It’s been a while since I posted on this thing. Reading my last post on here, I realized there’s been a lot of change in my life. I guess you can say my last post gives you a before army view of me and maybe this post will give you the opposite.

So far it seems like all the goals I set for myself before are currently in the making. I’m attending college now at NOVA as opposed to VCU as planned because I figured the only difference would be $$$ when it comes to getting the credits, which is all that matters. I can still have my fun but at the same time, I can honestly say that I have my priorities straight.

I started working at the Sport & Health Gym in Annandale about a month and a half ago and it’s going pretty well. It’s ironic because ever since I started working at the gym, I’ve been working out less and less.. Between school and work, I barely have any time to do anything.

Ever since I came back to Virginia at the beginning of August, there’s been barely any down time for me; I can’t say the same for others in my household. Every time I walk out of my house to go to school or work, I see my stepsister sitting, eating, and watching TV. I come back home maybe 10-12 hours later and she’s still doing the same thing. Coming from living the military life every day for the past 8 months to going home and seeing people do that? It bothers me. It’s reminds me of watching the Navy do the same thing while we were up at 4 and PT’ing.

NOVA isn’t too bad. I pretty much just go to class and study in the library. I don’t see how students just hang around campus all day and skateboard and talk and dribble basketballs. People there are strange. Being that the campus that I go to is in Annandale, the minority is the majority there.

I started going to church. I actually attended Sunday church service for the first time in about 5 years during basic training. There were lots like me; we all attended so that we wouldn’t get stuck cleaning the bay areas. However, basic was a while ago and I haven’t attended since until about a week ago.

Ever since school started in the late August, I’ve been going down to colleges every week. The first weekend it was ODU, the second was JMU, and the last weekend was VCU. I had a blast all three weekends and I even went to my first “Asian Party” while I was at VCU thanks to my twin Jessica, and I actually had a great time. This weekend, however, I’m stuck at work, but I’m kind of glad that I am.

Fun is fun, but it does get old. Going out every weekend and killing my body became a routine while I was down in Pensacola, Fl, and I thought nothing of it. But coming home, my perspective has changed a lot. I didn’t realize it did so much before since I was surrounded by military 24/7 until I had to come home to see the same people doing the same thing and acting the same way. There’s been barely any change; high school never dies for some folk.

I went to K-fest last night (Korean festival) over in Annandale. The food was delicious and I had a blast. I didn’t realize how funny Korean stage shows can be; I haven’t laughed that hard in a very long time. To top it off, I ran into my Mom who I haven’t seen in about a year as well as my cousin and my aunt. All in all, it was a nice cultural bonding experience for me that I got lucky enough to share with my friend Laura.

Enlisting the Army last year was the best decision I’ve ever made. Despite all the ups and downs and all the nonsense that comes hand in hand with the army, I loved every minute of it. My unit is getting deployed to Afghanistan soon and I still haven’t heard anything about me going. I wouldn’t mind getting sent; the only down part would be that I’d fall behind in school, but that’d be well worth it if I got the chance to help.

That’s enough for now -