Another Week Going By...

(or is it, month?)

O.k., I know I haven't been exactly writing up a storm on here, but it's not for lack of wanting to... it's mostly because of lack of things to say...

But, what I really want to do now is wish everyone who logs on here a MERRY CHRISTMAS, and I hope that everyone plans well enough to have a HAPPY NEW YEAR...

I really can count myself lucky, I guess... I'm going to have Christmas 2005 in a whole 'nother country!!! And, not only that, but I'm getting PAID to be here... imagine the happiness and joy that I'll have... and, with all of the people out there just trying to give me gifts, like bullets and explosions, well, what could make a holiday any better than that? Not much, I'll tell you now... (well, maybe spending the holidays with my family would be better, I guess...)

All sarcasm aside, I know that I volunteered for the Army, and I knew when I did (Oct. 2003) that there was a war going on... hell, I ended up in Iraq 1 & 1/2 months after I joined... because of my service in the National Guard, I didn't have to go back through any training, so... I just got up off the couch (three years since my last Guard drill), and wham!!! I was in the middle of this war we've got going on here...

But, it's not all bad... at least I'm here with many, many people I consider to be friends... and even though I'm away from my family, I still keep in touch with them as often as possible, and I know that I'll get leave in a few months, and then I'll be home not too long after that...

I hope everyone can have the things they need to make this a Merry Christmas, and I hope that all your families and friends are able to celebrate with you... and, for those of you who can't be together during the holidays, just remember, no matter the reason you're apart, you're still together in you're hearts...

Peace...