Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Before and After

It's been almost 10 years since I joined and 2 years since I quit from the military as a US Navy Corpsman. Damn the years really goes by so quick, I still remember how I ended up joining the military. I was staying with my dad and we had an argument about him looking at my bank accounts, I guess he just wanted to help me with handling my money but since I felt like I was old enough I kinda argue about it lol. Could have learned a lot if I just listened because my dad was really good when it comes to money matters. Anyway, so we had a fight and I ended up moving with my grandpa in San Francisco, but since I moved I was not getting any luck finding a job or was it I was just too lazy and picky looking for one hehe. After a couple of months or so my mom called and told me and my brother that she found a job waiting for us in San Diego, my brother was at that time staying also with my grandpa and was working downstairs at Mcdonalds. Yup Mcdonalds was just below where we stayed at. So my mom with my cousins, my sister, my youngest brother, my 2 aunts and my uncle rented an RV. Just imagine how packed we were going back from San Francisco to Chino Hills lol, so there we were and were we surprised that the job she was talking about was the Navy, I had no intention whatsoever in joining but guess what? My uncle made us watch Richard Gere's " An Officer and A Gentleman" lmao after that I was so excited to join expecting I was going to be an officer lmao. I even went jogging and went to the library almost everyday to study for the entrance exam. Wow am I really up for this challenged?