells me that there is no sitting on the ground aloud anywhere in the building lol. I was like SERIOUSLY? wow welcome to Chicago aparently you cant sit down here...lol...

We finally made it on the train and then had an hour on the train then and hour on the drive home. Its just so nice to be here its very peaceful lol.. it took a few days to get the apartment set up but here are the pics.

Well shes trying to get me a job at McDonalds where she works its an overnight position they need people pretty bad but I wont hear anything till next week cause the Manager is out of town till next week. I also am going to Kenosha on Thursday she has a Drs appt and then were gonna open up a phone for me :-) So im kinda excited. and I get to meet her family so that will be fun! I met her roomate she just moved in 2 days ago and were still setting up house but heres all the info for now! Miss you all!

Confessions Of A Weary Traveler

Friday, June 12, 2009, 1 p.m.

Man I'm tired. I should be getting to Chicago in 3 hours yeah!! I have basic

ally slept on and off for all the morning and afternoon and boy am I pooped. I have maybe had a whole like 6 - 10 hours sleep for the past 3 days. I vaguely remember waking up at one point and saying goodbye to Laverne and Shirley lol.

So last night I was reading Breaking Dawn (the last of the Twilight books) for like the umpteenth time in hopes that it would help me fall asleep. It didn't. I ended up having to stop reading it cause it has in the beginning of the book (about 200 pages in) Bella keeps getting morning sickness and they were kinda descriptive. So it sucked! I had hardly had much to eat the past 3 days besides the dinner and my cookies and water and the train is kinda bumpy cause we hit a storm. So it was like I was getting sympathy morning sickness too! I definitely didn't need that lol. I eventually went downstairs and found my luggage to grab some Nyquil and took some so I can fall asleep. I finally fell asleep around 4 or 5 am.

So both the first night and last night I found myself in tears. The thing is so many thoughts and faces and things are running through my head that I cant pin it down to just one person or thing that is upsetting me. I wonder if leaving is causing me to be emotional lol... When Im stressed I'm pretty good at suppressing emotions so this could just be me finally letting some of it out. I do have some things I need to work through so this moving is coming at a good time to help get me some peace of mind so I can work through these issues.

Man, I just want to get up and take a shower. I have already got up and brushed my teeth in one of the bathrooms like 3 times lol. 

Trains have a fun atmosphere I don't know if I could do this with getting a sleeper car. I agree it would be nice to sleep in the sleeper car but the meeting people in coach and etc is the fun part! This train takes a strange route we have been  through Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa and then Illinois. If I remember correctly when I looked into driving I don't think we would have driven through any of those states but whatever its fun!

When I got to Denver I called Brenda (my aunt) to let her know where I was at. She told me Brittany, Justin and Jenn where there at her house! I miss going to family outings at her house and I was a tiny bit jealous! But i know that living in CA is not an option for me so I guess ill just be jealous they are so close to the munchkins! It also kinda sucks too cause I know that no one will ever come visit me so if I want to see my family I have to go home. I have to spend the money ... not fair.

Heres some more pics of Chicago as I pulled in and some cool houses!

The Amtrak; a new daytime soap opera

Thursday, June 11, 2009, 11:00 p.m.

So while chilling in the observation deck I met Sharon and Jillian (real names). Jillian was headed back to nebraska after having visited a dyeing friend in Grand Junction, Colorado. Jillian was young probably in mid twenties and married (shock surprise everyones married now-a-days ...Im getting old!) she is a nice girl, quiet but nice. Sharon was headed to Denver Colorado to see one of her daughter and grandchildren for the first time in like 2 years, she was way excited! She was an older lady, kinda like my grandma but she had a lot of southern phrases that I've never heard like "bite the bullet" and "whistle pig."

We all got to chatting and spent an hour or two talking before we decided to go have dinner in the dining car. We talked a lot about different things. They both being from Colorado natives they talked about the landscapes and towns . Turns out the town that Jillian now lives in Sharon was born in. How cute lol. We talked a lot about books and turns out we all have a somewhat similar taste. Sharon referred a book called Hawaii so Im gonna look if the library in whitewater has it. 

