Joel, the youngest in our family is an over achiever… and I mean that in the most positive way possible. He is a UCLA Grad, has a law degree and passed the bar in both California and Nevada. He’s kicking it up a notch by going into JAG for the United States Marine Corp! He is currently in OCS (Officer Candidate School) in Quantico, Virginia and will be graduating in just a few weeks. We are so very proud of him and can’t wait to hear about all he has experienced.
He’s called us a few times from OCS when he has leave, telling us how much the previous week sucked! He is enduring and is motivated, so there’s no question he’s going to make it. We asked for a photo of him a little while ago but that was more of a joke. Michelle found a few pics on the official OCS website and whose name do we see on the canteen.. Joel’s! (See below)
A large number of the family is going to his graduation and I wish Katie and I could go but alas, work owns me. More photos and Joel updates as time permits.
Today Josh and I went to Ducky’s (a guy he plays airsoft with) US Marine Corps graduation party. The neighborhood was a little dodgy but his family had a cute little house at the end of a street and it was a nice party. They had the back yard all set up with USMC colors and Ducky was in his uniform (it has a name but I can’t remember what it is and Josh is asleep so I can’t ask). Josh and Ducky talked for quite awhile about bootcamp and all the fun things that you have to go through in boot camp. I think that Ducky was happy to have somebody who knew what he had just gone through other than the guys who had gone through it with them. I have the utmost respect for the military, but in all honesty I will never understand why somebody would voluntarily join up. Being in the military means giving up so much of yourself and putting it in somebody elses hands. I just dont’ know how you can do this. But I guess maybe its not for me to understand. I am thankful that there are people who can do it….I am just not one of them and I’m ok with that.
On the way home Josh and I stopped and picked up the season DVD’s of Futurama at his house, grabbed some dinner and headed home. When I first started dating him I was like OMG he watches cartoons…this is not good. But now I’m the one who is always like “ohhhhhhh Futurama is on”. Its a good show…and if you haven’t seen it, you need to.
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July 28, 2009 5:11 pm | 
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