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A little bit about me 
I am a very shy and self-conscious person. I'm also overly
sensitive and I get
embarrassed pretty easily. For whatever reason, I care what people think
about me.
I will wear a pair of shoes that kill my feet because they looked
good before I'd wear a
comfortable pair that looked stupid...
Eyeglasses, on me anyway, are in the same category as stupid looking shoes.
I started wearing glasses when I was in the 4th grade. My father was in the
Marine Corps, so I changed schools a lot. At the beginning of my 5th grade year,
my family moved to Camp Pendleton, in California. Since it was a new school, and
none of the kids had ever seen me before , I decided to wear my glasses, thinking if the
other kids were to see me the first time with glasses on, I wouldn't look so funny.
But by lunch time, those kids had made so much fun of me that I took them off and never
wore them in public again... Since most of the teachers wrote lessons and homework
on the blackboard, and because I wouldn't were my glasses outside of my house, I had
trouble keeping up my grades.
The last full year I completed was my freshman year
and Mojave High School, 30 miles away, in Mojave, California.
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In September of 1979, I took a vacation offered to me by my friendly neighborhood
recruiter, and 'The United States Army'.
My first stop was Fort Gordon, Georgia, for basic training. The accommodations
weren't as plush as the recruiter lead me to believe, and the staff could have used some
lessons in public relations.
The activities, on the other hand, far exceeded any expectations I may have had.
and I must admit, I had a pretty good time in basic. I was kind of G.I. Jane-ish, so
to speak. But A.I.T. (school), now, that was a different story...
so I'll save that one for a different time..
recruiter, and 'The United States Army'.
My first stop was Fort Gordon, Georgia, for basic training. The accommodations
weren't as plush as the recruiter lead me to believe, and the staff could have used some
lessons in public relations.
The activities, on the other hand, far exceeded any expectations I may have had.
and I must admit, I had a pretty good time in basic. I was kind of G.I. Jane-ish, so
to speak. But A.I.T. (school), now, that was a different story...
so I'll save that one for a different time..
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