We ate @ 5 for dinner in the dining car. It was a little pricey about $14- for my dinner. I had a vegetarian pasta which was picolini wrapped with a spinach cheese mixture! very good. But the vegetables were overcooked. All the meals came with a  salad and piece of bread. I think if i would have thrown the piece of bread at someone it would have given them a concussion lol. But the pasta was fabulous!

So we had entertainment during dinner (not really). But the two waiters were bickering and it just got really amusing to watch. We decided it was like watching a live soap opera and we would interpret what they were saying to each other when we couldn't hear them and etc lol. It was hilarious it got to a point where they wouldn't say a word to each otherso they would gesture if they needed something from the other and to try and so it was amusing cause they wouldn't understand each other and they only got madder.

I'm leaving on an Amtrak Train...

Dear my beloved blog readers;                                                  Thursday, June 11, 2009, 3:30 pm

Im writing this blog to you from a train somewhere in the middle of Colorado. Im in the observation deck and the scenery is truly breathtaking. Im on my way to move in with my friend Kay out in Whitewater, Wisconsin. Crazy huh? lol... We have been following the Colorado River for quite some time now. Were in this small town of Bonds and they have this old fashion water wheel that we just passed its so cool and antique looking. I wasn't quick enough to get you a picture though. Sorry.

I have multiple friends from Colorado and mostly people always tell me its so green here and there right it is green but that doesn't really do it much justice. Its more than that is beautiful. You know the opening of The Sound Of Music when they are showing the mountains and hillsides and its all green? Well its very similiar to that. Heres some pics 

that I took.

          

Its kinda cool to sit in here cause they have a lady that will tell you all about the area we are riding through like the history of it and point out animals and plants and stuff its neat. Its neat though its like scripted and so they have some jokes written into the script and the lady just powers through the whole joke and then chuckles and so its kinda funny cause no one realizes she is trying to tell a joke. 

So there are some interesting people on trains. I think they are classier than the people I meet on the buses but still lol... Lets introduce you to some. Theirs little jamie (names made up) who is about 3 or 4. She goes on running from her father on one end of the car to her mother who is on the other end occasionally stopping to throw something at one of them. Then there is little Justin who is about the same age as Jamie. He reminds me of my cousin jack with the big baby cheeks. Too cute! He is not sure what to do cause their is so much going on so he starts on way then gets distracted and starts going another and then gets distracted and so on. lol. Then we have Laverne and Shirley who are a mom and daughter who are heading home from a 2 week vacation in some part of Colorado.  They are sitting across the way form me in the coach seats. they are going to Omaha Nebraska so they have a bit of a way to go as well. Not as long s my 34 hour train ride though. They kind of remind me of ladies form I-O-Way though lol...(music man reference anyone?) they are way cute. Im almost waiting for them to bust out in song lol...ha ha ha...I love how sometimes I let my imagination carry me into these strange scenarios lol..

Speaking of imaginations. I got on at about 4:30am this morning and was to anxious/excited to sleep right away. but I finally fell asleep and I had a dream the train had crashed! It was just the last car and it had crashed into the snack car of another train. I  even dreamt that this couple who were sitting a few rows in front of me had been in the car and died. And the steward guy had kept talking to me like we were really old friends. Weird huh? 

Well thats all for now im gonna try and take a nap.

Im settled...

Hey ya'll Im here in WI just getting settled still. I love the apartment its way cute! I dont have much time but want you to know that I have gotten here Ill write you guys later and let you know my adventures on the train! love you!

There getting older...

So one of my goals in life was to live out on my own for a while and be stable enough to come back to CA and live so that I could be close to the twins and Jack and be apart of their lives like jenn and Brittany. But their getting older and Im just going farther away! Dang it! So Im not really sure what Im gonna do...I mean I know I am not ready to move back to CA part of me doesnt want me to ever move back though. But I miss the kids! Tomorrow they graduate from preschool and move onto kindergarten...just another thing in there lives i will be missing...oh well...

The future looks bleak...

