Catch-up: Commissioning/Grad May '10

What can be more surreal than ending college? From the moment we enter high school, we have college upon us... not really directly, but just with enough mention by your friends and family to give us a queasy since of dread that somehow we may not be ready.
 
I am completely amazed at the amount of nostalgia and since of longing I have ALREADY for the past four years.  I graduated May 15th and I feel like I am a distant old fogey looking into the crystal ball of the past... it's September 27th.

I know this is how life usually is... after wanting so bad to move to the next stage, we keep looking back. With both of my old roommates still at school--one still at my Alma mater and the other on to law school--it makes it even harder. Those bastards.

Luckily, I get occasional reminders of my life in the bubble of college, as we still send each other hilarious links and random blurbs that fit our apartment's humor. These coupled with reminders to catch the new Family Guy, Always Sunny, a review of the latest movie, or a recent binge on Energy Drinks andTaco Bell is always nice.

To all who may read this still in college, I rely on the sentiment of Billy Madison when the fat kid says he can't wait to go to high school, "Stay here... Stay as long as you can. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CHERISH IT!"

The end culminated very well for me when it comes to the formalities. Nothing can beat your dad coming all the way from Afghanistan to swear you in to the Officer Corps...along with the grandparents and all the rest of the family. Truly a wonderful time that I will never forget. My pride in accomplishing my commission and degree is now met only with a drive to do more with my life... I guess that's the point of the whole charade anyway.

Reality really sets in when you move on from those initial jokes of "sir" and "graduate" as I often joked and refrained to my family like some proud kook: "I'm a graduate!"..."I'm a lieutenant!"

Reality sets in when you go to work. And you work. But really it's all for the better. HA! But more on this later.

PS. I finally got my security deposit for my apartment at school back today. Can I give it back in return for four more years?

Blog Start

Yep, got a blog. Figured by reading, studying, and looking into them so much, it might be time for me to begin my own.

Despite the stigma of the snobbish blogger, I write--and hope to continue writing--after being inspired by blogs that bear some actual importance. Kaboom and the follow-up book by Matthew Gallagher was the main inspiration. His book outlined his blog during his experiences in Iraq in 2008.

I know that my life is not quite at that point yet, but I would like to record some of my thoughts, experiences, and gems (or junk) that I may find along my journey as a newly appointed "real person", leader, and professional.

Many times in my life I have been told, and personally realize that I am a bit of a scatterbrain... but in many ways I know that my tendency to shift focus has allowed me a better perspective on life. That's just my way of explaining some of the random-ass posts that may follow. And for the title. Kinda catchy right? Eh. Whatever.