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created on 04/11/2007  |  http://fubar.com/recent-stuff/b72751

Coming home soon...

I'll be flying home, for good this time, on May 3rd. It's been an interesting 3 years in Germany, but I'll be glad to be back. Back to the land of 24-hour supermarkets... the land of Taco Bell and Arby's... where the majority of my friends and all of my family is. Home. Strange concept, for a guy who's called home a tank, random trees, and a back-alley hostel in every major city in Germany. There are uncounted days I'll never forget, and just as many nights I'll never remember. There have been many friends along the way, some of which are still here, some which have gone. Reassigned to other units, ending of their service term, or coming home in a body bag, either way I won't see several of them ever again. But I'll never forget any of them. All the nights we sat at a bar and couldn't stop laughing, or all the nights we sat out in the woods in the rain and snow trying to find something to laugh at, every memory means something. As I pack my bags for the plane ride back, this is my final salute to all of you that have known me here. To everyone back in the states, I look forward to seeing you all again. Even if I don't see you, know that the sentiment is there. In high school I didn't know what to think about everyone around me, but now I see that it's not "what" I thought about them, but the fact that I had them in mind was important. There were many people I didn't care for, and about twice as many that didn't care for me, but none of that matters anymore, it seems. Leave the bad times behind you in the dirt, because I can tell you what it feels like to carry a huge amount of weight on your back. I've had to do it for weeks on end just to live. And now that I don't carry that weight, I can walk freely. Of course, I'm referring to a full rucksack, but I'm sure you understand the symbolism. I don't have stupid friends. I normally don't write a lot, and you almost never see a public broadcast or bulletin from me, but the mood has hit me this morning while I'm watching one of my last German sunrises out the barracks window. Any day that dawns is a good day, and every good day lets you live as you are meant to. I'll probably understand what that really means a few years from now, or I might understand it now and not realize it. I just hope that one of you out there in Myspaceland catches my drift. So until I see you all a few days from now, or until I don't see you ever again, this is me, saying hi and bye, for the time being. Let the new day begin. Lance

11 Apr, 2007

I said to myself "I'm okay" and gave my usual smile. I didn't feel a desperation, more like a kind of defiance... Three years stationed in Germany with the US Army Infantry has definitely taken it's toll on me. But still I defy. Still I break the barriers in front of me. Still I find new limits to achieve, then set those limits as obstacles to bust through. May 3rd I arrive back in Mississippi, ready to reintegrate myself back to the civilian lifestyle. I'll only be staying a couple of months, however, before I'm off to ITT Tech in South Carolina. I'll be accompanied by my best friend and his girlfriend. Another grand adventure, another shot at new vistas, another attempt to grasp and hold and cherish what's on that horizon. Damn, but I can't wait...
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