Well things continue on in the usual fasion. I have learned so much from Chris and Robyn and having them around has truly helped me to better understand myself. I learn something new every day and I thank God for them constantly. God has reveled many things to me recently and I am comming to grips with who I am. Who would have thought that would be a tough question to answer. Despite all the changes in my life and the new challenges I feel an increadable stability with my life. I can still see God's sense of humor in action. It's amazing.

Here I am. Sitting at the one eyed monster trying to make sense of the day. So much has happened this week that changes my perspective on things. Isn't it funny how God works. He has a sence of hummor unlike any I can imagine. I realize I am being vague, and thats how I will remain for the time being. More to follow.

Well ladys and gents it appears that i have found something else to say. Well i graduated from KC with my AS in Engineering and am currently registered for classes at LeTournu (sp) for my BS and BA in Mechanical Engineering and International Relations respectivly. I'm really excited about next semester. This summer has been going by pretty fast latly especially since i've been traveling so much and keeping busy...Lots of movies...oh yeah and my cousin Chris is supposed to be coming down to stay for the rest of the summer and this fall and spring sometime in the last week in July. Awesomness awaits....uh not much else...i'm sure something will come to me eventually but not now so Bye..

Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see a man who won't cheat, then you know he never will.  -John D. MacDonald, The Turquoise Lament

Ok guys I got my nomination...Congressman Gommert not only nominated me to Westpoint but also to The United States Airforce Academy. I'm really excited however the thought of my dreams beginning to come true, however slowly, is makeing me nervous...how easy is it, when your dreams are presented to you and you have worked so hard to get them, to just reach out and grab them...a sinking feeling of aprehension is beginning to settle in on me and i'm not sure why. Is it because I fear the loss of my friends and family? Or perhaps its the nature of change that envokes such feelings. I know I will make more friends and the ones I have will never leave my thoughts...this has been proven true by the fact that part of my heart remains in the U.P. and is slowly being spread across the state and the country...yet I'm still uneasy. I think I'm going to go sit and think about this alone for a while...

Colin

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
-Theodore Roosevelt, speech titled "Citizen in a Republic" delivered at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910