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Numbers can be used to describe and pretty measure everything. Today I’ve got a few numbers of note -

365 - Its been an entire year since I started dating Jessica and it’s been the best year that I can remember. We’ve had the luck of finding each other and it’s been an absolute blast. This is the first time that she has ever made it to a year while dating another person and it is one heck of a milestone.

21 - Jessica is going to have a birthday next month and its the last major birthday milestone in a young adults life - well, there is the 25th birthday and that only comes with lower insurance rates but we’re not going to include that one. She might want to include it because she is bleeding her parents dry in insurance rates - she’s had a few “incidents.” She is headed to Vegas to celebrate the birthday with her family and one of her friends from school. I’m sure most of it is going to be a giant haze (as it should be) but I know that they are going to take care of her.

25 - I’ve been going to the gym religiously and I’ve been working on dropping off weight that I’m tired of carrying. To this date, I’ve lost a total of 25 pounds. I started at a slightly unhealthy 195 - a weight where I saw some of my clothes fit poorly and where I found my energy sapped. I feel so much better physically and I feel so much better about myself. I’m hoping to drop another 5 pounds before I leave and get back to a healthy fighting weight. No, I don’t want to fight but its a healthy weight and I think I have learned how to successfully maintain it without going crazy. The last time I deployed to the sandbox I changed my diet but I found that only an insane person with no taste buds could maintain it. This diet seems to work and it allows me to eat what I want - as long as I moderate my consumption.

42 - The current estimate of how many days I have left in Iraq. No one is more excited about leaving than Jessica - I’m excited but I think she takes it to an almost fanatical level. I’m really looking forward to getting home and returning to a little variety. I’ll actually be able to look back at my week and count of the things that I’ve done rather than having it all blur into one giant haze of groundhog day.

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