So lately many different people have been asking me or rather telling me many different options for my future with regards to the Army. And my ears are open. Im not saying Im not joining or anything Im just listening to what others have to say and if its legite maybe Ill listen. But who knows...it is me were talking about here. 

1.- Active Duty? Why not reserve? 

Well my thoughts on this were that going reserve still involves me trying to get a job am I wrong? I mean I have been having a tough time out here trying to get a job so why would it be different after 7 months of training? So my thought was to go straight into Active Duty so I can save money then go to school later. 

This caused another question

2-Why not go reserve and go to School at the same time?

Well again my thoughts are above. But, as we all know recruiters lie. Im not sure what the correct path on this is. Either way School is a big priority for me and so I do want to go to school. But however again the same answers to number 1 come into play. Nursing is what I want to do and any path that will help me to achieve it I will take then.

Again another question...

3- Why not go to school first while reserve then you would get promoted once you finish school and some majors may even get paid living expenses?

Now this I am not sure of whether is true or not. I will have to speak with some friends, my recruiter (but again I have to be wary) and then check online. If so then maybe I will take this path. My mind is still open to ideas its not 100% set on Active or reserve yet. So this I will just have to answer with a , Ill look into it.

4-Why the Army?

Originally the answer was becasue they will let me do whatever I want. Meaning basically if I score high enough with the ASVAB I can choose to be a health care sepcialist/medic. But when I spoke with the Navy the recruiter informed me that it would take me 2-3 years of knowing a different skill then I would have to transfer into the medical later. And if you ask anyone who knows me well. I dont do well doing things I dont like. With the Army you know what job you are doing before you even sign any paperwork. So that was a big factor into the reasons why I choose the Army. Even though I come from a family of Navy people.

LIFE STEPS IN

Well lately in Provo I have been having a tough time finding a job. I have looked for 2 almost 3 months now. Finding temporary stuff here and there but nothing stable. Its been tough on me. Im starting to flounder and wonder if this is the best place for me right now. Ive begun thinking whether to go live with my father rent free would help me at all. I can donate plasma to keep paying my cell phone and help him with work around the house that hes to sick to do (mowing the lawn, house cleaning -though his house doesnt get very dirty its weird- and etc) Then I can spend a lot fo time trying to work out and what not. And if I get really bored I can even try and get a job as like a bar back in one of the like 500 bars that are in el paso. (theres really nothing else there) If I do this this may modivate me to work out harder and quicker (since ill be bored) to get to the Army. Plus Ill be living right by an Army base too.

On the other hand, Here I have my trainer and the gym. I have friedns and a ward who are very supportive, plus my recruiter is here. My life is here. Not to say dad isnt my life but as sad as it sounds Provo is home. I feel more stable and almost like ill be able to do better if I can stay here and know my progress and keep working at it. Plus Ill be happier here!

The last option is that the Army is the most physically demanding military branch to join. Thinking about all the work I still have to go is kinda annoying and frustrating and overwhelming right? But the Navy and Airforce are not so physically demanding and actually I am almost ready to join right now. Im not sure about the Airforce but Im not sure they would give me anything I would want. But they do take better care of you benefits wise.  But thats a third option to try and join now in another branch.

Im not sure what to do...any opinions? I can use some! thanks!

No more Distractions...

So I have been kinda distracted these past few weeks and I can see better nw. I am gonna get my head back in the game and focus on the Army now. Dispite being distracted I have lost inches all over my body and its crazy! If only i was working super hard the whole time I would be up to par and in even better shape oh well..back on track! I have pushed back when im joining to like august or september so I can get my cardio up to par! love you all!

Bitter sweet goodbye...

