June 30th, 2003
My last entry for at least the next six months. Depressing, isn't it. It's been quite fun writing on this page for
the last year and a half. It sure helped me to learn a lot about HTML and webpages, and gave me some direction in my life.
This page helped me to sort out any feelings I was having, and was definitely a good creative outlet for my writing. Thanks
for reading it for all this time. If you care to check out the stuff I've written, I've kept all my entries in their
original form in the archive, which you can access above.
I'm in the army now though. July 1st to Sept 10th approximately, I'll be in Lawton Oklahoma at Ft. Sill. Then I'm
off to El Paso, TX (Ft. Bliss) for my AIT. You can read my journal about those experiences, and find out more information
by clicking at the link below.
army journal link
My kid brother Dan will be running that page, and my entire site during my absence. If you have comments or questions,
go to the forum or email him.
dmalcore@gonzaga.edu
Forums
So this is it now. My recruiter is putting me on a bus today. I leave from Tucson, going up to Phoenix, then they
give me a cab to a hotel, where they have a room reserved for me already. I'll be getting up at 530am tomorrow morning
to go back to the MEPS station. Then, on Tuesday, I'll be on a plane (ugh) for Oklahoma City, then I'll be bused to
Lawton, and enter "the reception battalion". It's all very exciting and confusing, but I'm looking forward to it.
Odd to think of where I'll be this time tomorrow, and it's strange that I can completely picture, for the first time since I
was in school, of where I'll be for the next 6 months. I mean, I already know what I'll be doing most of the time, and
where I'll be doing it. I'm obsessed with knowing as much information as I can about situations I'll be involved in, so
I feel really prepared.
I do worry a lot though, and that sucks. I always get myself all worked up, and stressed out about things. I'll work myself
nearly over the edge, and then I'll start thinking about the positive things. I was giving my grandma and my mom a big talk
about everything I was worried about, and then I started talking about how it can be ok. I'm like, "that was my glass is
half full speech". I should be like that more often. I just think too much.
Regardless, it's all past the point of no return. I'm all packed to go, which was easy, because I can only take a
few things. Seriously, my bag weighs like 5 lbs, and most of that weight is the paper and writing utensils that I'm
bringing. I want to make sure I always have plenty of stuff to write with.
If you care to write to me, you can use the form on the army journal, or once I get my address I'll have Dan post it if you want
to have the terrific feelings of putting a stamp on something and mailing it.
So thanks for reading, keep reading my army journal if you feel like that, and wish me luck.
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doug malcore
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