Two Creams... One Sugar... Yes Capi'tan!

Before we get too far along in this deployment it is about time I talk about who I am here with... You have heard me refer to Wonder Boy M-Lo and SrA O a couple of times... but not really talked about them... Well this one is going to be about Wonder Boy M-Lo and the grand supreme... Well not too much about the grand supreme but I thought that sounded cool... Later in the coming days I will try to highlight those that I interact with pretty much every second of the day (we don't even want to talk about the way these two dudes arranged their beds...anyways...) ...

Wonder Boy M-Lo The Epilogue

Wonder Boy M-Lo was born on a far away planet we like to call Florida. Actually I don't know where he was born... but I know he was raised in Florida... then he got deployed to Iraq... I had a few interactions with the Wonder Boy M-Lo during my stint in Tucson a couple of years ago... But nothing to extent of interactions we have today... You could say I am his boss... But I prefer to be known as his lord, don capitan, el jefe, supreme being, or maybe just friend... Of course we are in a military that has structure... But if you respect people enough you can maintain that structure without losing your humanity (don't think you are getting out of IED checker detail M-Lo...) ... From what I have seen from this young'n is he is a good troop... And has a good head on the shoulders... That is evident from what I have seen how he regards his wife and children... Funny... in most aspects of life's course he is farther ahead than I am... so much for young'n... But let us not forget where we are at... A war zone... My role as el oil dude has outside the wire more often than not... And where I go... Wonder Boy goes... I have no doubt that in the future way may encounter some risk... and I have full confidence that M-Lo will take that bullet for me... just kidding... In all seriousness... Don't worry Sarah... Wonder Boy will be ok... Even better than ok... Cuz he knows a luck guy like me... Lucky to have a friend that you call hun... ok enough mush... don't forget two creams and ond sugar M-Lo...

Everybody my age or younger is having kids... or is having kids... One of my best friends from High School has one and one in the oven... M-Lo has two... My cuz in AZ has treeeeee... Another friend ;) is expecting real soon in cali... and I don't even want to start talking about the Aguilars... Dang Chella, what we missing...? of course there is no rush... but I think I am getting more paternal in my old age... As I sing M-Lo to sleep I can't help but wonder when am I going to get my own nugget... j/k... You can't help but wonder what kind of parent you gunna be... I look back when I was a child and think... my parents did a good job... Scared straight by Pops... And consoled by Mom's cookies... and cake... and food and food and food... no wonder I WAS A FAT KID... but I got good grades... so there... hmmph... what the heck am I talking about...

Good thing tomorrow is Sunday or I might run out of things to talk about...

You know what the feel good story of this blog entry is today... It is never too late to mend a friendship... All it takes is a little nudge... Frineds rarely can't be friends again... there are extreme cases... but most fallouts are misunderstandings... then if you let life's waves do its thing... it will pull you both apart... mentally and physically... so your good deed of the day is to think hard about a friend that life made you part ways for some reason and give them a lil nudge... call, write a letter, yell into the wind, smoke signal... or maybe just an email... it just might be the start of a new old friendship...

Now don't you feel all warm and googily...? well stop... cuz i just noticed how big my nose is on that picture... if you guys were friends you would have told me about my nose...

it's over...

hey...

come back...

I'm lonely...

Tough guys don't do math. Tough guys fry chicken for a living.

-Jaime Escalante