So Im leaving CA on a bittersweet goodbye. Its sad to leave when the trip was soo good. I loved every moment of it. I pent the majority with family rather than friends but it was way nice. I truly am gonna miss my family but I now that they are behind me and they support me. I love them and I know I dont say that enough to them (meaningfly not the im hanging up i love you and miss you way but the heartfelt way). I am glad everyone is doing well. It really is hard to live away from home and not live soo close that Im home for the weekends type of way. Seeing how well Justin and Brittany are doing well (and are having great luck might i add) and seeing Jenn happy for the first time in a long time made me happy. The cousins are getting bigger everyday and thats hard but my family keeps me supplied with lots of pictures! My mom is well...my mom lol...if you dont know her you wouldnt really get that but thats a good thing lol. My grandparents celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary while I was here. Crazy! John and Brenda are doing Great as usual jut happy parents of the three cutest children I have ever known (besides myself of course! lol...). I think all and all Brenda probably is my biggest supporter of me and the Army and I am greatful for that and greatful for all her help she ha given me these past few days while I was in CA letting me stay with her and letting me barrow her car and etc! Thanks! I really am sad to go but all these must come to an end and why not on such a great note? (Especially before I mess everything up and start a bunch of fights?...lol...its bound to happen I am who I am)

This week I spent a lot of time with Brittany and Jenn and it was soo great! Why couldnt we have always gotten along so well? The Angels games were awesome! I miss the Angels! I also loved going to the Angel game with my mom! ha ha ha it was crazy but fun! My mom is such a goof!

I went to my old church and visited and forgot how much I LOVE everyone there and when they found out whats going down with me and the Army they were all so excited! Though I will say one weird thing happened while I was at church. I was holding Charlis baby (dani she is too cute shes only a copuple months old if i remember correctly) and one lady came up to me and was like..."you look good holding a baby, you should have one of your own." Then she just walked away! how strange. Though i will say everytime I come home to visit playing and hanging out with my baby cousins always make me baby hungry. Not just that hanging out with my aunt makes me want to settle down and have a family set up house and etc...but we will see who knows what the near future holds...lol...or the far future. Im hoping sooner rather than later (not too soon though!)

Well Im off to bed have a long drive ahead of me tomorrow but ill write some more about the trip in a day or two!

So Cal

So i forgot how like refreshin the air is in California I love it soo much! Its like moist but not humid where as in Utah its dry and cold. I definetly miss the weather soo much! Its so pretty Ill put up some pics of my trip later this week.

So when I got to San Dimas I got attacked by my little cousins they are getting so big it makes me sad how big they are getting. They wouldnt calm down when I got here they got new bunk beds (well the twins did) and it is too cute! And jack got a big kid bed. (no one tell him its actually a hand me down from his older siblings he doesnt know!) They just got back from a trip in Hawaii and they were showing me pictures it was fun! I cant believe how big the twins are they are almost 5 crazy! Samantha has a little grown up voice now it is soo cute! And Jack wont stop talking once you get him started he wont stop. I didnt get to spend too much time with them cause they have school in the morning and it was there bed time.

Now to the really exciting part he he he...my aunts new kitchen! I will forward on pictures later this week. She has granite countertops that are like brownish blackish baseish. Then she has dark wood cabinets that are on both sides of the kitchen. It also has new tile on the floor and under cabinet lighting (HOW COOL!!!) stainless steal appliances (they arent new though but blend very well) I can not express in words how much I LOVE her new kitchen it is amazing basically a very obtainable kitchen that I can strive for. Seeing how my dream kitchen is not very realistic with wanting the island with refrigerator stoarge underneath ha ha ha...my dream kitchen is more of a utility kitchen in a house and more prettyfied lol!

Disclaimer; i dont want you to clairfy to you that I do LOVE my cousins and I dont like the Kitchen more than them. :-)

Out from Cali!

Sunny days

Dont you just love sunny days? I Love them they remind me of home! Today was an unsually nice sunny day and my apartment complex has two hammocks so i got a book and went down and spent a good three hours in the hammock reading in the sun it was so great! I just love it! reading in the sun is one of my most favorite thinsg to do!

Obsessions...

Lately I have found myself obsessed with going to the gym i go non stop everyday. But I found myself in a rut the past two days. I had been going happily and actively for a while but turns out that no one has faith ill be ready and in shape for the army until like August but my goal is now June. Im starting to find it hard to actively go to the gym when i know that no one has faith in me and is kind of wishing for me to fail. Is this why I am going to fail? Am i determined to fail? Or am I just thinking about it way too much? .... 

