43 years ago…..

I was just regaling to my bride the fact – that 43 years ago — almost to the hour, that I rolled into Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio Texas. Boy what a life changing event that was~! My Brother [Roy] had told <warned> me that the first thing that will go through your head when that bus comes to a stop is: “What the **** did I get myself into” He was not wrong, for I had just arrived at USAF Basic Training. ‘The fastest 6 weeks of your life’. Wow….. a long time and a million memories ago. When I think of the many turns my life took because of that one decision – it is mind bending. At the time, I was on track to working my way through a single term in the Air Force and returning to my little town, to become an Indiana State Trooper. I had completed all the pre-requites and all I had to do was complete a stint in the USAF Law Enforcement Squadron – to be able to walk right into the Academy. In a blink of the proverbial eye and what seems like another 100000 decisions and I wound up in Civil Engineering, married, 4 Daughters, now 8+ grand babies and living in the U.S. Virgin islands after a half of year of island hopping. You cannot make this kind of stuff up~! Regrets ? I’ve had a few – but then again, too few to mention….. 😉 ((nod to Frank)) Would I change my past if I could ? There is one for the ages….. but hell no – give up not having my Queen, the 4 gorgeous Daughters that I have…… and my Grand Daughters and Grand sons???? Ain’t no friggin way~! Would I have done some things differently ??? Yeah – probably…. but you are getting into 20/20 hindsight there – and that’s not fair……

Wow – not sure where that came from either – but now you have a tiny bit of insight to me – whether you wanted it or not….. today was a mostly quiet day. I was supposed to make a couple of dives today – but that got quickly blown out of the water [so to speak]…… my Bride did some running today while I stayed at the house and caught up on paper work and odds & ends that needed done. A nice change of pace from her sitting here for a half a day while I am out running. She finally made it back and we had drinks and watched Frasier…… Both hungry – I was going to get me a pizza and she wanted a Philly Cheese steak sammich…. The only pizza I could get delivered was gonna be $ 58.00 and unless it was going to be delivered hot and fresh from Turoni’s – there was no way in hell I was putting out that much for a pizza. I ordered Fish & Chips and a burger in case the Fish & Chips sucked. As expected, the Fish & Chips was horrible…. sadly, the burger wasn’t much better. Guess I should have just grilled my own…… and my pizza itch….. still itches.

Good night Ya’ll – – – – – Thankx for stopping in~!