a straw wrapper is on the floor

Its 1045 friday morning. My back is killing me softly. Literally. I think either ive slept wrong on it for the entire past week, or when i lifted the heavy door yesterday, i did something wrong to it then.

Another week in the books. and another week closer to getting out of here. this week was fun. i missed pt on sunday, i over slept, so i got a verbal warning, nothing too harsh. um, tuesday was ERT, tho everyone went to fight fires, i had to stay with all the new guys and learn cpr for the second time in two months, and first aid. so it was a long day, but still fun. um, then tuesday night we rented a car and five of us drove to the mall, ate at this cool Japanese restaurant, i ate sushi. then we went out to this man made sand pier, and we paid salzman to strip down to just skivvies (underwear) and swim out 30 feet. he did it, and i filmed it, but you cant really see anything, but you can hear it. it was funny. then wednesday was a productive day, just did alot of packages for contract work. and thursday, i had this junior leadership workshop, so have the day was taken up with that. then the rest was just hanging around.

this weekend, well today, i plan on seeing kung-fu panda w/ salzman, zarate, and my lpo guaigua. so it should be fun.

i still with i was home with family tho.

ive decided to open a bike shop in canada when i decided to leave the navy.

ok, i love you guys.

take care.

kev

-sigh squared-

ive come to the conclusion, im too old. i can hear some of you thinking " oh man, youre only 22." yea youre right. im 22. ive had these dreams of being a professional skateboarder as a kid, and lately a professional mountain biker, and i dont mean professional like i drive around in a bentley full of cash and women, but professional enought to just pay the bills and ride.  this past wednesday, however,  it dawned to me, i wont be able to really do any of that. im 22, i joined the navy b/c i couldnt pay for college, i spent a year working odd jobs to make ends meet before i joined. now being this old, all i have to really look forward to is watching these growing sports from the sidelines. with the increasing young kids coming into the picture, a dude like me cant keep up. i dont kno. i think its just this place. this country has one main city, and then other little communities that branch out of it. and the whole city pretty much takes up the whole island. so there is nothing really to do after the first three weeks b/c youve seen everything there is to see. and they have no skatepark, and there is no mountains here, its all dredged sand from the ocean floor. i guess what im saying is i need to get out of here and get back home. im homesick. i miss my family. i miss my friends. i miss the states.

ill have to tough it out tho.

love you guys.

kev

long time no see

hello there, my name is kevin connors. what is your name? oh really...thats a really pretty name. so uhh...is this the first time we've met, or has it just been forever and three weeks since we've talked. ok im gonna go with the forever and three weeks bit.

im not sure why ive slacked on updating this thing, its not like its a hassle. i think three weeks ago i had just bought a video game, so i went from church straight..........wait, no, i had a thursday duty day, so i spent the night in the duty room, did turn over, and went to church, then came back and played my new video game. yea thats it. then two weeks ago, i dont remember why, i think i wanted to watch this movie that was playing upstairs, and it was right after church. then last week, umm....... dont remember. thats the problem with this place, the days fly by so fast, and you forget stuff real easily. well anyways. i asked mom and dad if they could send out my bike that i bought in the beginning of summer, and this past sunday it came, so ive spent this past week building it back together. and then my skateboard came like the wednesday before my bike, so this past thursday and friday i went out skating thru bahrain. um... lets just say its really hot out here, especially friday. i skate all the way to the bahrain world trade center which is like maybe 10 miles round trip. but from the base to the center its all streets and stores and buildings, so i kinda lost track of where i was going b/c i was looking at all the stores. and i ended up by the trade center. anyway it was a fun time. i met some kids that were skating, and we got phone numbers and we'll be skating next weekend. 

my boss got the third season of the office on dvd. i have never really followed the series, but since ive been in bahrain, thats all we do during lunch, watch the office. so i borrowed the first two seasons a while ago, and then this weekend i borrowed the third season. and lest just say im hooked. i gotta get caught up with the fourth season in a big bad way.

um the past few weeks of work have been good, um this friday we had a little moving in party with one of the petty officers that work in the same office as i do, and it was pretty fun to just hang loose and drink a little in front of my colleagues. theres not much new in my life, other than ive got my bike and skateboard, the two things that keep me sane. i guess we'll just play life by the ears.

btw, do you think god would ever have a plan for someone to die alone and lonely????

i love you guys.

kev