Still Alive and Well….?

Some time has passed since my last entry on the blog, I appreciate any comments left in my absence, no really I do, at least it means people are still reading this sad excuse of a weblog. But anyway, what have I been up to since the middle of July? Damn, where to start? At the beginning is the usual order of things, but, since I have a problem I have diagnosed as SFB, or shit for brains, my medium-term memory is pretty bad and when people are put into traumatic experiences the memories are usually blacked out, I will have to start from the most recent of events and go back one day at a time using whatever notes or scrap pieces of paper I used as references. Today as I type these letters into words strung into sentences I am reminded of the sacrifices I have made with my body by the never ending aching in my back, shoulders and neck. The pain is due to the gear we are required to wear which is the Kevlar helmet, the flack vest with the plates in the front and rear, 6 M-4 magazines, camelbak full of water and food for the day…

Enough of my whining and bitching eh? All it does is piss off other people and makes me more frustrated than I allready am. On another note as of today we are done with the training here in the states, so we got a free day today to do whatever, first day in 6 weeks. I will be over there soon, I will gladly pass on the mailing address for our unit if anyone is generous enough to send over a care package. Anything is appreciated and welcome, besides the illegal stuff such as alcohol and porn…go figure, the two things guys want the most, heh

Hope to have more time to post some more on here and I plan on using my newly established site, seanrisner.com in the future, blogs are so 2004…lol

Later

The next chapter

Time is a funny thing, it is measured and used as a tool, something that puts everyone on the planet on the same wavelength. Some people are slaves to the clock, others are unaware of the seconds, minutes, hours and days that pass by, I would love to get to a point in my life where time is nothing put a number on a clock. But, with the world I live in, that won’t happen for quite some time. If you are one of those people that is never “caught up” or you never have enough time, I feel sorry for you. Some people are always running around trying to “catch up” with whatever…I rarely find myself trying to get caught up with anything, maybe it is because I know at the end of the day tomorrow will be here and I will be able to continue chopping at the bit, maybe it is due to the fact that I work for the government, who knows, but I do know in the very near future time is going to be of the essence and there will be no spare time for fucking around. So, I have really enjoyed my time off and loved spending time with my family the past month or so. I am saddened and filled with anxiety at the same time about leaving again…I know I will be home after it is all said and done, but the next chapter in this thing called life is about to open for me, ready or not here it comes…
So, with that I will leave one last link for all of you to check out, I found it by surfing and it is pretty fun, some kind of music making shockwave page, anyway, my next post will be made from the lovely vacation hotspot known as Iraq.

Peace

la Pate a Son

Honor the Fallen

I want to remember SSgt Dustin W. Peters on the 1 year anniversary of his passing. It was a very sad day and we all miss you brother.

Fallen Heroes Memorial for Staff Sergeant Dustin W. Peters

God Bless

Joint Operations

I came across an article and thought I should share it here. It talks about what I did and will be doing again while I am in Iraq.

Convoy Airmen protect supply lines

I have some of my fellow coworkers asking me how I feel about the whole situation. I have a lot of different things to say on the matter, but ultimately, how do I accept the fact that we will be in danger? Well, it isn’t an easy answer. Obviously, like every other sane person in this world, (which is questionable), I know the risks and I can see through the horror and keep the faith that will bring us all home in once piece. In the end, it comes down to hope. I have said it before and I will say it again, the world is a fucked up place, all we can do is our best to live day by day. So, for those of who have doubts and fear, don’t worry about me, my time isn’t up anytime soon.

TGIH

Thank God I’m Home…well I was going through some of my pictures from my trip to lovely Iraq, and found one that brings back such fond memories of the times in the Dining Facility…

Nothing like enjoying your meal and having a mortar explode in the air over where you are sitting…4th of July? Well, not hardly….