well, i meant to tell you all, i’ve got a job. an actual full time job. i am the new office manager for the same company that my beautiful wife is a program director for. so i am now employed! and i am now working in the mrdd field, not directly with clients like jenefer, but it’s not like i don’t talk to and see them everyday. it’s an exciting new change.

this last year has been difficult for us, it has been stressful and at times we’ve wondered as the 4 non-blondes so eloquently stated “what’s going on?” a year ago today i left on a bus for north chicago to enlist in the navy. the mistake of my life. just by coincidence i had to pull out some of my “papers” today and found my letters and pictures from home. i was overwhlemed. i hope someday i can look at them and smile. but tonight i was overwhelmed. i could only cry. i couldn’t choke down the fears and emotions that i’ve tried to hide for the past 9 months. then i realized i wasn’t alone anymore.

to all my friends and family, and to my wonderful wife and loving puppy,
with all of my heart, thank you for being here.