I Just woke up about 2 hours ago. I don't even remember what time I fell asleep. Last I remember is filing some papers and then laying back in my bed....anyway, yesterday I made it down to camp pemdleton to take my marketing management final @ park university. For some reason, I wasn't even nervous although I had not studied for it that much. Needless to say the exam was pretty much a breeze. I'm sure I didn't ace it but I know I passed. Afterwords, I tool the time out to visit a few old faces from my USMC past. The first was Chief Warrant officer Jerry Knight. He was my platoon commander when I checked into 1st Marine Division communications company. We chatted for a few. He even brought up my old nickname "jumbo jet" when prompted by another marine as to why he called me this, he said, "shit! That's a big boy coming in for a hard landing." I was a little bigger back then. He informed me he was retiring in may 2008 and looking forward to it. We concluded our convo and then I was off to G-6 to see one of the men that made me a marine....My senior drill instructor, Master Sergeant Tommie Hanks. As soon as I got into his office, he looks up as if he was so busy and says, "what the fuck do you want?" I replied with hearty laughter and told him I was just stopping by to see what's up. He told me he was pissed at me for getting out and what not. We actually talked for awhile and covered numerous topics to include: me being a 911 dispatcher, his divorce, orange county's african american population, his retirement plans, and a few boot camp stories. All in all it was a great visit. He gave me his number in case I needed anything and I was on my merry way. I decided to get gas while on base and while I was at the pump, my boy Shalo rolled up right behind me. I haven't really spoke to him in a few months. So we took the time out to catch up. He gave me some insight on new music that I have yet to hear. We were talking for so long, we didn't realize people were behind us waiting to get gas. So we pulled into the dominos pizza parking lot on mainside and proceeded with our convo. He invited me to pt with his platoon any day I wanted. We got to talking about cadences and got our selves so motivated that the next thing I know, we were driving over to the pull up bars to get a few sets in. Then we did some push ups and dips. I let him know that I would be in the area for the next 2 months for school and we would definitley get a chance to get together. After that I took off and made my way to get some nourishment and then home to straighten up. Random quote said by Lee Haney...."You can't eat like a bird and train like a horse!"
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