mysecretlife's blog post - Dreary day.

Another Ky winter day. Cold, rainy and dreary. That wet, chill you to the bone cold. But the coldest I've ever been was far from here. Odd enough it was in a place you really don't expect to nearly freeze. It was somewhere in the desert of Saudi Arabia back durng Desert Storm. I was with a MASH unit and we had been in convoy for three days and sleeping in trucks. I was exhausted and fell asleep lying on the metal bed of the truck. I woke up and it was still dark and I did not know what time it was and was so fucking cold I couldn't think. With what is going on over there now That doesn't seem like such a big thing but it was one of the biggest adventures of my life. I guess you could call it an adventure for lack of a better term.

I know I saw a lot and many things I saw gave me a greater appreciation for so many things. I have mixed feelings about what is going on over there now. If it was up to me I would have everybody home, but then if I could do that I would just have everyone in the world get along. That's not asking for too much is it?

Anyway, I do consider it an adventure because being part of something like that was exciting. At times scary but always exciting.

One of my favorite sayings is that "we are the sum of all our experiences". Everything I've done, good or bad makes me who I am. At some point I think I realized that and tried to make more good experiences for myself therefore making me a better person. I still do enough bad stuff though to prevent me from being as good as I could be.

You all have a good day.