I just finished reading the book The World is Flat and I’ve got to say that I’m extremely excited about globalization and all of the challenges that we are going to face in the future. The more I dig into books about economics, business, sociology, and trade the more intrigued I become by the subject. I am unable to stop thinking about some of the points and conclusions he has drawn that affect us today and tomorrow. I’ve got to get my hand on some more books in this vein - maybe this is what I should have studied in college from the get-go. Oh well, I’m still young and the military is paying for my tuition so I’m free to study what I want.
I’m also excited because of what is in store for Jessica. We had an intense conversation about her education and from we discussed she is planning on continuing her education. I couldn’t be more proud of her at the moment. Too many of us are happy with being vanilla - to keep ourselves viable as employees we need to be a banana split with a cherry on top. She won’t start until she gets settled in a job but I think its a fantastic idea. We all need to keep expanding our knowledge throughout our lives and she is making the first steps towards doing it. The only thing that separates us from the people above us is education and experience - education is easy to acquire and experience goes along with it hand in hand - there is some short term pain but its well worth it for the long term gain.
Pt 2.
I rarely see any of my family members because I’m a bit of a recluse. Well, thats a flat out lie - I am a complete and total recluse. Its not that I don’t wish to see my extended or nuclear family, I seldom have the opportunity to do so. I tend to use this blog as a one way form of communication - if you wish to know what I’m doing in whatever part of the world that I might be in all that you need to do is to visit this website. Others don’t like to share themselves in the same way - and I don’t blame them. So… I’ve got to get back to the point of the story.
I have two cousins that serve in the Army National Guard. One is from the King side and the other from the Harvey side. As luck would have it (if you could call it luck), one of them is stationed at Balad. We tried to meet a week ago but we probably looked right at each other and failed to draw a mental connection. So, after a volley of emails back and forth we got to meet a few nights ago. I haven’t seen my cousin in years and I’ve got to say - I remember him being at least a foot shorter than he is now. He’s got an interesting job - to say the least - but he’s doing well and he thinks his job is rather boring. The world seems so much smaller when you can meet a cousin you haven’t seen in 3-4 years on the other side of the planet.
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