To many thoughts in my head....

So lately i have found my mind wandering about stuff. Mostly having to do with the army. I know I still know so little and yet Im still willing to go join. Sometimes i have this habit of when i have to wait a while for something i really wanna do I will talk myself out of it. Which is what my mind has been trying to do to me with the whole Army situation but Im not gonna let that happen! 

I have been sick with what I thought were just horrible allergies lately but has turned into a mild cold. So when I was in bed the other night I was thinking...What do you do in the Army when your sick? I mean I dont get sick too often but I mean if your vomiting and etc what do you do? this may sound like a lame question but its still something I dont know. And sometimes not knowing things scare me. 

So here is a list of questions that I came up with about the Army that i want to know...If any of you know the answers please comment and leave them.

1- Does the Army have their own Credit Union?

2- How much harder is it for a girl to join then a guy?

3- If your sick what do you do?

4- If you live on base should you still buy a car?

5- How long will it be before Im sent overseas?

6- What are the leave rules? and how does it work?

7- If my dad were to die do I get leave? What if Im in AIT or Basic? What if Im overseas?

8- What are the rules when it comes to women and their hair?

9- Do women and men sleep in the same housing units?

10- What is the guy to girl ratio on bases?

11- How does the GI bill work?

12- What are the requirements in order to pass the final test in Basic Training?

13- Can you request to be put at a certain base?

14- Should I be scared? If so why?

 and lastily ...

15- Do you honestly think I can do it?

Well yeah so thats my rant for today!

Go Army...

Sorry I have not written on here in soo long...Im going ot start writing again! 

So in my life lately I have been deciding on some life altering routes to take, that would change the course of my life forever.  I have decided to join the Army. I have known I was gonan join for a long time now. But just barely started telling people. I knew there would be a lot of opposition toward me for this but I never thought that it would be nearly as bad as I thought it would be. For this reason is why I waited to tell people so that I could mentally prepare myself. 

When I told my parents they were both very supportive. I wasnt sure how my father would take it seeing as he is a Navy guy not an Army but he is okay and supportive just wants me to make sure I know what I am getting myself into you know? But my moms reaction shocked me. I thought she would flip out or start crying or what not. But she said okay and then hung up. I called her back a few days later after I knew she already digested it and asked her how she felt about it and she was really supportive about it. She hates the military but she said she was ready and proud to support me that she thinks this would be good for my life.

Now I wish that was the reaction I got from the rest of my family. My aunt Brenda knew from the start and has been supportive all the way. She is being very helpful and so is her Husband John. Justin my brother on the other hand flipped out. This was a shock to me cause I honestly thought he would be supportive but I guess not.  Same as my little sister Brittany she was not very supportive and I believe my grandparents and older sister dont really have an opinion on the matter.

What has shocked me is as I have been telling people out here in Utah I have had a huge wave of support. They are like just as excited as I am about it. But I have also had those few people that will attack me for it. But thats why i prepared myself for it.

Well off to church Ill write more later!

Thanks for all the love and support!

You what? a Truck?

So lately I have found myself frustrated with life! Back home in CA we have one of the best bus systems there are in the whole US so it is very easy to get around. But here in Provo the bus system SUCKS! It makes it very hard for me to get around and always having to depend on other for rides to school and work...and now that its snowing its making it even harder to go to school and work. My rides keep bailing and everything so my attendance at school started slacking and on top of that I had sergury on my ovaries which had me out of school for 2 weeks annyway. So I came up with this ingenious plan to take out my extra money from my student loans and to buy a car with that so I was excited! But to put a down payment on a car would take forever! So I had to wait. Well on New years eve I was talking with Brittany and she decided to sell the truck! I was like what? So we have decided she is gonna sell it to me! So I go and fly to CA in 10 days to pick it up! Im so stoked! Its a 95 Ford ranger so its small but it works. It has a shell which is good for helping me store stuff in the back. Im so excited and the truck should last me 10 years at least! :) So thats the good news in my life right now!